This final
week seemed to pass very fast, especially when there was less pressure in managing
its tasks which were easier in comparison with previous ones. I feel some
relief as a result of the work I did as part
of the course and at the same time I’m
sad as I suppose I’ll miss discussions on Nicenet, reading and learning from my
colleagues all over the world. It has been like an international exchange for
me with many creative ideas, useful tips and great resources.
Through
this course I acquired a lot of knowledge and skills related to integration of
technologies into classroom. I like all topics brought up by our instructors Jodi
and Sherie because I found in all of them something interesting for me,
possibly appealing to my students and essential to enhance their language
skills. Each opportunity including blog, skill-building websites,
Delicious.com, PBL, WebQuests, rubrics, interactive PowerPoint, Nicenet, ANVILL,
Google Sites, online exercises and many others is valuable for me because I familiarized
myself with them, had experience trying many of them. I’d like to create a class
blog or have my students create their blogs, organize discussions on Nicenet for
them. I will definitely include online exercises into my lesson plans as they
can be used online and offline. I also want to use PowerPoint presentations to
introduce new topics to my students. In order to consolidate students’
knowledge of a broad topic and enhance their research and problem solving
skills I'll try to create a WebQuest, this could be implemented as an extracurricular
activity at any time during the academic year if there is lack of time due to my
or the students’ busy schedule.
Of
course, I’ll continue to explore the web’s opportunities to vary my lessons
with technology resources appropriate to my students’ needs and share my ideas and skills gained during the course with other teachers. I hope all of us
will work wonders with our students, while incorporating technology into classroom.