Week 10 - Finishing the course...

The journey through the course was unforgettable and very productive. Every week we were challenged with new tasks that have been captivating and interesting to complete. I have learnt about different teaching tools many of which I am going to use in my work and for my own purposes. These include:

http://www.toolsforeducators.com/

http://bogglesworldesl.com/

http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx

 http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

http://wallwisher.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgPO-agnnMk (instructions to creating a jeopardy game)

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

http://www.delicious.com

as well as different Internet resources aimed at developing students' language skills. All of them are bookmarked at my delicious page which is growing and expanding with every day.

Looking at the learning outcomes of the lesson with the help of ABCD objective has been really useful. Creating rubrics and seeing how they really work in practice has been a very useful experience as well. Rubrics are a great tool of guidelines to assessment that help you see what is required from you and show you directions while doing a task or a project. Blogging and reflecting has become a part of our life during the course. Reflective practice has been proved very useful and effective and the more I practise it, the more I see and understand that it is true. As you reflect on the week that has passed, you see what you have accomplished, what you have learnt and what things you still need to work on. You analyse your work as well as make plans and predictions for the next week.

I am very grateful to the designers and authors of the course for their hard work, support and understanding, for opening a new interactive world to us and bringing all of us closer together.

Thank you! :)

Week 9

I can't believe that the course is coming to its end. 9 weeks have passed so quickly that I haven't even noticed that. I have learnt a lot and found out what areas and skills I need to work on in future, what changes I need to introduce into my teaching practice and what tools and resources I can use to facilitate learning and make it more effective and learner-centred. 

To tell you the truth, it has been quite a challenge for me to work on the project. I know I haven't done it perfectly, but I am looking forward to Robert's comments in order to see how I can improve it and what changes I need to make in it. I will be developing the class blog I have created gradually and thoroughly and I hope my students and I will be able to use it in January already.