Jun 15, 2012
Jun 8, 2012
Week 9
Hello Classmates
It is time to say goodbye. It is really an emotional moment mixed with sadness and happiness feeling. I am very happy that I have reached this week and I am sad that the course is about to end. It is really sad that you say goodbye to people whom I really respect and I have learnt a lot from them. I have learnt to be active person because of you my dear friends.
It is frankly a worthwhile course which has gone smoothly and everything was as I expect and more.
I have learned about many things that are going to help me to be a good teacher. This course will add many thing to my profession and will impact on the teaching and the learning.
In the first week, I learned how to create a blog and I am going to cascade this for my colleagues and to my students. In the second week, I learned the ABCD objectives and this of course will helped me when I write a plan for my future lesson. Also, I learned about search engines and how they are effective when I or my students use to search for anything. Week 3, I learned about creating delicious and effective oral skills. Week 4, I learned how to make a good lesson plan and about writing/reading skills. I like very much learned about rubric and I like that website which is going to help when in assessing my students this was in week 5. In week 6, I read about tips when I use PPT and I did one and this will help my students in their presentations. Week 7, Learning autonomy is crucial for the learners that make them independent learners. Week 8 and 9 I work in the project and this was very helpful for me to put my ideas together and maybe some is going to benefit from its implementation.
Thank and see you in another course
Naif
It is time to say goodbye. It is really an emotional moment mixed with sadness and happiness feeling. I am very happy that I have reached this week and I am sad that the course is about to end. It is really sad that you say goodbye to people whom I really respect and I have learnt a lot from them. I have learnt to be active person because of you my dear friends.
It is frankly a worthwhile course which has gone smoothly and everything was as I expect and more.
I have learned about many things that are going to help me to be a good teacher. This course will add many thing to my profession and will impact on the teaching and the learning.
In the first week, I learned how to create a blog and I am going to cascade this for my colleagues and to my students. In the second week, I learned the ABCD objectives and this of course will helped me when I write a plan for my future lesson. Also, I learned about search engines and how they are effective when I or my students use to search for anything. Week 3, I learned about creating delicious and effective oral skills. Week 4, I learned how to make a good lesson plan and about writing/reading skills. I like very much learned about rubric and I like that website which is going to help when in assessing my students this was in week 5. In week 6, I read about tips when I use PPT and I did one and this will help my students in their presentations. Week 7, Learning autonomy is crucial for the learners that make them independent learners. Week 8 and 9 I work in the project and this was very helpful for me to put my ideas together and maybe some is going to benefit from its implementation.
Thank and see you in another course
Naif
Jun 2, 2012
Week 8 Reflection
This week was really amazing. The most amazing thing about the final project. I wrote the final project according to the templates. Yet there are many aspects that I missed. I would like to thank my dear partner Andrea for her reflection and checklist. She really gives me a clear idea about what I missed in my project.
Other things I like about integrating the technology in our teaching process. It will fantastic to do that. Since we are coming toward the end of the course. Where I can find all these good materials that I can use them in future or may I want to cascade what i learn this course to my friends in school. Any one has a suggestion to keep all the syllable and articles.
Naif
Other things I like about integrating the technology in our teaching process. It will fantastic to do that. Since we are coming toward the end of the course. Where I can find all these good materials that I can use them in future or may I want to cascade what i learn this course to my friends in school. Any one has a suggestion to keep all the syllable and articles.
Naif
May 27, 2012
Reflection 7
Dear classmates
By the end of this week we are very close to submit the final project.
The days passed very fast and we are overloaded with all these good information that will impact on our professional development and of course on our students learning achievements.
I think we need to think carefully about the final project because all the projects could be implemented in our classrooms.
I like very much article about autonomy and I think not only students who need to be autonomy but also also teachers as well.
Before I finish I want to say that i am very happy I found a peerpartner.
Naif
By the end of this week we are very close to submit the final project.
The days passed very fast and we are overloaded with all these good information that will impact on our professional development and of course on our students learning achievements.
I think we need to think carefully about the final project because all the projects could be implemented in our classrooms.
I like very much article about autonomy and I think not only students who need to be autonomy but also also teachers as well.
Before I finish I want to say that i am very happy I found a peerpartner.
