We were assigned to become explorers this week as
many things were to discover or re- discover thoroughly so that we could end up
with creating something new, using the tools presented. Among many things to
re- discover were: Padlet, with which I came up with http://padlet.com/wall/q41wrcb5mf -- a
page for my Advanced 1 Certificate students to post their written versions of
stories they listened to online; HotPotatoes, which is a very practical tool
for creating interactive teaching materials like this one http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/ex/115628/EKVXSKZA.php--
used as a warm- up before dealing with a topic relating to "traveling
places". Even if I know it will not be very difficult to open a Nicenet
class, I have not tried it.
The heaviest tasks of the week were to draft the
final plan using a template and to
review a coursemate' s project following a rubric. Fortunately, Samarat is a
quick responder to mails related to the peer review; so everything went
smoothly with our fast communication. Thank you, Samarat for being supportive,
attentive, and helpful!
Submitting the final action plan report is believed
to be the apotheosis of this Webskill course; however, the implementation of
the plan seems to me the highest point
in the development of this course's outcome. I hope I will be able to put my
plan into practice in my teaching setting prior to the last teaching term of this year.
Hoping to interact with you, soon.
Congratulations, you have updated your blog, submitted the draft and you sound very happy; this week wasn't my best one as I failed to do some tasks on time, but her we are, ready to take a chance again in 9th week.
ReplyDeleteGreeting!
Nubia from Panama
Thanks Nubia! What happened to you? Cheer up. There are still many things to come though the course is about to end.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Manda
Hi Manda,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This week you are the first to successfully finish all the tasks! Great job! And I would like to thank you for your thorough feedback on my project.
Good luck in coming week!
Samarat
You are welcome. Thank you, too.
DeleteHey Manda,
ReplyDeleteYou are right, this week was amazing with creating those websites. I am pretty sure that you enjoyed it as much as I am.
Enjoy!
Sure, Salaah! I notice that you are very familiar with blogging because you don't wait for long to post your weekly blog. Great!
DeleteManda
Hi All,
ReplyDeleteAmazing work and amazing people are you.
Hi Baetty,
DeleteJust as you are! Hoping to have amazing students after this course is over.
Best,
Manda
Dear Manda,
ReplyDeleteI congratulate you on completing the week's assignments successfully! Like you, I would also state the same that Padlet is a tool that has enchanted all of us. It gives us and the students lots of opportunities to be creative and discover so many new things while teaching and learning. HotPotatoes is a very handy tool as well and I believe that it takes little time to learn how it works, therefore any teacher can successfully use it. Manda, have you found any other tools that you exceptionally like and what are they? Not necessarily from this week research.
I would also agree with you that drafting our projets or plans was the most difficult task of the week and required lots of thinking and time. It is not that easy, even if we had been getting ready for it before Week 8 started. To have a partner for review has been a great idea and I believe all of us has benefited a lot from the comments we have received. I am happy for you and Sammarat that you have both helped each other a lot. :)
Finally, I wish you great success Manda with the implementation of your project! :) Students will definitely enjoy this type of learning! :)
Best wishes,
Jurga.
Dear Jurgita,
DeleteThanks for your insightful comments on the content of my week 8 blog and for encouraging me in everything I do on this course; I wish you the same thing!
Your question about other technology tools than what we already know I have found could be answered with my use of jeopardy quiz, that can be created from www.jeopardylab.com
If you spend one hour creating one quiz using that site, you will let your students enjoy it as an online follow- up activity after a movie- viewing lesson, for example. HTH!
Best,
Manda