Now, it is sure, the web is offering endless opportunities to make our teaching different and better and it is just up to us, teachers, to ‘dare to explore’, as Sam has rightly put it in his discussion post. This week we were introduced to Hot Potatoes, ANVILL, Web Poster Wizard and many other ESL teachers resources; we were encouraged to ‘create’ worksheets, crossword puzzles, survey forms, websites,… using ‘Tools for Educators’. I sincerely found all these fascinating as I really don’t stop discovering new useful tools and I can conclude that the course has reached its objective which is to help us build our teaching skills through the interactive web. It has indeed successfully equipped us with valuable tools likely to motivate our students and to make of them autonomous learners.
Besides, with Robert as a facilitator, and with the rich experience many of the participants kindly shared here, it is sure that by now, we should be able to exploit the interactive web on our own and in a more successful way; I, for my part, feel certain that our students will benefit as much as we have – if not more than we do - from this course and that they will find pleasure exploring the web so as to develop their level of proficiency in the English language. A glance at the projects of the group has indeed revealed the riches and variety of ideas which emerged from the course and how committed everyone is to making students enjoy learning English thanks to the web. Let me finish with this quotation I discovered during my exploration:
Hi, Colomba))) Really interesting expression!!! I completely agree with your ideas. I also sure that only those teachers can succeed with their pupils, who really like their job.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Tatsiana
Hi Tatsiana,
ReplyDeleteI think this applies to all of us here, starting with Robert; he made us love bringing technology into our classroom. I sometimes wonder how I did before?
All the best,
Colomba
Hi Colomba: You are right, the ultimate benefactors (hopefully) are our students. They are the ones who we hope to light up with the enthusiasm of learning. If technology helps us light that flame, then it is a valuable tool. ~Robert
ReplyDeleteHi Robert,
DeleteYes, definitely, with technology we can be sure to have our students - whatever their learning styles - enjoy learning English.
All the best'
Colomba
Hi Colomba,
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely quotation and most appropriate to the times. With many distraction around,it's a major task of the teacher to inspire students to learn.
kinnari
Hi Kinnari,
ReplyDeleteI am sure that you are one of those who know how to inspire them.
Good luck,
Colomba