This week was very rewarding for me. I started reading all the comments and recommendations made for our partners, and taking into account these comments and making some improvements I finally completed the final project report in which I had to specify some categories like the learners, sitting, the goals of the course, the students needs, issue and problem that started my project, initial solution and expected response, response and reflection, changes made, conclusion and resources. It was a nice experience to make know all the activities and the new online application we have done in classroom and how technology can be used to facilitate and get an enjoyable learning environment. Reading our peers comments and also some insights of other projects I have increased even more the expectation to use new online resources in classroom. I have to say that reading the weekly discussions and comments has been a really meaningful experience. I have learned a lot from my partners ideas and thoughts, and I am sure I will apply and share all these ideas and knowledge in my future classes, and with all my English colleagues in the school.
The discussion for this week was related with learning styles and the relationship to technology and after reading the material provide for this week I'd like to comment that it was really meaningful to learn more about the 7 intelligences that Howard Gardner developed as a practical way to address individual differences and that we as teachers need to know to help our students become more successful while learning a second language. It is so important to recognize the intelligences that our students have to design in this way a range of activities and tasks for them and chose the best online resources according to their abilities and preferences. We have to know this not with the idea to treat each students separately, but most the time with the idea to combine the resources and give the opportunity to make all of them shine in what they actually can and like to do.
Hello Vilma,
ReplyDeleteI really like Week 9 because it was very interesting to read our peers' comments about our project draft. I have to admit that I also liked to give comments to my partners' projects. I learned a lot from them.
Considering the learning styles, I have to say that it is up to us to recognize our students' learning styles and we have to prepare well. When we are prepared well, I think that we can approach every student and it will be very motivating when students see that some of them are not neglected.
Best wishes
Rade
Hi Rade, Well it is true we need to be well prepared to deal with all kind of intelligences our students have but something that captive my attention was when Gadner says that we have all the intelligences, but not two people are exactly alike it means that students are capable to develop any kind of activity in this case it would be important combine these activities more often so all of them have the opportunity to shine in what they do best.
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Vilma
Hi Vilma :
ReplyDeleteThis has certainly been a rewarding week. To work on our projects and to learn from our peers's projects, too is really interesting. As regards learning styles, this is a topic I enjoy
a lot. To match our own teaching strategies with our students' learning strategies seems challlenging and, at the same time appealing. I am sure everthing we have learned here will be of great help in our future classes.
Best regards,
Denise.
Hi Denise, Well I am completely agree with you it could be a little difficult to match our and their strategies but as we discover their abilities for specific tasks or activities we could certainly combine this from time to time, so all of them can work according to their learning styles one week music, other week writing, other week oral presentations other week internet searching, acting or even dancing could be great for them. I really appreciate your comment.
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Vilma
Dear Vilmita,
ReplyDeleteWell done for completing your project report, I hope was good experience for you,
I totally agree with you that all what we have learnt for this course, if are really applied in its totality in our classroom, the learning environment and the class will be a better place for every one.
For week 9 as I had gained some experience with on line course to me looks like approaching an end of the course.How bad to hear that?