It's already the end of week 9, and most of us have already introduced a technology related change into the class and have submitted a final project. It's been very intensive and eye-opening period. Just like many others, I hardly managed to submit the assignments on time, but I also realized that I have learned many useful teaching tools which could be integrated into the class. Throughout the course, I found the followings most useful for my classes:
- WebQuest (fantastic tool!)
- Interactive PowePoint (I discovered a new way of using ppt. Great one!)
- Rubrics (I knew what it is, but always wanted to learn more about and develop my own. It was very useful!)
- Formulating the ABCD objectives (totally new for me, and find it very useful)
- Blog (I've already been using blogs, but I learned many interesting things and guidelines of using It. it was very useful!)
- Effective search engines (it saves my time now; I find it very useful!)
- Voki (that's something fun to use! my students are going to love it!)
- ANVILL (takes time, but I think later I will use it)
- Hot Potatoes (very useful tool, especially, when you don't have internet access! Very useful!!!)
- Delicious.com (have been using and recommend it to everyone! Essential tool!)
- Nicenet (I liked it, but I think my students will be limited a bit due to the absence of text formatting menu)
- many useful tools for educators
I think I will not only use these tools in my teaching, but also will ask my students to use these tools in creating their own projects. After the Webskills course is over, I am planning to follow the edublogs and websites for any updates and keep learning new things. Also, I have added Dhika and Rahmat to my Delicious network, so once they bookmark something new, I will also learn about it.
Hello Shahnoza, your comment inspired me, I feel I am not alone any more. I have the same feelng that this course has been eye-opening (thank you Robert!!)And I like how you make a review of the tools we have been using and you include assessment. I will try to add links to my blog as you did. I need to go deeper in all the tools during my holidays in order to include them in my syllabus next year.
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Andrea
Hi partner
ReplyDeleteNice way of summing up everything we covered. After reading your blog I can't believe we already covered so much material and tools in just 9 weeks time.It's amazing, and it's a special achievement i guess,since one's knowledge can't get richer faster than this, and I think many will agree to me.
Great job Shakhnoza.
All the best,
Eugenie
Dear Shahnoza...
ReplyDeleteThank you for summing up the materials..it reminds me when we all signed up for the first time in the class :)
I agree with Eugiene that we do enrich . I think I will use your list here as the reminder...good job ^^
I had also added you as my network on Delicious when I joined it.. I think I need to take some time to submit all the links to Delicious since I don't have the time to do it..
Keep on going !
Cheers
Dhika
Hi dear Andrea, Eugenie and Dhika!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. I am glad you liked this post. Indeed, we have covered so many things within such a short period of time. Also, we made many friends from all over the world. I really hope we can meet face-to-face someday.
Shahnoza