These
first days of the project are very meaningful for me. Struggling with my
lack of skills in operating the blog I haven't given up. Previously, I would
just quit if I couldn't download the comment or add a new post. This time
inspired by my new colleagues, I went on with some progress.
- how much technology might be able to help with self directed learning, which is important for both groups;
- how technology can help me as a teacher in preparing interesting lessons and motivating students for sustainable self directed learning;
- how to make school subject meaningful and relevant to the lives of young people- engaged learning;
- strengths and weaknesses of different possible solutions, using some of techniques and tools in the class in the process of actively engaging pupils/students in their learning;
That's a very good idea to create travel agencies in CS. Can you share some of the examples of students' blog?
ReplyDeleteWhen I try to incorporate technology, including blogs, I have to teach the students to navigate it. And the question they ask - do we REALLY need it? Does it happen to you? How do you answer that? Do you have digitally illiterate students? Do you teach them to use the blog then?
Very interesting to use technology but you mentioned you have two classes, one with children and the other with adults. I have a questions, can we use the same technology techniques with the same way with all students level or should be different?
ReplyDeleteEman
Hi Dragana,
ReplyDeleteThanks,for letting us know your future teaching plans. I am really impressed by your thoughts that a teacher should set the objectives and guidelines first before conducting any activity or project. Moreover learner’s feedback plays a pivotal role in learning process because through this teacher gauges the progress of the learners. I am interested to know that what measuring devices would you use the find out the outcomes or effects of the project.
Hi Olena!
ReplyDeleteYou've put it in a nutshell. With your focused and planned thinking, you'd definitely create learner centered, engaging and meaningful platform for your students.
Just a thought! Wouldn't it be great for teenagers to use the blog as their online magazine? Students would love to read their peers' comments on their creative writing, won't they?
Muhammad Rashid
Hello Olena,
ReplyDeleteYou've created a GREAT blog! One thing I've found, when helping students use blog, is to have them follow each other's blogs by clicking on the Follow button on the top, right of each person's blog. that makes it much easier to quickly get into others' blogs.
Congratulations on persisting! I hope you enjoy your weekly posting of reflections on what you're learning and doing.
Donna
Hi Olena,
ReplyDeleteI hope that you have had great week one of learning and meeting course participants. I have learnt a great deal from your posts especially the above post. It has something that I can also implement in my class. Thanks for sharing ideas. One more, in my previous reply, I addressed the post with Dragana's name. That was an error from my part. I hope you did not mind it.
Tariq Hayat
Hi Olena,
ReplyDeleteYour post is really interesting. Especially I liked the idea with the Travel Agencies, could you please expand on this? What was the task? Or do you have a lonk to the samples?
Thanks in advance.
Nodira
Hi Nodira,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay of my answer to your comment-I missed it somehow. Sorry again. I am really glad that you got interested in my idea. It’s not been perfectly shaped yet but all the same you can visit my class blog http://ofhelen.wordpress.com to see for the details. On the other hand I am very much interested in more communication for my students. If you find it possible to suggest that your students will visit my students’ blogs to leave some comments or posts about their trips and experience-it will be very nice! Projects made blogging more interesting. Real writing interaction with a person of the same age and similar interests is likely to make students interested and motivated when they receive actual responses. E-mail exchanges may lead to close cooperation and real friendship, and certainly they increase students' cultural awareness and teach them how to appreciate different cultures.