This whole week has been really hectic with the final exams at school and preparations starting at home for the long awaited Diwali festival on the 3rd of November. I was a little bit awed at the herculean task awaiting me this week for my online course. Doubts gnawed at me from time to time, but I finally realized that with some good planning and regularity, all tasks can be fulfilled within the given deadline.
I did not open my Delicious account at the beginning. I preferred to go through the different reading materials provided and I was really impressed at how much was at our disposal to coach our children on listening, speaking and even pronunciation. I feel that my class can become more interactive and interesting if I make full use of what I have in hand now. Making use of CALL in our classrooms will surely make our learners become more autonomous and more concerned in the learning process.
Opening my own Delicious account gave me such a feeling of relief that now as a teacher, I am moving towards more organization in my job. I really feel that taking this course allows us to know where we stand and in what direction we are moving. All my favorite sites will be easily available at one click and I feel more reassured.
What to say of my fellow learners' posts on Nicenet. You are all so helpful and cooperative, we are all teachers and wherever we are we all have in mind the development of our students. Their future is in our hands. We can shape them into becoming good citizens of the world by what we inculcate in class. This course offers us the opportunity to keep pace with the changes , the challenges of this fast paced world. I cannot help myself by ending my post by a quotation again. This time it is by Mark Twain one of my favorite authors:
"If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear."
tHi Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteI love your sentence "I finally realized that with some good planning and regularity, all tasks can be fulfilled within the given deadline." You are right. Time management is of the essence to accomplish what we have set out to do.
We are the guardians and if we can help shape the children into a better, efficient person with all the help we can to help them, we are moving one step forward to a better world.
Love your quote too.
Every week it's good to learn one quote each.
Look forward to your reflection about week 4 with fantastic quotes.
Best,
Kyi Tha Wai (Sophia)
Hello Jennifer,
ReplyDeletewhat a nice blog! a very artistic one!
And so many deep ideas!
I visited your deliious page and used some links, thanks a lot
some of them are really useful
best regards,
Inesa
Hi, Inesa,
DeletePleased that I could be of some help. We are all fellow learners so let's make the best of each other's ideas and suggestions.
All the best,
Jennifer.