Today is the last day of the last week of the course and I am sad. It's unbelievable how time passed so quickly, I remember my euphoria at receiving the email about my selection for this course as an event of only yesterday. I must admit this course was quite addictive, I will miss the daily and weekly rituals--- every Monday checking grades on Jupitar grades, logging on to Nicenet to check new tasks and discussion topics, every Wednesday posting in discussion thread and doing weekly readings and tasks, writing a blog every Sunday. It was my first ever online course, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Donna, you have kept us on our toes and polished up our teaching skills, thank you!
I call this week not the end but "The Beginning", because it's the beginning of a new era in our professional development. What we have learned here, we are going to apply in our classes and that will be the beginning of a whole new experience for us and for our students as well.
This week I came across LoTi framework which made me realize I have a long way to go to make my classes technology savvy. I am planning to start the semester by using interactive PPT, blogs, Nicenet, Delicious, Hotpotatoes, Rubrics, Webquests and Anvill etc in my classes. Everything that I have learned in this course is co-related and has such great relevance for EFL teaching.
Thank you my e-friends, I loved learning with you and learning from you. All of us are from different parts of the world but our experiences, expectations and problems as EFL teachers are the same and this really surprises me. I wish we all stay in touch even after the course ends.
Thank you Donna, you have been a wonderful role-model as a teacher and as a facilitator.
I wish us all the best for our future ventures!
Best wishes,
Akifa Imtiaz
aakifa@yahoo.com
I call this week not the end but "The Beginning", because it's the beginning of a new era in our professional development. What we have learned here, we are going to apply in our classes and that will be the beginning of a whole new experience for us and for our students as well.
This week I came across LoTi framework which made me realize I have a long way to go to make my classes technology savvy. I am planning to start the semester by using interactive PPT, blogs, Nicenet, Delicious, Hotpotatoes, Rubrics, Webquests and Anvill etc in my classes. Everything that I have learned in this course is co-related and has such great relevance for EFL teaching.
Thank you my e-friends, I loved learning with you and learning from you. All of us are from different parts of the world but our experiences, expectations and problems as EFL teachers are the same and this really surprises me. I wish we all stay in touch even after the course ends.
Thank you Donna, you have been a wonderful role-model as a teacher and as a facilitator.
I wish us all the best for our future ventures!
Best wishes,
Akifa Imtiaz
aakifa@yahoo.com
Dear Akifa,
ReplyDeleteI agree everything that we learned in this course is inter-related with each other and have built up my teaching skills with technology.
Yes, we are at the new beginning of a new experience.
I hope we could have a chance to share the experience with each other again.
Thank you.
Best,
Tomoko
Hi Akifa,
ReplyDeleteI agree that we are not at the end but 'The Beginning' because it is our first step for the journey of Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning. It' s beginning of our networking and friendship for future! It's really TRUE!
I hope we will keep in touch and share experiences with each other.
Thank you.
With Warm Greetings!
Harimaya
Dear Afika,
ReplyDeleteI love your final post! The idea of the end being a beginning is wonderful! This course really is the stepping stone for us and our students!
Thank you for being a part of this amazing journey!
See you on FB!
Kind regards,
Karolina
Dear Akifa,
ReplyDeleteIt has been a complete delight to work with you during this course. Having you and the other participants a part of my life for this term has been an honor. I wish you the very, very best in all you do. I KNOW you will be utterly successful!
Donna
Dear Akifa,
ReplyDeleteIt is the beginning of the real, life-time learning and journey. I'm sure you will succeed.
Best of luck in the future. Stay in touch
Cheers
Susi