Naif
May 19, 2012
Reflection week 6
Dear friends
I can not believe that 42 days has gone and we only still have 4 weeks. It is really amazing and interesting course. Evey week I expect to learn something new, my expectation comes true and this exactly what has happened in this week. I have learned how to deal with large classes. Even though I am teaching a class which has only 27 students and this seems very small, my friends whom are teaching in colleges have large classes. So I sat down with them and I cascaded what I learn to their benefit. I also was amazed with the PowerPoint activity. I have learnt two things how to make a PowerPoint activity and most important I have learnt how the PPT activity can be interactive in the classroom. I think from my point of view an successful PPT is that involve all the students. The involvement of our learners is essential and very crucial in order to move from the teacher-centered to the student-centered. This of course will impact on the students and motivate them to learn. I have learnt that by using technology ideas or tools we can solve some problematic issue that arise in the classroom here and there from time to time. So I am focusing on using technology to make my students a good writer. More explanation and elaboration will be given in the project plan on week eight.
Since you are reading my reflection I hope that this course means to you a lot as it does on me.
I wish all the best of luck .
Naif
I can not believe that 42 days has gone and we only still have 4 weeks. It is really amazing and interesting course. Evey week I expect to learn something new, my expectation comes true and this exactly what has happened in this week. I have learned how to deal with large classes. Even though I am teaching a class which has only 27 students and this seems very small, my friends whom are teaching in colleges have large classes. So I sat down with them and I cascaded what I learn to their benefit. I also was amazed with the PowerPoint activity. I have learnt two things how to make a PowerPoint activity and most important I have learnt how the PPT activity can be interactive in the classroom. I think from my point of view an successful PPT is that involve all the students. The involvement of our learners is essential and very crucial in order to move from the teacher-centered to the student-centered. This of course will impact on the students and motivate them to learn. I have learnt that by using technology ideas or tools we can solve some problematic issue that arise in the classroom here and there from time to time. So I am focusing on using technology to make my students a good writer. More explanation and elaboration will be given in the project plan on week eight.
Since you are reading my reflection I hope that this course means to you a lot as it does on me.
I wish all the best of luck .
Naif
May 13, 2012
Reflection5
Dear All
Week 5 has passed very fast. In fact, I have learned a lot from the beginning of the course till today. New information added to my previous knowledge. In this week I have learned about using rubrics in assessing the activities or the projects. I have learned about new and alternative assessment tools. I like very much about the rubrics website and I am going to use them in my next activities. I can now work with my students with concrete rubrics that guide my students toward achieve their aims of the given activities. I have learned that students need to have the ability for self-evaluative. Self -assessment is assessment by students of their own strengths and weaknesses.
Project-based learning PBL is approach that give the students opportunity to work in groups to work in project by scaffolding students with instructions and resources. Teacher is a facilitator and students are independent learners. They depend on themselves and work on the project. PBL approach is very beneficial for the students and help students to use the English language in real situation.
Thanks
Week 5 has passed very fast. In fact, I have learned a lot from the beginning of the course till today. New information added to my previous knowledge. In this week I have learned about using rubrics in assessing the activities or the projects. I have learned about new and alternative assessment tools. I like very much about the rubrics website and I am going to use them in my next activities. I can now work with my students with concrete rubrics that guide my students toward achieve their aims of the given activities. I have learned that students need to have the ability for self-evaluative. Self -assessment is assessment by students of their own strengths and weaknesses.
Project-based learning PBL is approach that give the students opportunity to work in groups to work in project by scaffolding students with instructions and resources. Teacher is a facilitator and students are independent learners. They depend on themselves and work on the project. PBL approach is very beneficial for the students and help students to use the English language in real situation.
Thanks
May 5, 2012
Week 4 - Reflection
Week 4 has gone and many things I have learnt since we have started this lovely course. Days and we are going to start week 5 the middle of the course. Till now everything is under control. The course goes smoothly and I think this is because it is well organized and because of the moderator. I have learned a lot from the articles like Krajka article and other articles. This week I more focus on the possible problem that I might face while I am using on-line lesson. I think that all obstacles can be solve as the teacher has got students who are highly motivated and they are willing to learn. Mostly they like the using of the technology. Other staff can be solved. Like the computer lab occupied, I can manage with the school principle and have some lesson there. Also most of my students have iPhone or iPad and can log into the net any time.
I am just worried about the slow learners. There are many good sites in the net but how can I help my slow learners to read fast in the net. Since English language is the L2 language. So some of them are motivated to learn but they still face difficulty to learn fast can catch the outstanding learners. I think I need to ask them to work in group in order to cooperate with each others so I can safe time and effort.
I am just worried about the slow learners. There are many good sites in the net but how can I help my slow learners to read fast in the net. Since English language is the L2 language. So some of them are motivated to learn but they still face difficulty to learn fast can catch the outstanding learners. I think I need to ask them to work in group in order to cooperate with each others so I can safe time and effort.
