Week 3: Another worthwhile experience with" Delicious"

The 3rd week begins by the topic "The Aural/Oral Skills Building". We have discussed the importance of listening and speaking skills for the second language learners. We have learned how to improve these skills through using technology,

By exploring different websites, I found www.esl-lab.com very useful since it contains topics I currently teach. Moreover, conversations in this website are available for different levels.

We explored also the new website "Delicious", it is the first time I hear about this website, and I am glad to have an account on it . I enjoyed creating my page on "Delicious", it is a great website to save and share resources.

Our last task was to read and reflect on a sample project report. After reading Nadina's report, I was impressed with the huge  effort she made to improve and enrich her students' language abilities. She succeded  through using technology in her class to motivate her students, make them interested in learning English, and make them use the internet education wise. The outcome is that she adapted new methods in her teaching and she got positive reactions from her students.

It is amazing how I can learn all these things in one week, and how I myself become motivated and eager to use technology in my classroom.
Looking forward to reading your comments.

Best wishes from sunny Marrakesh

Karima,
Morocco

Week 2: A Fruitful week

This week was very fruitful. I was surprised with the huge amount of information a person can have from the internet. Though I have been using "google" for my academic researches all the time, I learnt that it is not the only search engine. Today, having tried "iseek", "Bing", ""surfwax", and other search engines found in noodletools, I realized that I can search for topics and articles more easily. I will definitely try more search engines, I will also recommend them to my colleagues, and I have already provided my students with some of them.

The second topic this week was about objectives, I used to write objectives for my lessons but the ABCD behavioural objectives is new for me. I learnt from this article that writing clear objectives can be useful for both teachers and students, because a well written objective statement provides  a clear picture of the outcome a teacher expect.

The last task, the description of our classes made me realize that some of my colleagues are lucky to have facilities to teach with technology, while others are still struggling and making great efforts to integrate ICT in their teaching.

I was happy with all the information I had this week, and I am eager to know, learn, and explore more,  and of course share knowledge with my coursemates.

Greetings from Marrakesh, the red city.

week 1:A New Experience

Hello everyone,

 I am so happy with this new experience. I heard a lot about blogs but I have never thought of creating my own. Thanks to this training programme, I created my blog easily.

Blogs are ideal tools for activities based on reflection, anyone  can use them to keep a reflective journal. In addition,they are easy and fun to use.

As a teacher, I can use a blog to post resources, lessons and homework assignments, I can share ideas with other educators. Also, blogging can improve my students' skills in writing and build their confidence.

I have spent a nice week learning and experimenting new things, creating my first blog, reading and commenting on  my colleagues posts on Nicenet. I am sure that I will learn a lot more from this course and from my friends' experiences.

warm regards,
Karima