Week 10: My Reflection

Time flies when you have fun. You may get surprised when you hear this for the first time, but that was a real thing. To be honest, I did not expect to learn a lot from a virtual class; I thought that face to face is more affective way for the students. Now, I believe that this kind of class can go one better than the traditional method used nowadays. Therefore, awareness should be raised among schools, universities and other organizations. 

Week 1:

I started using (nicenet.org) for the first time. I thought that forums are the only way of sharing discussions. I also created my own blog where I post my reflection at the end of the week. 

Week 2:

Discussion- Web Searching: We analyzed different kinds of search engines. I thought that Google and Yahoo is the only search engines that can we use. As for me, it was very difficult as I needed to go over each one and give it a try to see which result I came up with.

Task - ABCD Model for Behavioral Objectives: before the teacher starts his lesson, he needs to draw his objectives. As a result, he will be able to achieve what he wants his students to learn in the class. That what was Sean used to do with us every week.

Week 3:

Discussion - Aural/Oral Skill-Building Websites: We read an article on listening-speaking website. Unlike speaking, it was easy to find listening lessons for beginners and advanced students.

Task - Using Delicious.com to Store Useful Links:  when we search for different website, we  used delicious.com to save some helpful ones. This was used in order not lose good links. Here is my link (https://delicious.com/aaldosar ). to be honest, I am not satisfied with mine. I am going to add more in the future. 

Week 4:

Discussion - Reading/Writing Skill-Building Websites: I visited two multi-skill websites. One of them was easy for my students. You can see it at (http://www.moma.org/interactives/artsafari/shegoat.html)

An ABCD Objective has been given on this post.

Task - Preparing a Technology-Enhanced Lesson Plan: I read an article about “Tips and Advice from the Webskills Team” and I learned how to write a technology enhanced lesson plan. It was easy for me to do it. I taught me how to organize myself with new technology and how to anticipate the problems.

(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxCALs5cKjqYbkM0TUgwOFdKRVU/edit?usp=sharing)

Week 5:

Discussion - Project-Based Learning and WebQuests: There was a reading about After reading about project-based learning (PBL)and WebQuests.  In brief, we can say that Students can interact and have the ability of evaluation.

Task - Rubrics and Alternative Assessment: In this part, I made a mistake when I shed the light on some points related to technology and neglected the language skill in my rubric. I thought that rubric is for language skill and technology usage.

I made an extra credit task on my blog:

http://aaldosar.blogspot.com/

Week 6:

Discussion - Technology Tools: There were topics about how to create student-centered classes. I read about Interactive Lecture and ◦Tips and Strategies for Effective Teamwork on:

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/teaching/LargeClasses.html

Task: it was not my first time using power point. However, I did something different. I created an interactive one using hyperlinks. That took me a long time to prepare one lesson. Participant in this course should be designers as well. It has been uploaded on https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxCALs5cKjqYN3g3UzVCeVA5MjQ/edit?usp=sharing

Week 7:

`Students can post a document, link, or type on a wall using padlet.com.  we also talked about different tools we have not used in class. That was like creative since we need to see which one fits the class according to the ABCD objectives and students’ needs. I created my own class on nicenet.org. what was funny that I thought this websites is for Oregon University.

Week 8:

I used different tools with my student from the ones I learn last weeks. Students have fun because they tried various things together such as twitter, powerpoint and padlet.

Week 9 :

There was an article about “Technology and Multiple Intelligences”.  I know that students have individual differences but I didn’t know that they have characters that may affect them  psychologically. I believe that the teacher should study carefully all these characters before he starts teaching at school. 

Week 10:

It was the saddest week ever since we pack our bags and leave the course. But, we were not allowed to carry all our luggage with us. We had to leave some pieces of advice to the new participants in the future. In another hand we were asked to read about technology integration. I talked about the best technology the I used to achieve my main goal based on the Tiers shown on the table.
http://www.k12.wa.us/edtech/techliteracy/techinttiers.aspx


At the end, I post a comment on Eda's blog 

(http://academiaeda.blogspot.com/2013/12/week-10-reflections-on-what-i-did-what.html?showComment=1387142826609#c8423299184829340322)