This is the fourth week that I have participated in
this course. A month has passed right before my eyes. Every week we learn
something new and different. For this week's assignment, I started with an
article by Jarek Krajka which gives insight into emailing, the role of a
teacher in a classroom, ways to conduct online activities, developing writing skill at the same time can enhance related English skills like reading, vocabulary work,
speaking/sharing with the class and even listening to others. This gives me
much food for thought and helps me create a more technologically integrated classroom.
Another article by Larry J. Mikulecky on "Using Internet-Based Children's Literature to Teach EFL" also shows us using
vocabulary mastery to assess the comprehension level of a person's reading
whether it is independent, instructional or frustrational. I particularly like
the "five-finger method" and I applied it in my classrooms and it
gives the learners a sense of control over their chosen reading materials.
Participating in Nicenet discussion on Reading,
Writing and Vocabulary Skills has let me explore invaluable resources from
different links. I was first even overwhelmed the variety of choices I could
use for my students. Whichever link I opened, it was suitable to help the students
with their necessary skills. It's also good to have Andrea as a guest because
what she shared based on her experience is really of a great help in our
journey to acquire web skills. Thank you Courtney for bringing her into our
amazing community.
Meeting deadlines was quite a challenge for me but it was
worth doing it. Preparing a technology enhanced lesson plan was quite a struggle
for me but I could manage it at last by observing all the websites provided on
our week 4 course. I really want feedback from Courtney and all my classmates
about my lesson plan so that I will know where my weaknesses and strengths are.
While issuing problems we face in our class which we
have chosen for our project, it helps us more focused on the area that needs
improvement and leads us slowly to our final project.
From the additional reading lists, I love to use
this website http://www.rong-chang.com/tutor.htm
with my students and their positive feedback and the posts about their experience on their respective blogs
using this website really motivates me to keep using technology whenever I can.
Ok. I am ready for week 5 and its assignments. Let's
do it.
Best,
Kyi Tha Wai
Hi Sophia,
ReplyDeleteWe went through same intuition of the week, just realized a month has passed. Like you I also had difficulty getting over the technology enhanced lesson plan but at the end reading the references i was almost able to get through. And you look bit worried about your lesson plan but when I went through it I found your lesson well defined and it was of course in detail.
I also visited the website: http://www.rong-chang.com/tutor.htm its really interesting and motivating for students to practice writing and from it i came to know about another web tool that is good for English learning, it is www.rong-chang.com do see it once, you may like it.
All is good so far, happy that we are sailing in one ship...and all set for next gear.
All the best!
sanjiv
Hi Sophia,
ReplyDeleteIts great that you also think Jarek Krajka's article on the use of internet in improving writing is useful. I've plans of using it soon in my class and have written about it in my Lesson plan.
How I wish that like you I can ask my students to have reflective blogs of their own....this would really help in getting positive feedback, but we do have syllabus and time constraints in our system of education in India. So, I'm not sure how I'll be able to implement that in my class. But I'll save the website that you're going to use for your class.
Best wishes,
Paramita