The activities assigned for this week seem to be important in number and in content as well in comparison with early steps in this online course. I took a short span of time to read the weekly assignments then I said to myself take your time"it's never late to learn khaled!"...Then two days were gone so quickly in reflection but in vain I couldn't write any word, in fact,I couldn't read my thoughts! I was displaced by the net, the computer and the screen , they all constructed an obstcle against easy pure fruitful thinking.Then I said try a plan; print every thing, rely on technology and read, try to read but not from virtual screens, read but not through virtual lences try to escape from that artificial world...read from black ink on white virgin papers, afterwards write by your fertile pen your own new ideas about your topic, better achievements will come! perhaps if you change the battleground of learning things will be grasped so easily! I made a distance in time as well as in space and it's then that I regained my pen- that of creation and criticism- to produce a plausibe vision of what might seem to be web searching for me. Fortunately, I have started web browsing since so long so I could compare what I know about search engines with what was proposed by our website readings.Yet, the topic is much deeper than I thought so in a hurry I tried to sum up a three days reflection on one topic but I was not satisfied. I was convinced that web searching is just a pretext to start with before any further deep engagement in using the net.
Can you read an e-book? I wonder. I bet you find it to be a difficult task.
ReplyDeleteI used to hate digital books. I would rather have the paper back.
Not anymore, Because of the access to many topics (books) in the internet. I gave it a try and boy I´m sticking to it.
There´s nothing wrong with an ebook. I even download the audio so I listen to it beofre I go to bed or when I am driving.
Jerry, Honduras
It's just week 2 and I felt overwhelmed, but in a good way. It ignites my enthusiasm for profession and self-fulfillment. Time is limited yet because we had to work in such compressed time frame it revives my neuron the whole body. Feel like 20 years younger!!
ReplyDeletehi, fiends
ReplyDeleteYeah, It's week 2. You have reason. This course has revived the neurons now I can practice English. I would like to have a conversation with you in order to speak english.
Our students will be benefit with new strategies for learning English. In this time I am learning a lot with your comments.
me too I feel 30 years younger.
Let's continue with this enthusiasm toward the end.
the best
Zoila Tapia
Quito Ecuador
Hi fiends and colleagues!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for reading my post, I am glad that I have cute readers and fantastic commentators as well. As for Jerry, I do enjoy reading ebooks and this is one extraordinary link that I want to share with everyone, it offers many free ebooks: www.gutenberg.org. just write the name of the author or the title your searching and then download for free...yet my friends reading real books for me still has another charm, a special taste that makes you live with the ink and every word!
Concerning Yaling and Zoila, I am very happy to share with you the same deep enthusiasm if not more...sure it makes us much younger! I will be pleased to build more dialogues together!
Thanks!
Khaled, Tunisia.
Kahled I have the same problem - I don't read on a screen easily. Most times I really have to print so that I can understand.
ReplyDeleteI have downloaded e-books but never read them. I think I like paper and print too much. The smell of a new book, the sound of turning pages, the emotional link we create with it...And at the same time I am totally addicted to internet. Thanks for the link, I didn't know it and I hope some day I will evolve enough and turn to e-books.
Dear Kahled,
ReplyDeleteWith limited time and lots of to-do lists, it is not easy to consolidate what's important and what's less. For the time being, I would restrict the time to browse and time to read what others' have shared. And in-between these, dig out what it is in me. Learning is like a farmer cultivating the farm. I hope that we can all get a harvest as time goes by.
Yaling, Taiwan