My reflection on week 4

Dear all,

It's been such a useful week, especially we moved a further step in our project tasks.
Reading about the other skills activities and how enhancing them by adding technology elements was something!!

I found using emails in teaching different genres is very useful and motivating. This generation spends most of his time in front of the computer and the web. Making use of this merit and motivating students to develop their language learning skills will be a success. I liked the sites which refer students and teachers to communicate with other students who share similar needs and aspires add authenticity to learning.

Most suggested activities enables the students to take the driver seat and shift the teaching/learning process into more a more learner-centered one and the teacher's role become more as a counselor rather than the ultimate authority in class. The teacher suggests certain web sites from which students can decide and choose. Adding to that, most activities can be worked on from students' and teachers' homes in case of technology lack or unavailability.

Writing about the lesson plan which incorporates the use of technology reminded me with my first years of teaching when I used to plan each detail in advance. I share Robert his idea in the advantage of preparing our lessons in such a detailed plan every now and then. Jazzchants are my favorites in teaching vocabulary, grammar, stress and intonation. I focused in my plan on how to practice the use of "can" in a motivating way using jazz chants. listening to CD players, downloading the chants and recording new chants all involve the use of technology which is our main interest.

Moving to talk about certain issues we face as teachers in our daily teaching has been very reflective. I had to go back in my thoughts to my teaching class and reflect on the merits, demerits and difficulties. This reflection increased my concentration on the final objectives of my teaching besides focussing on my students' needs and start thinking of ways to tolerate them.

It was amazing when I added the bookmarks to my delicious! Easy, fast and interesting. I'm ..... years old and founded it that interesting and motivating, so what about mu teenage students?


All in all, I can say it's been a fruitful week. I went through various readings and comments while using technology.

Regards

Hala