Week 3 Reflections:

I don't know if the next weeks would be busy but fruitful as the third week? but I assume they would.
Many many things we learned this week,most of the concentration was on improving listening,speaking, and pronunciation skills.I chose Lindey Miller's"Developing Listening Skills with Authentic Materials."It is a must,I think that not only new teachers should read this informative article,but also the experienced ones.What a fantastic Vocaroo which I will be a huge fan for.I love it and I am so eager to start activate it in my oral lessons.Also great thanks to Daiana for presenting us the WASP (Windows Tool for Speech Analysis) which I can use in my pronunciation lessons through recording and then replaying the sound.

What a delicious task we have to construct a delicious page,through which  I learned how not to lose my work and book marks in seconds-thanks to Delicious .com, the tool which helps me have every thing I need with me, no matter where may I go ,as long as I have a computer and internet access.

Nicoli Carmen's"Project Report for Lorin Salagean Technical High School" was the project that I chose, and through which we learned about how can I as a teacher use blogs to solve the problems of reading,speaking,and communication skills.

Week 2:

What the words might say to thank your great efforts  our great instructor ,Courtney ???
We are landing now on the second of the tenth stations, and it is only the beginnig of openning my scope and increasing my knowledge and information. I think it was difficult for me to catch all my mates who are enthusiastic and creative.

To start talking about achieving my assignment and tasks,I found it is valuable to repeat Waseem's reflection about web searching (the first assignment in week 2) as he said"this ocean is endless, and the more you dive , the more interesting and knowlegeable you get". It took me three days to pick or select the search engine that fits my searches, so after visiting www.noodletool.com I found that www.gleancomparisonsearc.org is useful to recommend for use as it help me compare and contrast differing view points of resarch topics. A very important issue I thank Jennifer Ramdonee to highlight which is :the students' tendency to copy and paste information,which I think it is the role of the honest teacher to try and try to erase it from their mind, by giving the students reasonable homeworks that keep them in favourable touch with their material.

Daily lesson planning is no more mattering for me after learning how to use ABCD model to write class objectives correctly and easily by following the Pennsylvanya's State University survey. May I get you bored while reading my first step of the project "classroom description" as it should be carried out in details about the classroom, students and the available technology.

This is most of what I have for this rich week...

getting beter

Week 1: My reflective blog...   

Hello, I am Baraat from Jordan. I want to reveal to you, my colleagues, the great happiness when I fulfilled creating this modest blog, for me it is similar to a baby whose own words were only Yahoo, Goggle, face book...and suddenly starts not only the process of pronunciation, but also starts reading ....etc.
By creating my blog -and it is the first time I use it- I learn how to depend on myself, how to read every piece of information and try to understand and then apply it correctly as I hope. I think by using such a valuable tool with my instructor and colleagues, we will form a strong starting out to gain knowledge and to improve our web skills. It is an invitation from me to exchange new experience and enthusiasm through your comments on my blog....
welcome,
Baraat.

Getting better

 The first week nearing to finish, I nearly start understanding the rules of this game!!! yes, it is a game in which I feel interested and day after day I am getting more eager to learn more and more.Really, this course reverses my previous expectations of learning and studying in traditional way.

As a summary of what I have learnt in the first week , most of my concentration was on constructing a blog which I never use it, by reading the attached materials I got helpful information about blogs which is similar to online journal through which we -the classmates- can reflect and post about the things we have learned.Moreover,there are three types of blogs according to http://iteslj.org/Tecniques/campbel-weblogs.htm which are tutor,learner and class blogs.

For me, I find the utmost of pleasure when I navigate the others` blog and not only commenting on them but also learning much about the creativity of them,I was very impressed by Waseem`s blog and his repeated saying "practice makes perfect" and his clear examples that he provides for his students, also the organised blog of Ahmed, and many other colleagues as Lopez,Lingani,Paramita,Ewa,and Diana.However, I was surprised of Darshan`s coclusion of how blog could be useful in making effective teaching!!! on the contrary of Ewa who clarified that she may soon change the way of teaching in her class as a result of using this GREAT tool.

How to log in Nicent and share the class discussions as the ground rules that we have discussed and how to make reply or send personal messages progressing well for me, what about you ? I advise you to read thoroughly what our respectful instructor,Courtney sends to us at the discussion board.

Last but not least, as the way we communicate has changed dramatically, it is a must to  also change our teaching technique through which we can have lively and interactive classes.So, let us try our best ....

Baraat