Friday, March 9, 2012

Week 9: The End of The Pleasant Journey!



Hello Jodi & Sheire and everyone,

I am writing these words and I am mesmerized, paralyzed and breathless because this course is going to end. I love the moment I communicate with everyone in this course. I love the moment I understand and learn from everyone. This week is the 9th and I collect a lot of information and learn the power of thinking and discussion. Allow me dear to start speaking about this golden, super, bright and outstanding course. We started with getting to know each other and then introduced to the ground rules for the discussion. Which are the basic and main strategies that we all follow during the course. I learnt to create my own blog and I tried my best to learn more about the blog and its features. I got the idea of writing something and commenting on my classmates work. I am obliged to be introduced to the ABCD learning objectives. I read more about the ABCD from different materials. I used these techniques when I did my lesson plan and I  used it a lot during this course. I had a pleasant tour and discover the most effective web search. I add to my bookmark a lot of websites and I feel great that I have these rich websites. Then I worked on Oral/aural skill-building websites and bookmarks with Delicious. I read different materials about Oral and aural. The bookmarks I got familiar with are a great help for me and my students. I moved to reading and writing websites which gave me huge benefit about the techniques of reading and writing. I spent some times searching some websites and read, analyze, and summarize some ideas about reading and writing. Then I learn more about lesson plans using technology and tools that help in teaching. Then I move to Webquests, Rubrics and PBL. I struggle in making my own Webquest but finally I ended up with my successful webquest. I read a lot of materials about PBL which needs much time concentrating on the materials given because there was a huge benefit. I learn about large classes and interactive powerpoint. These two points are very interesting to me and I learn a lot in term of application. A big number of websites give a lot of information about the large classes and the interactive powerpoint. Then I was introduced to Learner autonomy and the one-computer classroom and which another excellent subject. I spent a wonderful time discussing, forming, and preparing the project. I experience the best practices in the webinar I learn about its features. I tried my best to apply what I learnt in my classes at the institutes and I will do my best to use the materials, websites and ideas soon. I will try my best to go through the materials again and learn more and discover other beneficial ideas.   I am very happy that I communicate with the course participants during the course. I felt great when I share the discussion through the nicenet. I add a lot to my experience and my filed of teaching. I apply till now most of the technological tools that I learn from this course.  I am proud that I attend this course and I met the great instructors, the bright guests and the wonderful participants.  



Thank you very much indeed for your time.

Salam