I can see we are going further and further in getting new knowledge as days run faster and faster. I can't believe believe we are closing week 5 now. But let me say it was full of new experiences to me. Creating rubrics, making learners participate in their own assessment using rubrics and project-based learning, and many more were learned during this week. I also liked Donna's question on how we should behave once a learner becomes sad for some corrections made by the teacher. I still have to say that we should always correct the errors not the one who made them. I liked this week's content though I didn't have much time to be on internet as I was having a workshop on the introduction of a module system and learner centered approach to teaching in Rwandan universities and institutions of higher learning.
The best.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Week four to its end
Dear all,
I'm happy to announce that I'm now quite a new person as far as teaching is concerned. I rarely used technology based teaching in my classes before. when done, I could only use a radio and CD just for listening! I thought only listening can be tought using these audio tools. But, guess what now!! I used internet to teach reading and vocabulary this week!! And it was more than interesting. Teaching using enhanced technology tools is more easier more fruitful for sure. Thank you Donna for introducing me into this, thank your all for your relevant contribution to my everyday learning. Your experience in teaching helped in in discovering some of the secrets hidden in the profession.
Further knowledge is coming and brain is widely open to to capture every single relevant knowledge to come in.
I'm happy to announce that I'm now quite a new person as far as teaching is concerned. I rarely used technology based teaching in my classes before. when done, I could only use a radio and CD just for listening! I thought only listening can be tought using these audio tools. But, guess what now!! I used internet to teach reading and vocabulary this week!! And it was more than interesting. Teaching using enhanced technology tools is more easier more fruitful for sure. Thank you Donna for introducing me into this, thank your all for your relevant contribution to my everyday learning. Your experience in teaching helped in in discovering some of the secrets hidden in the profession.
Further knowledge is coming and brain is widely open to to capture every single relevant knowledge to come in.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Further steps in learning are coming.
We have now covered three weeks doing our course on Building Teacher's Skills through Interactive Web.Are we still the same people in terms of knowledge? I hope NO! We have already learned a lot. Many of us didn't know what blogging is, but we can now see ourselves blogging! What about Nicenet, Delicious, Bookmarking, Noodletools, new acquaintances and many more?Did you know all of these? So perfect that you didn't learn anything? I believe the answer is no. We all learned new things from each other.
It is not yet over! We are still together and learning from each other. Week three, for me, was my big time to explore a lot that I did not know before. I can now save any URL I find interesting and and easily access it at any computer through Delicious. Knew and very helpful knowledge! I've been having troubles in teaching the languages skills, especially listening but I have got a good answer from week three. The articles we read and all other documents we read gave me a useful information on how to deal with this. Furthermore, I'm now starting to have an idea of what and how my project will be! Just because I read some project samples. Thanks Donna for providing this information, thanks all for helping me understand more the world of technology applied to language teaching.
It is not yet over! We are still together and learning from each other. Week three, for me, was my big time to explore a lot that I did not know before. I can now save any URL I find interesting and and easily access it at any computer through Delicious. Knew and very helpful knowledge! I've been having troubles in teaching the languages skills, especially listening but I have got a good answer from week three. The articles we read and all other documents we read gave me a useful information on how to deal with this. Furthermore, I'm now starting to have an idea of what and how my project will be! Just because I read some project samples. Thanks Donna for providing this information, thanks all for helping me understand more the world of technology applied to language teaching.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Week two ends with tremendous improvement
This is the end of week two and learning continues. Throughout this week I realized that one ceases to learn only once he is no longer! I can't find a way to thank all of you who helped me in getting new sources of information I give to my students. Now I know that Google is not the only website where I can do my search. There are also others, many.
What an accurate way of setting objectives! I had never come across the ABCD method before. And I fond it very useful as it shows clearly what is your target as a teacher and how much you can expect from your audience once the lesson has been well delivered. Thanks Rashid for giving me ideas on the Degree phase of the ABCD method. I said it before, I will get a lot from all of you! I have already learnt a lot and I'm continuing to learn.
The project tasks I read from others also gave me a hint on how well I can improve mine. I hope things will continue to improve as time goes on.
What an accurate way of setting objectives! I had never come across the ABCD method before. And I fond it very useful as it shows clearly what is your target as a teacher and how much you can expect from your audience once the lesson has been well delivered. Thanks Rashid for giving me ideas on the Degree phase of the ABCD method. I said it before, I will get a lot from all of you! I have already learnt a lot and I'm continuing to learn.
The project tasks I read from others also gave me a hint on how well I can improve mine. I hope things will continue to improve as time goes on.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
End of the first week
This is the end of the first week in the course!Allow me to say I'm lucky to be with the right company and also to thank you all for your commitment to work with each other.
This week was surely full of new experiences: Nicenet, blogging and new acquaintances! This is my first time to be in touch with people from many different countries at the same time.I do not only like this but love it. Thank you Donna for being there for me and surely for all of the group members. It is hard work to be present for each of us but you have managed and now we can blog and use many more internet options thanks to you.
From the way the first week was very good and fruitful I hope to gain a lot from the following weeks and I wish we will continue to work together as inthe first week.
Thanks
Richard
This week was surely full of new experiences: Nicenet, blogging and new acquaintances! This is my first time to be in touch with people from many different countries at the same time.I do not only like this but love it. Thank you Donna for being there for me and surely for all of the group members. It is hard work to be present for each of us but you have managed and now we can blog and use many more internet options thanks to you.
From the way the first week was very good and fruitful I hope to gain a lot from the following weeks and I wish we will continue to work together as inthe first week.
Thanks
Richard
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