I see myself in front of a transparent mirror; I realize that I am free now. I do remember every day in my e-course, with a recollection full of positive sparkling images of my presence with other colleagues. They were my new family in a world full of many discoveries. That world I was perhaps longing for somewhere in the past. I can understand now why I feel lost as a human being in the chronology of our e-course time with nothing in my head but what I produced with no one determinant final truth or meaning. I can understand now how much I will miss everyone!
Our e-course was that fertile space that joined different voices from all over the world. I especially enjoyed as everyone did Week 5 discussion on Assessment, rubrics and PBL. It was the most productive and fruitful week with 158 interesting messages posted showing different experiences and opinions with the presence of an expert Mr. Carl Falsgraf. Challenging questions that provoked all the participants rising their motivation to the peak!
I also enjoyed Week 8 Discussion on Teaching with Online Tools with 96 messages posted. Week 8 included a lot of practice on online exercise generators and class website editors mainly ANVILL. I felt that everyone could have participated more in that week but maybe because everyone was busy in the process of writing the project report? For me ANVILL was a very interesting tool to discover. I gave it a try and it seems that I was the only person to build my first demo lesson. It was really a wonderful tool that I will possibly use in the near future!
My suggestion: I think that relying more on practical activities can be more rewarding than just reading and discussing linguistic theories given the fact that it seems that many teachers have the decent pedagogical tools before taking part in the course. Tutorials on how to use: zunal webquest, interactive PowerPoint, ANVILL and many more can be of great help!
What is left but special thanks to Mr.Robert Elliot and all the staff of the university of Oregon. Great thanks as well to the experts we met during the course. Special gratitude is to the United States of America that offered us this opportunity to share with many teachers new and modern practices worthwhile to be adopted in our local schools. I will miss all these noble beings!
What is left but special thanks to Mr.Robert Elliot and all the staff of the university of Oregon. Great thanks as well to the experts we met during the course. Special gratitude is to the United States of America that offered us this opportunity to share with many teachers new and modern practices worthwhile to be adopted in our local schools. I will miss all these noble beings!
Hi Khaled,
ReplyDeleteVery good job at describing every single aspect of you experince when taking this class.
It was very important to get to know other instructors from different countries and spend time reading to their comments.
You know, technology is used in a variety of ways in different countries that it was very interesting to read the suggestions people made.
I particularly have tried a lot of new webpages that I was not aware that exist.
It has worked for me, so I think, it will work for the others too.
Congratulations,
Good job!!
Santiago
Hi Khaled,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I would like to thank you for keeping us above and including us a family. As we complete this course we are expected to be now knowledgeable about making total use of technology available, and continue to help students use technology to gain information to progress to higher order of thinking, to connect their experience with the real world and their own lives, to find patterns of ideas in the great works they are doing.
You are always ahead of us, everyone will agree on this. You will make best use of what was new to you and experiment them for yours and children’s success.
Even in the face of the busiest schedules, you found time to solve my problems and suggested me with the best solution. Do you remember? (Creating quiz using PPP). I am grateful to you and will always remain.
Thanks
Jigme Norbu
Hi Khaled,
ReplyDeleteIt has been a pleasure to work with you. You have done an excellent job in this course.
Thanks for your comments and for sharing your experiences with everybody and special thanks to Mr.Robert Elliot and as well to the experts we met during the course.
Best,
Pitie, Ecuador
Hi Khaled
ReplyDeleteKhalid always you are unique in your comments, thoughts and ideas were valuable and useful. I'm with you in your chosen tools fifth week, and I will train my colleagues to be able apply to their students.
Zainab
Bahrain
Hi, Khaled
ReplyDeleteHi, dear friends
Now that we have arrived to the end of this course I want to thank to all of you, because your opinions, ideas and comments help me very much. This was a collaborative work.
Congratulationsssss.....
Continue to look for new ways to teach, new ways to love to your students.
I think that love is essential when we teach. Technology is very good but loving is excellent.
With love
Zoila
Ecuador
Hi Khaled it is incredible to say !see you later because we have shared good experiences here in this web course and of course I was really fascinated of reading your comments because I could realize that you have a lot experince at teaching.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in your job
Fernando Ecuador
Very interesting pic about thinker; a new focous of a sculpture great icon.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine that. the thinker thinks in informatics problems.....
Brilliant