Week 10: If there's anything I won't use????

Is there anything I won't use?

To me, I was succesful with all of the contents and tasks that were assigned along the course, and I think this is due to the clear and specific instructions we always received on what was expected from us to do. This together with the readigns which were carefully selected to be connected to the weekly tasks helped me to have an excellent balance between theory and practice. If I have to higlight some contents as especially sucessful, it would be the ABCD objective, the padlet post, the assesing technology integration, and the final project.

In terms of the usefulness of the material covered, I must say again that all will be useful. However, I am specifically planning to implement in my lessons soon the blogs, the technology enhanced lesson plans, the creation of exercises to be used online or offline, and (my favorite) the Padlet postings.

I cannot say that any of the contents studied was irrelevant because about 90% of them were totally new to me, and I have even started to use some of them in my classes such as the delicious page and the alternative search engines.

So, to the question if there's anything I won't use, I can say NOTHING at all!

Thank you very much Donna and all the people working with you at University of Oregon for setting up such a wonderful course for so many teachers around the world.

If one day any of you come to El Salvador, do not book a hotel because my house is your place to stay and you will be more than welcome!

Warmest regards

Lorena

El Salvador

Week 9: The New Side of Learning Styles

Hello all!

I enjoyed very much the readings this week because they not only reminded me the theories about learning styles and multiple intelligences but also allowed me to update myself regarding the new research on these topics. 

After reading the article entitled “Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits,” I felt the burden need to put some of these ideas in practice in my teaching. I hope to be able to do it soon. Actually, I did put an advice in practice for myself. On Friday, I was reading an article about listening skills. I read for about 10 minutes sitting in my office…when I felt a little exhausted I stood and went to a different place. I can say that it definetely helped me to be more efficient and better concentrated with my reading.    Now, I want to find ways to apply some of these new and revolutionary trends to support better my students’ learning process.

Lorena