Dear all,
End of week 7. We are coming closely to the end of this course and by the way the date for the first draft of the final project.
As for this week, the reading was basically on Learner Autonomy. These articles are very interesting because they tell us about the importance of centering learning on the learner. The learner participation in the learning is very determinant for his/her success. As defined by Holec 1981 learner autonomy is"the ability to take charge of one's own learning"
To add the teacher must help the learner with strategies (cognitive or metacognitive), help define learning objectives and goals. I posted my comments on participant discussions in nicenet and blogs.
The hard task of the week was the completion of project plan. It is hard due to school and extra school activities.
I think that this project will bring interest for students as far as their motivation is concerned. I think they could start developing personal initiative in their learning process after this project.
DIALLO
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Dear all,
We are at the end of week 6 and I think we learned interesing theoritical things and also some practical things with the creation of the interactive powerpoint. the different readings informed us on interesting points on teaching large classes by using technology. After that we read others posts and also posted our comments in Nicenet and started implementing the technology suggested. I think the implementation is going well and I hope that my students will appreciate the activity after it comes for them to give their impressions, thoughts and maybe suggestions.
If I succeed in this I think that it will be at the same time an importunity to Schedule it as a usual method in conducting my teching and beyond all the other colleagues in my school and in the whole city.
DIALLO
We are at the end of week 6 and I think we learned interesing theoritical things and also some practical things with the creation of the interactive powerpoint. the different readings informed us on interesting points on teaching large classes by using technology. After that we read others posts and also posted our comments in Nicenet and started implementing the technology suggested. I think the implementation is going well and I hope that my students will appreciate the activity after it comes for them to give their impressions, thoughts and maybe suggestions.
If I succeed in this I think that it will be at the same time an importunity to Schedule it as a usual method in conducting my teching and beyond all the other colleagues in my school and in the whole city.
DIALLO
Monday, 10 February 2014
Dear all,
Week 5 has gone and we are now tackling week 6. I am still struggling to keep on with the week Schedule because an internet cable brokedown in my area and it causes troubles as far as internet access is concerned.
There were a lot of things to do and we can now say that time is really difficult to manage with other daily acivities. I discoered many new things with WebQuest, the different types of Rubrics, alternative assessment. Next I created a rubric on an oral activity, a WebQuest. In addition I participated in the different discussions on nicenet, commented other posts and blogs.
What I can say is that every week I learn new things that will positively influence my teaching.
Thank you all of you for your encouraging words.
DIALLO, Burkina
Week 5 has gone and we are now tackling week 6. I am still struggling to keep on with the week Schedule because an internet cable brokedown in my area and it causes troubles as far as internet access is concerned.
There were a lot of things to do and we can now say that time is really difficult to manage with other daily acivities. I discoered many new things with WebQuest, the different types of Rubrics, alternative assessment. Next I created a rubric on an oral activity, a WebQuest. In addition I participated in the different discussions on nicenet, commented other posts and blogs.
What I can say is that every week I learn new things that will positively influence my teaching.
Thank you all of you for your encouraging words.
DIALLO, Burkina
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
week 4 blog
Dear all!
This week was very hard for me not only in terms of work to do but mostly technology problems. I spent almost the whole week without good internet connexion necessary to do my tasks. I hope you did not face the same situation. That is why I am obliged to finish my week 4 in the beginning of week 5. I think Donna will understand my sufferings.
Concerning this week, I started by reading the recommended readings that was mainly about using the internet in ESL. We noticed through the different texts how using for example e-mails can motivate students in their Learning. By the way on Tuesday I did a Survey in my class to see how many students have access to the internet at least once a week. And the answer is the following: of the 65 students only 19 have access to the internet on a weekly basis. And within the 19; about 15 have got functioning e-mails. And I think that this already an example of how I will apply what I am Learning in my teaching. During this week I started sensitizing my students again how they can improve their language level by using technology even at home using their mobile phones, TV, etc. I gave them at the same time the BBC and the VOA wesites. To remind we do news review per groups twice a week.
After the readings, I posted my lesson plan, commented other mates posts, describe my class problems on nicenet, and now ending with my blog. I attended a two days training on football as a refferee. Just to tell you that I am also a refferee.
DIALLO Burkina
This week was very hard for me not only in terms of work to do but mostly technology problems. I spent almost the whole week without good internet connexion necessary to do my tasks. I hope you did not face the same situation. That is why I am obliged to finish my week 4 in the beginning of week 5. I think Donna will understand my sufferings.
Concerning this week, I started by reading the recommended readings that was mainly about using the internet in ESL. We noticed through the different texts how using for example e-mails can motivate students in their Learning. By the way on Tuesday I did a Survey in my class to see how many students have access to the internet at least once a week. And the answer is the following: of the 65 students only 19 have access to the internet on a weekly basis. And within the 19; about 15 have got functioning e-mails. And I think that this already an example of how I will apply what I am Learning in my teaching. During this week I started sensitizing my students again how they can improve their language level by using technology even at home using their mobile phones, TV, etc. I gave them at the same time the BBC and the VOA wesites. To remind we do news review per groups twice a week.
After the readings, I posted my lesson plan, commented other mates posts, describe my class problems on nicenet, and now ending with my blog. I attended a two days training on football as a refferee. Just to tell you that I am also a refferee.
DIALLO Burkina
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