Week 9

I can’t believe, we have already submitted our final project plans! It’s just the first step. The second step will be to put a plan into operation. The final step will be analysis. Wow, I subconsciously referred to Bloom’s Taxonomy:

This week material is worthy of special mention. As what I have learnt was immediately included into my final plan, not just out of mere interest but it was what helped me to refine my project and to think over the teaching style I used with my students. 

We have learnt learning intelligences. Having read some articles, I understood the importance of defining each learner's  intelligence, moreover, "by understanding a student's strengths and weaknesses in each intelligence, we can help students become more successful" http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic68.htm. The identified by Howard Gardner 9 intelligences can change the way some teachers teach, as they "can better understand the learners in their midst" by Anne Guignon from "Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences:

A Theory for Everyone" and treat accordingly each student, thus, enhancing different language competences.

I have tried ANVILL (A National Virtual Language Lab) software that can be used in various ways. As a teacher, I like the opportunities it offers to listen to the news, watch video clips, submit voice or video-based tasks, prepare quizzes. This is one of the main language learning technologies I am going to use with my students this year.

There are also some websites, which I didn't use but wanted to try with my students. They are:

1) Google sites - I have created one but one thing only is lacking, it's my time to finish it off.

2) VoiceThread - I have only tried recording the voice, but judging by the description, it's far more interesting and diverse, than I think.    

3) I also got acquainted with google documents, and will definitely try them sooner or later with my students.

I have discovered a new world of teaching with Internet, now I want to live in this world every day opening some new lands and cultivating the former. I am anxious for the new academic year to come! 

I would like to congratulate my colleagues on completing this work and thank for support, encouraging comments and interesting ideas. A special thanks should be given to Donna for being so helpful, without the help of our instructor we will not be able to manage our tasks.  This elaborate course is  a good example how teachers should organize their lessons, challenging their students. 

I have one suggestions, what if we continue our interaction together with our dear instructor either synchronously by means of WhatsApp, Skype or asynchronously like now. I know that you are busy and this idea can seem just mere loss of time, but we have been learning from each other and can go on learning just being friends not only colleagues. Anyhow I am really happy that I was a part of this wonderful but short course.