As I am trying to recall many things I have learned, and I tried to implement new technology tools in classroom situation and in the virtual world. It is not easy and it takes time to reflect and write the final report and at the same time read more and discover more things.
The end has come and yet it seems that it is beginning of something new. Over the weekend, I attended Teachers Christian Conference 2013 in Cameron Highland, Malaysia. In one of the hobby session, I discovered some new application in mobile technology. Again , it opens up my horizon to new things as we are discussing about online learning, there are talks about using Ipad to engage 21st century learners. They are advancing in using mobile learning, using new free application in Ipad such as popplet, showme /educreations, flashcardlet, Khan academy, poll everywhere, todaysmeet, twitter, facebook,evernote and the list goes on.
Back to our assignment, I have implemented the new technology in the weaker class. I am waiting and hoping that my students will be able to catch up with their studies.It amazes me the importance to read the articles posted online for our reading. Due to my ignorance and busyness, I was lost in the platform provided in the reading assignment. As this week was a school break, I am able to catch up with my reading and at the same time marking of examination papers.
Just a while ago, I actually sent some messages to my students from the better class to attempt the questions I posted in the blog. I am still waiting for their reply. I am not sure whether my students are ready for the new technology or not.
The first week reading assignment about Weblogs for use with ESL classes by Campbell enlightens me the purpose of the blog. This year, I was assigned to help my colleague to update the school blog with latest news.It never dawned upon me to use blog to teach and as a referencing tool for students. Woe to us, teachers, who are still making our students to copy notes by hands. I feel so guilty about that where my students should be exploring and discovering themselves the vast information out there.
In my country, the public school is still quite backward , they are debating not to allow students to bring mobile to school for it brings more harm to students, forgetting mobile learning is getting popular worldwide.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that "The end has come and yet it seems that it is beginning of something new." I passed through such situations before. We will all be having new plans and innovative ideas to start the new academic year with. Based on my experience with online courses, I usually uitilize the material I took in previous courses after the course is over, for I will be having enough time to go through the readings with more depth.
Just like your case, I applied the project in the class I face great problems with. To me, in order to find whether a tool or an idea is a effective is to try it out with struggling students.
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ReplyDeleteIt was very interesting to read about your endeavor to include technology in your practice. It is essential to keep moving forward and finding other ways like going to conferences. I hope that schools over there don't ban hand-held devices so they can profit from the new apps that help boost our teaching.
William