Thursday, June 6, 2013

Last week

Hello everyone,
I think, that I am very lucky that I was one of the participants of this course.
Every week I’ve known something new and helpful for me.
The first week was the most difficult. We created our blogs, joined Nicenet and participated in discussion, loaded links on Donna’s Wiki.
The second Week focused on websearching tools and learning objectives.
On the third week we created Delicious page, the tool I used at my lesson.
On the fourth  week I created a technology-enhanced plan. I will use the template for  planning my lessons.
The fifth week was devoted assessment tools. We created rubrics on Rubricstar. I think that rubrics has many positive moments:
1) It  is an easy and quick way to score student’s works.
2) It is a convenient way for organizing self-assessment and etc.
On the sixth week we created Interactive PPP (Jeopardy game). I used the PPP for my final lessons with children. My children enjoyed the game very much.
On the seventh week  we discussed two issues: learning autonomy and working in one-computer classroom. I am in great interest of fostering learning autonomy  at our university.
The eighth lesson was very helpful for me, because I created my wiki. Now my students have opportunity to load their works on my wiki.
Week 9 was devoted making our project work. I think it is a good idea to find partner for checking drafts. It was very useful and interesting.
Unfortunately, this week is the last week.  I wish the course lasted longer. There are a  lot of resources and tools for studying in Internet.
Thank you very much Donna for your instructions and well composed course!
Thank you to all participants for your responsiveness.
Be happy and lucky.
Marina

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Week 9

Hello everyone!
Unfortunately, I’m late with my blog. Summer came in our town. It's hot and sunny. Yesterday it was gradational party in kinder garden.  This year my son will go to school! 
This week was very busy. We studied the articles about learning styles and finished our project.
May be I need more work on my project, but time is over. I like to work with Jules, I am very thankful him for his checking comments. I’ve redone one point in my project according his advise. I don't know how my project will be assessed, but this work will help me very much with my research work. I think I will continue implementation of the tools and  use the project templates  for monitoring results.


Thank you so much!!!All the best,Marina