Apr 28, 2012
Week 3 Reflection
It was really a lovely week. I have learned many new and worthwhile things. I have learned about on of the most important web 2.0 tools. It is delicious; the social bookmarking. I have registered in the site and I have put some sites that I can share with other people. Also I search for some sites that other people have put them in this site. I can say that by using delicious I can have like a mobile library I can use these site wherever I go. The difference between delicious and "my favourite" is that delicious I can open it in any computer just I need Internet service but "my favourite" is only in my computer. Second Thing I have learned about techniques of teaching skills like listening and speaking. They are very important skills and we as teachers we need to take care of them. Students have difficulties to learn them and teacher needs to think about different ways to teach his/her students these two skills. Also teacher needs to put in his mind the individual differences and learners styles. Not all students learn in the same way and they are different learning style. There are three famous styles visual, auditory and kinesthetic.I also have looked at the past projects and I have enjoyed reading them. I have looked about two things how much efforts those participants have made and the benefit they have gain from this course. These projects gives me clear idea about my project in the coming weeks and I have learned about the way we should shape our coming projects.
Apr 20, 2012
Week 2 Reflection
It was
really an interesting week full of information. This week I have spent time
reading about some crucial issues that would help in designing a fancy project
which of course is going to help and motivate students in their studying. So I
have read about "How
to Write Clear Objectives" from Pennsylvania State University's Teaching
and Learning office gives the basic overview of the ABCD model that we will be
using. It is frankly the first time I have heard about this module and I found
it very beneficial and I am planning to use not only in this course but in my
planning for the lesson in the couples months and for next academic years. Though
I studied Bloom Taxonomy at University about
12 years age, this week refreshed my mind by the fables information that I have
found about"Classifying Objectives"
from the Innovative Technology Center at the University of Tennessee is a
revised Bloom's Taxonomy. Make sure you think about writing learning objectives
that address a range of skills on the hierarchy, as well as being observable. Also, I have read about different search engines and I admitted
that the first time I have heard about these search engine. I though there were
only " Google" and " Bing" but after reading and looking at the Web Searching Tech Tip for ideas about
techniques for searching. I tried some
of the search engines or portals to see which ones work best for academic searches
and for information for my class. Beside I tried different search engine I also
read about others post in Nicenet and I discovered that other search engines
are very useful especially in academic issues. I will recommended these web
search engine for my students and fro other teachers in my school as well.
Apr 13, 2012
Week 1 Reflection
This is the first week of the course. It gives me great pleasure to participate in this interesting course. I have started reading the blog instruction, though I have already had a blog I really get the benefit of the blog instruction. I think learning by using the social network or as some people call the web 2.0 tools is a grate idea. Here I am going to apply this idea by next academic year. In fact we are at the end of the academic year in school and we still have two months and then the students holiday will start. In Oman students are off in July and August. So in the coming week I will try my best to work will my students. But for next year I will implement the blog in my school officially. Because of this I am very happy that I am participating in this course and I am going to benefit from it a lot.
I like very much the idea that different participants are joining the course from different countries. So this class is like "virtual class". Different people from different countries and different cultures and even ages of participants are verify. This gives the course the power to share experience and get to use from each other. I have read all the introductions that have been written by other classmates and I would like to thanks those who have put comments on my introduction part. I also apologise to those who I could not reply or respond though I really enjoyed reading about their identification.
Finally, I would like to thank the instructor and the people in the University for given me this golden opportunity to participate in this course. I will try my best to finish the assignments, tasks and the final project just on time. I just would like to tell you that the time between Oman and University of Oregon is like 12 hours when you start in the morning at 8 a.m it is 8 p.m night here in Oman.
Thank you all and I would be very happy that everyone have a look at my blog. Please feel free to comment on my post and if you have any comment just write it down here in the blog.
Naif Alabri _ Oman
I like very much the idea that different participants are joining the course from different countries. So this class is like "virtual class". Different people from different countries and different cultures and even ages of participants are verify. This gives the course the power to share experience and get to use from each other. I have read all the introductions that have been written by other classmates and I would like to thanks those who have put comments on my introduction part. I also apologise to those who I could not reply or respond though I really enjoyed reading about their identification.
Finally, I would like to thank the instructor and the people in the University for given me this golden opportunity to participate in this course. I will try my best to finish the assignments, tasks and the final project just on time. I just would like to tell you that the time between Oman and University of Oregon is like 12 hours when you start in the morning at 8 a.m it is 8 p.m night here in Oman.
Thank you all and I would be very happy that everyone have a look at my blog. Please feel free to comment on my post and if you have any comment just write it down here in the blog.
Naif Alabri _ Oman
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