Many thanks

Hey all,

I would love to thank Mr.Sean and all my classmates ( Lupita  Jurga Kamlesh   Tetiana Jorge  Ouarda Mandaniaina  Samarat Foli  Eftekhar Teresa Baetty   Annusha Juliana  Nubia Houda  Akzhan  Milena)

Please make sure that you have a good friend and another home in Yemen.... Wish you all the best 

Week 10

Hello all my dear course mates,

"I am so fortunate to have had the experience to study this course. Spending time in this course has by far been the best thing of this year ever.

This course was school changing experience.  Every week was a new adventure that was completely different from what I have studied before.  While I was taking this course, my friends often ask me what my favorite memory from this course, but that is so hard to answer because there are so many! However, learning how to integrate technology into my class, writing a plan report and getting the opportunity to write a weekly reflection on the blog at the top of my ‘favorites list’.  Mr. Sean was a perfect instructor and was so patient with us.   The harmony environment on discussion that we had was completely different from anything I had ever experienced, which is why I loved it so much.  This course was the first course for me to study with people from different nationalities, and because of this I was able to learn so much and get to know more about different technics. My course mates were incredibly helpful and made the process less stressful and overwhelming.  I hope everyone gets the opportunity to study this course.

Week 9

I cannot believe that we are in week 9. It’s really sad but at the same time it’s a great feeling of appreciation what I have learned from the past weeks.  One of the most helpful aspects of this week was summed up by this course outcome provided in the course description: apply the speaking process to develop student’s speaking using the technology tool that I’ve earned.  I had always felt that I could research and present information about a topic with relative ease for my students, however I wanted to improve my ability in teaching persuasively.  The week provided me with exercises and multiple opportunities to achieve this goal.  Writing a plan project was especially challenging to me I did not feel strongly about it one way or another.  This pushed me to really work harder and harder to understand more and more.  The improvements that I made in in this week were quite impressive.

Reading about the learning style for students was really useful.  Also, by the sheer volume of work that was assigned over the duration of this week, I became more and more comfortable with my teaching style.    

Week 8

This week has helped me to improve my skills as a good teacher in many different ways.  I took all those week tasks with the hopes of improving my ability with technology.  First, I hoped that this week would allow me to create sits for my students which it did.  Second, I hoped that by practicing what I have learned, I would improve the speed in which it took me to complete all my assignments checking.  One more thing, writing a project plan was another challenging to me this week because I am not really good with reporting my student’s feedback. Sharing writing a project plan with a peer, it’s just brilliant and very helpful.  I feel this week has helped me achieve my goals.  Creating worksheets are really fun.   I am so proud of myself now and that because of this amazing course, however upon completing this week, I feel that my overall skill level has improved dramatically. Many thanks indeed for Mr. Sean for all wonderful course mates 

Week 7

It’s feeling amazing that we are in week 7.This week was exceptional, extraordinary and unusual week. I really enjoyed all the tasks of this week. Reading articles about learner autonomy and the three articles about the one-computer classroom were relatively amazing. I learned a lot and shared videos and articles about learner autonomy on Padlet site. I am very excited and lucky working with Teresa on the final project plan.  I have started writing my project plan and I am trying my best to write what have learned from the past weeks. Reading about my course mate’s comments and their sharing are very useful. I really enjoyed those discussions and still talk to a lot my Colleagues at school.  What I really liked more this week about reading an article giving tips for classroom with using a computer. I learned different technics and I will definitely use them in my class, I hope for all my course mates and Mr.Sean a great time! 

Week 6

Week 6 is one of the most unforgettable weeks for me. Unfortunately,   In Yemen the situation seems not quite quiet and unstable these days. Last week, the electricity pillars have been exploded and the Internet was down for two days.   It really drove me crazy and I felt obsoletely frustrated.  Although all the problems that I faced this week, I tried to pull myself together in order to focus on this week’s work.

Anyway, I have never used PowerPoint in my class and it was really challenging to me to create one.  I did really enjoy it a lot.  I think I will use it in my class for this term for the final oral exam. My students will do a presentation with the PowerPoint. I learned are that slides have to be concise, interactive, illustrated, numbered, informative, and not be read like a book.

Regarding to the final project Step 5:  Implement Technology Change in my Class, I think all the skills have studied so far the WebQuest Development, the PowerPoint Creation and the Alternative Assessment/ Rubrics Creation will be great step for finding interactive solutions for the problems that we face in our class. I am really looking forward to learning more and more.

Week 5

I recently finished all the assignments for this week. Our assignments were about assessment and to create rubrics which I have never used them before. It was a bit challenging for me, as much as I worked hard with these tasks as much as I enjoyed it and I felt very satisfied at the end. In this week I wanted to improve my skills in writing effective lesson plans which in somehow I did.

This week helped me to improve my knowledge in using technology in different areas. Creating a Rubric was challenging for me and took two days to understand the method and I do not know why? I guess my mind totally went blank that day.  In every task was given to me, I practiced it so that was extremely helpful to me. Solving problems for our students was a quite exciting and enjoyable step because last week I read most the problems that teachers indicated and I was looking forward to knowing how they will find the solutions.

I enjoyed this week as well as the previous weeks. Mr. Sean is a great instructor, and I would highly recommend this class to anyone. Also, I want to thank all my course mates who I learn from them a lot every week, I do really mean it and I wish to meet them face to face one day.