Hi Friends,
This week was the week of discovery. I discovered Rubrics, WebQuests and Project Based Learning.
So many new things within a span of 7 days, phewww!! it was a giant leap!
PBL and webquests are amazing! I had never thought of teaching language in this way before. The sense of community and the measure of interaction between learners heightens the motivation level in the students. I plan to take up this technique with my students so that more learning can take place in and outside the classroom.I have created my very own webquest as well.
The concept of alternative assessment is most appealing. For the first time in life I created my own rubric with the help of templates on Rubistar.Rubrics can be a very helpful tool both for teachers as well as for students. One should encourage self and peer assessment system in the class room with the help of rubrics or other alternative assessment tools.
Finally, this week we have found ways to overcome/solve the problems in our classes by introducing some change in the class. This change included introducing some new activity using technological gadgets. All my fellow participants came up with such good suggestions and plans.
Finally, I would say, it is the word 'change' that is most radical. Being language teachers we must embrace, whole-heartedly, the changes that we encounter in the teaching world.
This week was the week of discovery. I discovered Rubrics, WebQuests and Project Based Learning.
So many new things within a span of 7 days, phewww!! it was a giant leap!
PBL and webquests are amazing! I had never thought of teaching language in this way before. The sense of community and the measure of interaction between learners heightens the motivation level in the students. I plan to take up this technique with my students so that more learning can take place in and outside the classroom.I have created my very own webquest as well.
The concept of alternative assessment is most appealing. For the first time in life I created my own rubric with the help of templates on Rubistar.Rubrics can be a very helpful tool both for teachers as well as for students. One should encourage self and peer assessment system in the class room with the help of rubrics or other alternative assessment tools.
Finally, this week we have found ways to overcome/solve the problems in our classes by introducing some change in the class. This change included introducing some new activity using technological gadgets. All my fellow participants came up with such good suggestions and plans.
Finally, I would say, it is the word 'change' that is most radical. Being language teachers we must embrace, whole-heartedly, the changes that we encounter in the teaching world.
Wow Akifa, I am really impressed with what you said about embracing, whole-heartedly, the changes that we encounter in the teaching world.
ReplyDeleteThere is no reason to be afraid of change.
Kind regards
Dalton
Yeah Akifa let's face changes but more that just facing I believe that we have to originate them.
ReplyDeleteLet's shake the world of language learning from Ecuador to Egypt, from north to south and up and down.
Completely agree with you. With language we can change everything. For that reason we are the unique animals over the Earth, that can communicate using the language. Let me join to your thoughts and opinions about these new techniques and change our way of educating.
ReplyDeleteGreetings.
Galo Palacios
Dear Dalton, Boris and Galo,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog and writing such encouraging remarks.