This week i proposed my class a reading activity from Braking English News related to exploitation at work.
I chose the activities from the web page and selected the True or False and the activities of synonyms and matching phrases.
Students will have a test next week so it will be a good opportunity to assess what they have learnt about Human Rights so far.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0504/050415-nike-e.html
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Life goes on and so does school
The course finished and though I feel more relaxed because I don't have deadlines, a tear dropped round my face when I read Donna's last post. It's amazing what a learning community produces in ourselves even when we have never seen each other personally and we probably never will.
I was very happy with my project result and feedback as well with the final course evaluation.
I'm doing an online seminar now about class research and I can't help comparing it with the 'Webskills course', maybe I want to see something of it in the seminar.
I wonder why we cannot create learning communities as we did in this course with the colleagues we work every day. Is that a kind of professional pathology?
I was very happy with my project result and feedback as well with the final course evaluation.
I'm doing an online seminar now about class research and I can't help comparing it with the 'Webskills course', maybe I want to see something of it in the seminar.
I wonder why we cannot create learning communities as we did in this course with the colleagues we work every day. Is that a kind of professional pathology?
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Last week reflection
And we finally arrived to the last week and the end of the course.
It has been an exciting ride for me and based on my peer colleagues reflections I'm sure they share the same feeling of adventure.
This was my very first experience with technology and I'm still facing a few difficulties with the tools I decided to use. However I forget these moments of frustration and soon after I'm thinking about trying something different to overcome difficulties.
My pace integrating technology in class has been slow, but I'm sure I will not be the same teacher I was before this course and for this I must thank Donna, my colleagues in this course, the guest participants, the University of Oregon for offering me this unique opportunity, and the US Embassy in Uruguay.
I also must recognise the great organization of this course in every aspect and the excellent job done by Donna as monitor.
Right now I'm in the first levels of using technology, I need time to explore in dept the full advantages of the tools I'm using and to get to know better those tools I didn't have time to use.
I only have to say THANKS, again.
It has been an exciting ride for me and based on my peer colleagues reflections I'm sure they share the same feeling of adventure.
This was my very first experience with technology and I'm still facing a few difficulties with the tools I decided to use. However I forget these moments of frustration and soon after I'm thinking about trying something different to overcome difficulties.
My pace integrating technology in class has been slow, but I'm sure I will not be the same teacher I was before this course and for this I must thank Donna, my colleagues in this course, the guest participants, the University of Oregon for offering me this unique opportunity, and the US Embassy in Uruguay.
I also must recognise the great organization of this course in every aspect and the excellent job done by Donna as monitor.
Right now I'm in the first levels of using technology, I need time to explore in dept the full advantages of the tools I'm using and to get to know better those tools I didn't have time to use.
I only have to say THANKS, again.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Week 9 Assessment of the process
We finally arrived to the Project Report week and we had the opportunity to tell our experiences, and what we learnt from it.
The course is about to finish but I'm planning to review and explore in depth those tools I found most useful but I didn't have enough time to get to know well.
This course has given me the opportunity of joining a teachers' project in my country to share my experiences and what I've learnt.
It has also given me the opportunity to get to know teachers from around the world, get to know their realities and see that no matter how far away our countries are, we share the same expectations, goals and concerns, those that define us as teachers.
The course is about to finish but I'm planning to review and explore in depth those tools I found most useful but I didn't have enough time to get to know well.
This course has given me the opportunity of joining a teachers' project in my country to share my experiences and what I've learnt.
It has also given me the opportunity to get to know teachers from around the world, get to know their realities and see that no matter how far away our countries are, we share the same expectations, goals and concerns, those that define us as teachers.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)