To tell you the truth, this week has been quite a bit of a challenge. It was very thought-provoking. It made us all think about issues or needs we have in our classroom and the way our final project can help us with them. I have mentioned some of the issues in the classroom where I teach, but I think that with every week or even every day I will be adding something else into that list as the classroom is changing and developing all the time, other needs or issues arise and the students' interests can change as well. But what I am sure of is that the final project I have chosen, i.e. creating a class blog, will be a huge step in the work with my students and it will bring only positive changes into the classroom.
The thing that was really challenging, but very motivating, was creating a technology enhanced lesson plan. With every step of writing this lesson plan I was thinking how it would look like in practise. In other words, I was imagining myself doing this lesson in the classroom together with my students. I was thinking about their needs, interests and whether it would be difficult for them or not. I was thinking about modes of interaction and whether I would be able to do all that I had planned during one lesson. This was the first time I have done this type of a lesson plan and you can't imagine what emotions or thoughts I had while doing this task. I am still not sure whether I have done it correctly, but I am sure that with the help of comments I will get, I will be able to improve my skills of making such lesson plans and integrate technology into the lesson that my class will benefit from. So I am looking forward to Robert's comments on the lesson plan. I know that I will learn a lot from them.
I have also discovered a lot of interesting sites full of numerous useful activities and the list of bookmarks on the delicious page is growing with every week :)
Looking forward to week 5 :)
