A bitter Sweet Week (Week 10)

Aahhh..I talked about missing this class last week. Now.. I am in the final week of the course. What do I feel? I am not sure how I can describe it..I have mixed feeling I think. I felt about it 2 weeks ago and I never thought that being in the final week would be this hard. Especially reading my lovely classmates' posts on their blogs.. even the titles make me sad.. the entries seem to be the farewell words..May be they are..I hate this feeling..it brings me to the graduation moment but I think we are all in the graduation ceremony after 10 weeks sitting together in the class.

I can't describe one by one about what I have had during the course..Webquest,Blog,Delicious,ANVILL,interactive PPT, PBL,ABCD objectives and many more.. Shahnoza made a wonderful list about what we have learned so far. For me.. I think Webquest, PBL, interactive PPT and online tools are some of the knowledge that I will use in my Speaking class. How lucky I am to have so many sources that can be used in the future.. I am so grateful that I am part of this wonderful course..it's truly an inspiring journey..


I want to thank all my dear classmates..I have many talented and wonderful friends here..Though we live in different part of the world but it seems that we truly "sit" in the same room! Share ideas, opinions knowledge and help each other are the activities that I will miss alot and also the blogs and the discussion board.


For the next participants in this course, my suggestions are 

• Devoting the time (It will hard at the beginning and you will feel hectic but after you can manage the time..everything will be fine)
• Follow all the instructions.
• Put the technology first in all aspects that you will learn in this course
• Don't hesitate to ask..either on the board or sending an email to Robert even if you think it's only a small matter.
• Complete the tasks on time and focus about the final project since the Week 2. Robert will give you the tasks and use them as your steps in doing the final project. You will see that they will be useful when you meet the deadline.
• Be active in Discussion board and the blogs..you will find many great ideas and experiences from your classmates..
• Don't give up even if you feel that it's so hard to do all the tasks in your real life and the course. You will get through it.

 Goodluck and welcome to the newcomers ... I hope you will get valuable experiences like we do..


I want to say thank you so much  to our dearest,Robert, for all his guidance during the course.  To all my classmates.. I am already missing you all...I hope we can still keep in touch...whether by the blogs or other tools such as social networking..It will be great to "meet" you after the course..

Dinner everyone??

The Finish Line ( Week 9 )

Can you believe that Week 10 is coming? When I looked back..all the tasks..discussions on the board, the blog kept me busy and all the weeks passed me so fast..
Now..I have to drag the bags into the finish line..Am I a different teacher now? No doubt I am..


This week we talk about the learning styles and multiple intelligences.After reading the articles..I found out that having many learning styles in the class needed more efforts to overcome the problems. Students have to be the focus of the learning process not the teachers. I like the way of Richard M. Felder differentiates the learning styles based on the characteristics.I think I am a bit visual and verbal learner since I like to study using pictures and making notes about something in my own words.  When dealing with many learning styles in the class..it can't avoid that we have to prepare different strategics in teaching the same topic. One lesson plan can not use in many classes because each class has specific characteristics along with the learning styles the students have. Flexibility and back up plans are the way to prepare ourselves in the teaching-learning process. 
Based on  Rosen 's article,  it talks about the Internet and Distance Learning which is similar with this course. Virtual classrooms help the students in matching their learning styles with the lesson. So it can be said that it's not only using technology in multimedia forms but also virtual one. When I read some of the articles, I realize that many methods with technology in it can be used in the class. They are truly giving new perspectives in preparing the lesson in my class.


Next week will be the bitter-sweet week since it will be the last time we sit together in the class..
Goodluck everyone!