Bye Week 6! Welcome Week 7
Dear Donna, Dear course mates,
My goodness!!!
Where have all those six weeks gone? Gone so fast!
We are already midway!
In a way I feel sad already. Sad for we are getting close to the end of our online course!!
This week was very special for me. I was able to create my first INTERACTIVE PowerPoint Presentation. “Blogging Quiz”. Even though simple it gave me hints to start new discoveries and tips of interactivity. That is to say getting away from the traditional PowerPoint presentation, leading to engaging and involving the learner who is no longer a mere watcher of the screen but is interacting with the presenter.
Today is only day one of a two weeks holiday here in Morocco, and I can’t wait till we go back to school. My DREAM is coming even closer to reality thanks to all the tools provided in the insightful readings suggested by sweet Donna. It seems very promising. I feel very hopeful. Soon I will be implementing the web tools to start the change. I am planning to have my students bring their personal laptops. We will proceed to creating their Gmail accounts (I am having other students joining the original group), then their blogs as a first step. Students will have to introduce themselves in guided paragraph writing. This is on one hand. On the other hand, I will ask volunteers to work in groups to create INTERACTIVE PowerPoint presentations that I will assist.
Another issue I read about this week ,was how to handle teaching large classes and engaging my students. Many of the techniques provided in the readings, that I find very interesting and useful, are new to me. Wait and see!! I will try to apply all that can be applied in my classes. You will hear about me!
All you need is wish me good luck just the way I wish you good luck for the three weeks to come.
Best,
Khadija the Determined,
From: Garri, 'the determined'
ReplyDeleteto: Teacher Khadija, the determined.
I can't find a phrase better than yours 'the determined' to describe my anticipations with this course.
I share you the same feeling: so happy because we have learned much from Donna and feel sad because time of the course is closing in. Yet, my relief comes from the course participants. They have been so helpful to each other and this will not stop by the end of this course. It should continue, an on-going learning. It will last for long, I believe.
Why don't you feel happy now, Khadija? You are seeing your students with a new experience and new teaching materials. I am not not teaching now, but I have already forwarded some of these material to my colleagues. Their feedback is promising.