So, here we are, after 10 weeks of this fruitful and interesting online course that certainly opened some new doors for all of us. I must admit that I was a bit worried when this course was about to start because I was completely new to CALL. However, thanks to our instructor, it was pretty easy to navigate through the course, and to pick up so many useful things that can vastly enrich the quality of our teaching in the future. Since, as I said, this whole concept of incorporating online tools into our teaching was more or less something new to me, it is very difficult to single out any specific tools that are more important than the others. Using Nicenet, for example, is a great way to improve the quality of our classes, but equally beneficial are Delicious or Rubrics, webquests, or any other tech tool that we learned about over the past 10 weeks.
Now it is up to us to apply all of these great tools in our classes, to spread the word about them among our students and colleagues, and to continue exploring the web on our own, and incorporate as many tech tools into our classes as we can. This course has shown us which way to go in our future work as teachers, and I am confident that we will use this opportunity, and that this will be just a beginning of exploration of the resources offered by the web.
I am very thankful to our course instructor for all the help and guidance throughout the course, and I am also thankful to all other participants of the course for all that I have learned from them over the past 10 week.
I would also like to express my gratitude to the US embassy in my country for providing me the scholarship for this course and for this great opportunity to learn so many new things and broadening my horizons about the endless possibilities that the internet has to offer to teachers.
Thank you all, and I wish you the very best in your future life and work,
kind regards, Dzemal
Friday, June 15, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Reflections on week 9
Week 9 is behind us. It was again enriching and fun week in which I was able to learn something new. This week wasn't too busy for me, I made some corrections on the draft of my final report and read several articles related to learning styles and multiple intelligences.
As for the final project report, thanks to useful suggestions from Roxana, I was able to identify weak points in it and correct them, so I hope it is ok now. While my final report might have some shortcomings, I am very glad that the project itself was very successful and that the feedback that I got from students was highly positive.
As for LS and MI, I must confess that I didn't pay too much attention to those things until now, but, having read some articles and comments of other participants of this course, I can say that I view it in a different light now. Most certainly every teacher has to take into consideration the fact that different students have inclination to different learning styles and different sorts of intelligences. Therefore, teachers should approach every student as an individual rather than have the same approach regardless of what the students are like. Technology can offer a great means to handle different LS and MI.
All in all, another interesting and productive week of the webskills course.
Best regards to all,
Dzemal
As for the final project report, thanks to useful suggestions from Roxana, I was able to identify weak points in it and correct them, so I hope it is ok now. While my final report might have some shortcomings, I am very glad that the project itself was very successful and that the feedback that I got from students was highly positive.
As for LS and MI, I must confess that I didn't pay too much attention to those things until now, but, having read some articles and comments of other participants of this course, I can say that I view it in a different light now. Most certainly every teacher has to take into consideration the fact that different students have inclination to different learning styles and different sorts of intelligences. Therefore, teachers should approach every student as an individual rather than have the same approach regardless of what the students are like. Technology can offer a great means to handle different LS and MI.
All in all, another interesting and productive week of the webskills course.
Best regards to all,
Dzemal
Friday, June 1, 2012
Reflections on week 8
Our course is really winding down, it is hard to believe that almost two months went by... As always, this week was full of nice activities. I created an online exercise, and also learned how to create a website for classes on google sites. It will help me a lot in the future since I am planning to create online exercises and class websites for my students in the future.
This week I learned about another great (and free) online tool - ANVILL, something that I intend to use in the future. We also had the opportunity to 'meet' Jeff and participate in the webinar, which was an opportunity to get in 'real-time contact' with other participants and instructors.
Finally, I completed the draft version of my project. I am more than happy with the reaction of my students to the use of the virtual classroom.
All in all, another very productive and interesting week is behind us, and this course has been such a wonderful experience.
This week I learned about another great (and free) online tool - ANVILL, something that I intend to use in the future. We also had the opportunity to 'meet' Jeff and participate in the webinar, which was an opportunity to get in 'real-time contact' with other participants and instructors.
Finally, I completed the draft version of my project. I am more than happy with the reaction of my students to the use of the virtual classroom.
All in all, another very productive and interesting week is behind us, and this course has been such a wonderful experience.
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