Hello everybody,
We have done a lot of readings and searching since
the very start of Week 3. I believe that my Yellow Group colleagues have enjoyed
learning the course as I do. While some early bird colleagues have finished the tasks, I
was still hesitated about where to start with!
For Task 1 :
I decided to read the two articles written by Lindsay Miller on “Developing
Listening Skills with Authentic Materials and the other one was “The Employment
of CALL in Teaching Second/Foreign Language Speaking Skills” which were
prepared on the course website. In addition to these, I looked through to the
websites listed for some of the lesson plans and read “Movies,Films,and Actors”
by Kenneth Beare on http://esl.about.com/od/conversationlessonplans/a/l_film.htm
And “Dramatic Dialogues” by Lindsay Clandfield on http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/speaking/lesson-plans/pdf-content/speaking-skills-lesson-plans-dramatic-dialogues-worksheet/teachers-notes/149698.article
After reading, I posted on the Nicenet. I do agree with Donna
mentioned that technology can be used by the teacher in preparing as well as used
with students in the class.
Task 2 : Reading a sample of
final project report as we will be creating a similar report individually by
the end of the course which due on Week 9 of our course. I read the lesson plan
of Camelia Pagila from Academician Marin Voiculescu, Romania, on
http://umbc.uoregon.edu/eteacher/projects/200904_E-Teacher_Pagila_Romania.pdf.
After that, I posted on Nicenet discussion.
Task 3 : Using Delicious.com to store useful links. This is a very
wonderful website where one can join setting his/her own delicious and store
his/her favorite links.
Doing all the activities above have made me agree with Morgante
Pellon who posted the article about “Top 5 Qualities of Good Teachers” on http://myfla.ws/blog/2008/05/24/top-5-qualities-of-good-teachers/
- about what make great teachers; Passion, Creativity, Flexibility, Integrate,
and Connect. I think those qualities have been with the Yellow group
members already and we are on the way
keeping shaping them better and better with the support of the the U.S. Department of State (DOS), and the
Interactive Web” (Web Skills) course with the American English Institute in the
Linguistics Department at the University of Oregon (UO AEI).-How can we thanks them enough!
Holding the English Camp for 100 students from schools around the area.
My last activities for Week 3 were changing my Duck ID password and posting my picture to Photo of us page.
Yaowapa
Yaowapa
Thailand.
Hello Yaowapa, I can tell you've been really busy these days. Anyway, you're doing great work, not only in this course but also at your school. Your picture and the huge number of students are evident,
ReplyDeleteHi Juan,
DeleteThanks a lot for visiting my blog.
I know the yellowgroup colleagues are busy both at schools and with the course, that's the reasons we were gather together at the web skills course shaping the right way for our classes.
Yaowapa
Hi Yaowapa,
ReplyDeleteYou seem very busy with all those students around you. I also think the course is very flexible and I always learn new online techniques so I would also like thank University of Oregon for giving us this great learning experience.
If you haven't received an email to become a member of E-teacher, social network. I recommend you to chek it out. There are lot of projects for teachers online at www.eteacher.ning.com.
Albana
Kosovo
Hello Albana,
DeleteWe hold the English camp for students around here every year. Next semester it will be in May and June. Would you like to join as a trainer some year?
Thank you for remind me of the E -teacher, social network. Yes, it appeared one but I haven't got a time for a glance. I was not sure if we should join it at first. OK. I will take a look this afternoon and thank you so much for visiting my blog,Albana.
Yaowapa
Hello Yaowapa,
ReplyDeleteYou have made a good analysis of the work we did for this week and honestly your post reminded me of doing one thing I forgot to do; to change my Duck ID as I too was busy like you. Thank you!
Esala
Sri Lanka
Hi Esala,
DeleteThank you a lot for your comment. Yes, we have many activities to do and to learn from all. Thank you for visiting my blog, Esala.
Yaowapa
Dear Yaowapa,
ReplyDeleteI really love your blog. It's so colorful!
As for the tasks, then trust me I am struggling too trying to complete the assignments on time. I work in the morning as a teacher and head of department, in the evening I'm a translator and co-researcher and I have cooking, cleaning, and dusting to do! Then I have to go to the gym and socialize and .. and ..and.. So yeah! I understand how you feel.
I went through Pellon's article on the qualities of a good teacher and I wholeheartedly agree on the "passion" point. I had a couple of teachers who did not want to become teachers. They were forced to choose teaching (due to their low GPA or family wish) or they did because the salary is very high. The good thing is, after holding meetings with them I explained that passion is very important and that teaching is not an administrative job that can be done from behind your desk. You have to work hard and you have to update your knowledge and methods. I couldn't tolerate their negligence and poor performance so after serious talks with them they decided to switch to other jobs that suit their needs and preferences. If you do not love teaching you can never do the job as should be.
regards,
Wadha
Kuwait
Hello Wadha,
ReplyDeleteThank you a lot for visiting my blog. Perhaps we have to extend your compliments to the Webskills team especially to Donna!
Reading your comment made me smile. Why? Because you sounded like a professional teacher who has enjoyed teaching although you have many interesting activities to do in daily life. I understand that being the head of the English Department is hard work as you have to do the administrative duties besides teaching. However, you should be proud of yourself because you can cope with all activities. That's why you were chosen one of the Yellow Group members to join the Webskills Online Course 2014. May be the other colleagues have similar situations like you! Me too, next week we are back to school. Two English Camps are about to start soon,one is for students and another is for teachers around my areas. Also one conference for 203 English teachers from lower Isan part of Thailand is on 14-16 May while classes will start on 18 May 2014! Fortunately we can manage our time dealing with our work on the weekends! Wadha, let's think about what was said by Martin Luther King,"Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. Do you like this quote?
Yaowapa
Thailand