Final Week- Good Luck.

Hi friends!

This is the end of the journey in this subject. This week we had to do our final assignment. It   includes rewriting of the report we did it a week before, after a friend of us reviewed it. I really enjoyed this subject. It was the only subject that I was always trying to fulfill all the assignments required. One reason was the deadline, and the other was that I really enjoyed working with technology. I learned a lot of new things this semester that if i choose to put in practice will facilitate my job as a teacher a lot. Now I know that technology is a very powerful tool in teaching, if you know to use it an an appropriate way. If in the beginning of this semester I had that idea that this subject won't help us at all, now I am totally convinced that it is the most helpful subject we have ever done so far. I hope you have enjoyed too, and I wish you good luck in the final exams.

Review with track changes.

Hi bloggers.
This week we had to use track changes to review our partner essay. It was very interesting job since in the future we will deal a lot of reviews and corrections. I review Lejla's essay and I try to correct all the errors in order to help her to create a good essay for our final assignment. I hope Lejla will take in consideration my suggestions. I wish all of you good luck in this final week of this semester. :)

Peer Review.

Hello everyone!

 Our assignment for this week was postponed as we had difficulties to understand it. At the very beginning we were confused and none of us was able to give a correct answer of what we were supposed to do. Once we talked with our teacher we become more clear. So for week 11 we had to write a final report of everything we have done so far and also to choose another partner to correct each other on final report. My partner this time is Lejla. I am waiting for her suggestion and recommendation in order to write my final essay.  As well I will work with Lejla's report to correct and suggest her  possible changes. Wish all of you good luck on this assignment.

TEACHING JOURNAL...

 Hello guys!!   This week assignment has to do with teaching journals. We had to keep a journal of everything that is going to happen in the class during our presentation. Since I haven’t present it yet then I write only how we will develop the lesson hour. However, I should say that teaching journals are very important for a teacher. Keeping a teaching  journal gives teachers a space to generate teaching ideas, work out teaching problems, reflect on their successes and struggles in the classroom, and put their past insights to work in planning future courses. Having a consistent and detailed record of your insights and particular pedagogical successes will make the task of telling stories about your teaching substantially easier, and will make those stories more persuasive. Keeping up with a teaching journal will continue to help you through your academic career as you move toward tenure review, where detailed and polished teaching materials are key.  

WEEK 9 - PROJECT DETAILS

Hi Friends !!!

For this week we had to be more detailed on what we are going to do in our presentation. It was easy for me to deal with this assignment since  Aurora and I have already finished our project. We have decided to use a video, a PowerPoint presentation and a game. We are going to teach to our students "Food Idioms", and this technological tools will be very helpful not only for us as teachers but also for students. We will try to do our best in order to make the class as interactive as possible. Hope you will enjoyed. Wish you have a good week. :)

How can technological tools influence our teaching?

Hi guys ! This week assignment ask us to think about how technological elements might influence our teaching, and to write some issues or problems that the class is experiencing. Technology is a powerful tool that can support and transform education in many ways, from making it easier for teachers to create instructional materials to enabling new ways for people to learn and work together. Today, technology enables forms of communication and collaboration undreamt of in the past. The technological tools we have chosen are very helpful for us. It makes our presentation easier and much more comprehensible to our students.  By using this tools of technology we aim to make the lesson hour more interactive . Technology can be used to improve teaching and learning and help our students be successful. While smaller schools and class sizes are always desired, technology can not do that physically. However, technology can be a “force multiplier” for the teacher. Instead of the teacher being the only source of help in a classroom, students can access web sites, online tutorials, and more to assist them. Education doesn’t stop at the end of the school day because students have access to teachers, resources, and assignments via the web and access these resources at any time. Students can also get help and tutoring at any time, whether from the teacher via email or online collaboration, or from a help web site.

ESL releated skill !!!

HI FRIENDS...
I have just finished the assingment of this week and I feel released.I though I won't make it since today is the deadline of this assingment but here I am. This week we had to define an ESL releated skill to teach to our students. Me and Aurora have decided to teach listening and speaking to our students, since our topic is about Teaching Idioms. By developing speaking and listening we as teachers aim to help our students to speak fluently the english language. As well what is more important it will help them to interact more with each other and to learn from each other.