Week-3

Greetings..!!!

The week-3 has been quite insightful and enriching due to the tasks and the readings.

1. The very first task was on reading various articles on Oral/Aural Skills and be familiar with the other useful tools. I think reading these articles can be a great help to the teachers of English to develop certain insights on using these tools for their own classrooms. The features have been discussed in detail that gives a clear idea to the teachers on why the teacher should integrate such tools. I could see the possibility of integrating these in my own teaching.

2. Another task was on creating a Delicious page and adding the links. This has been a different type of experience of creating a reference register for oneself and that can be shared with others. This kind of links can be very meaningful while interacting with the students and giving them references.

3. The third task was of reading the sample project reports. This has been an important task of this week as it has been designed to orient us and make us ready for our own projects. Reading various reports has been enriching and it was a good way of getting the global understanding of what type of projects have been undertaken and how they have been reported. This helps to understand the what, why and how of it. In a way, it also helps us to decide the pre-requisites of our projects. 

The interaction with the friends has, indeed, been quite enriching and useful. Hope the same for all.

Thanks.
Mohini

Week - 2

Greetings..!!!

The week-2 has been quite informative and enriching due to the tasks given.

1. The very first task was on finding out various search engines, that has really been very useful to me as I never tried some before this. The engines like http://www.sweetsearch.com/  and http://education.iseek.com are quite useful resources for the teachers and students of English.


2. Another task that was on Framing objectives based on ABCD model. In fact, as teachers all of us have framed and written objectives many times but I am sure framing or writing objectives for this model has been quite challenging and insightful. This ABCD in a way, describes the ABCD of the whole teaching learning process and hence I think they are learning outcomes that we expect the students to get at the end of the session or the course.

3. The third task was of describing the class as part of the first step towards the project. I think that is a good way of building the background for the next step and that can really help us to plan ahead in a more effective way.

The interaction with the friends have, indeed, been quite enriching and useful for me to know certain details or their views on some topics or the concepts. I am sure that I am going to learn many more things in the days to come.

Thanks.
Mohini

Greetings...!!!

It has been indeed a nice experience to create the blog. In fact, I have already used blogs quite often with my students and teachers for interaction and it was on this site only.

I think that blogs really help the teachers of English in the ways more than one. If the teacher really wants, s/he can use it for developing Language Skills (LSRW), Grammar, Vocabulary and so on. The important aspect for the teachers to use any blog would be to use it with a clear objective or the purpose. The more clear the teacher is, the more effective learning experience it would be for his or her students. Moreover, today's generation has accepted technology as the second nature and hence, we, as the teachers need to integrate technology in teaching with a view to directing our students' thinking. It would definitely help them use technology in the appropriate manner and perhaps with a purpose.

Thanks.