I am not sure but maybe I am the last one to write my reflections. I don't know why but I think that I am never ready 100% to write my reflections… maybe we should later write our reflections on our past reflections! I don't know...
Well, Thanks to Deborah's well written article week two has opened the doors to me to a new Internet world searching! I have been a Google fan for a long time… and I think I am still a one. But now with the NoodleToole site I can practice searching for the search engines that fit my needs. I read all the comments on the thread about searching engines and I think your work is very important that I saved your recommended sites on a word file. I've posted this file for you in our class wiki in case anybody is interested in it. The Internet is the biggest online library in our world and I believe that researchers/teachers can save much time if they know how to search for material. I believe that searching for material is a skill that can be taught and can be mastered by practice. It would be a good idea to conduct a "mini" research on these search engines every time we are looking for material. I think I have to also write notes and comments on my searching experiences. The articles and the task about searching were really helpful for me.
The task about the objectives is important too! It is always important to think about our objectives before we act! The first step in planning a teaching unit is thinking about our goal/s and then writes our objectives accordingly. The ABCD method helps us do the planning in an organized way… But as I said in one or more of my posts of this week… it is always good to have a second reader to our teaching plan! This is why I like pair or group work. I think we should have more group work at our schools! This is not an easy task especially in places ( like my school) where students are not used to group work! But as the ABCD method suggests! We should have clear objectives… even regarding individual or group work.
This week gives me lots of ideas about online teaching settings that can be implemented with my students. I think in the future I will benefit more from you all when you build your own teaching units while using online tools. Yes! These are online tools for teaching! But at the same time we should think about these tools from the perspectives of the learners… Does the learner really learn well with the tool/s that we provide her/him? As you know the students in general have different learning styles and in a regular class we try to meet their needs… will the online tools meet students' needs or not? Will we reach more students this way or not? I hope the answer is yes. I have to try this with my students and check or examine their reactions, achievement and reflections.
Best,
Khuloud.
Dear Khuloud,
ReplyDeleteYou're quite right that the real test will come when you try the different tools and techniques with students. That's where how the tool is used will make the difference.
You're also more likely to get comments on your blog if you post earlier...
Yours,
Deborah
Thanks Deborah for commenting! :) Yes, this is a good point… but the question is do I write for others to comment or do I write my reflections to myself to think about? I don't know but for me I have to see the "whole picture" in order to write my reflections… I may need to work on my learning styles.
ReplyDeleteKhuloud.