Week 10 The Beginning of a New Adventure

The week 10 has finished. However the LOTI framework and its survey where really impressive for me. I could see more clearly a lot of other possibilities to use technology for teaching. Also the article “Seven Principles”  left me the clear idea of committing to “ eschew materials that are simply didactic, and search instead for those that are interactive, problem oriented, relevant to real-world issues, and that evoke student motivation.”  As Janine said this is just the beginning of a new adventure!

That’s why I would like to mention:

What topics where more successful?

I think that the Webquest, PBL, One computer classroom, teacher resources online, peer review for final report and learning styles where the topics that more caught the attention of the classmates.

What topics where more successful for you?

The most successful for me is the Interactive Power Point presentation, Webquest, PBL, the Employment of CALL in Teaching Second/Foreign Language Speaking Skills, Standards for teaching language, and the blessing of Rubistar! It seems that I won’t finish.

Which tools will you use in your classes?

I want to try ANVIL, Voice threat, podcast, student inventory.

And all the other tools were suggested and used by colleagues like Pretzi and Voki.

Which if any do you think were not relevant to what you do or will do?

I did not find irrelevant any topic from this course.  Even if I felt a topic was less applicable for me, I tried to look for a way to put it in practice with my students. I think I can learn something of every article here. I still want to dedicate some time to create lesson plans using tech tools I haven’t tried yet. 

What other tools might we have covered or would you suggest that we could have looked at?

I would like the course can include something for 3D environment. Like http://www.alice.org/ I am really interested in using it with my students too. I think it would be a great tool to teach language. It can be used for story telling, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web.

I want to give a long lasting applause to:

Janine my prepared instructor.

Jeff Magoto.

University of Oregon.

US Embassy-Mexico City.

Office of English Language Programs.

US State Department.

Thank you to all my classmates for creating a wonderful atmosphere for learning.

Best Regards

Aida