Greetings from sunny Helsinki or from the suburbs and the cottage I live in, amidst woods and fields.
Looking forward to starting today - once again - as a student, this time to learn about web skills for teaching learning English more efficiently and with more fun. This time the thrill comes also from the fact that I will be studying, not only on-line (that I've done once, ages ago) but in a fully international group too.
I'll meet my group tomorrow for the first time, great!
Hi Paula,
ReplyDeleteI think working with a multinational group of English language teachers online is very useful to practise the language, share experiences of using technology in teaching and fun,too
Hello Darling Paula, when I read your reflection on Halloween time, It really reminds and informed me about the diversity in nature and information technology.
ReplyDeleteI wished, I could Blog the Smiling coast of the Gambia or transport through Delicious. We have two seasons in the Gambia. We have the rainy season which is very hot , From May to October and sometimes temperature up to 33 degrees Celsius and the dry season which commences in November to April and the daily temperatures are cooler than the rainy season.
Sorry that you could not find enough time for your readings while traveling due to the net connection problem. What I normally do after visiting the sites is that, I print all the reading resources. Although it is expensive and time consuming but I always have something to read with or without internet connections.
In this week the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitude in Project Base learning, Web-quest , rubrics , alternative assessment etc. Phenomena has been a major paradigm shift in learning and teaching languages for me, as it introduces serious student-centeredness, plurilingualism, intercultural communication for cultural diversity, and an outlook on languages as something we can hear, touch and feel and at the same time being able to conduct self evaluation and continue to learn more.
It was also a very busy week for me. I am compiling and cleaning the data of all the assessment conducted at the 11 centers of about 2500 participants of the E learning Summer Face to Face.
As you rightly said “Even a long journey is begun by taking one step. “ I also want to believe that, it is better late than never when it comes to the integration of Information Technology in teaching and learning in the Gambia and in any other place.