Week 10 - 10 exceptional weeks of building teaching web                   skills!

                  The course we are about to graduate has provided us with exceptional,  motivating online teaching resources which I am planning on further exploring with my adult students in the military. The course designers have delineated a gradual progression...

creating a reflective blog;

designing ABCD learning objectives framework and effectively  searching the web;

exploring oral/aural skill-building websites and bookmarks with Delicious;

experimenting reading/writing websites and technology-enhanced lesson plans;

working on Project-based learning, WebQuests, and rubrics;

expressing opinions on student-centered large classes; 

creating an interactive PowerPoint;

finding out more about learner autonomy, the one-computer classroom, and mobile devices;

testing students' learning styles;

developing a project using a new technology tool or technique.

I feel I have built and grown not only online teaching skill, but also invaluable (one of Ahmed's favourite words when describing excellence:)))) life skills.

  It has been win-win-win!

Thank you,

 Donna,

 Aysun, Nigora, Ahmed, Oksana, Yanira, Sumitra, Tatyana, Elizaveta, Jason, Ehouabolet, Mitra, Zahra, Abdelmajid, Karima, Chi, Audy, Evette, 

and last but not least Thalia!

Best of everything to you, 

Rolanda 

Romania

Week 9 - Art. Fires. Future.

Yellow group stands for the visually aware, auditory and                                        kinaesthetic teachers

I wish I got out of the multitasking habit. I'm not overreacting if I tell you that this week was a very challenging one for me. I have been busy working on the final plan report, completing the course readings, tasks and assignments. The job duties involving speaking evaluations to a lange group of candidates and the administrative issues at the end of a 16 week online course I have been moderating added to  this week's workload; not to mention, the final paper I am currently preparing for the graduation of a Master Degree in Sociology that  I am doing on Risk Groups and Social Support Services. 

This week's topic, exploring the students learning styles, has been very interesting. As I have already mentioned in the NICENET post, to be able to better address my students' learning needs, I always apply them an online questionnaire at the beginning of any course, either online or face-to-face.

One way of exploring the students VAK abilities is by encouraging them design their own digital stories. There was an article that I have read and some examples that I have recently accessed which  are very illustrative. 

As I am a visually aware teacher, I use class posters for decoration, teaching and learning purposes. If you like, download and add  the next 3 inspiring posters to your bank of visual materials.

 

Source: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/posters-download

Source: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/posters-download

Source: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/posters-download