Delving deep into the web world...

Hello!!!

This is a week of great learning as I delved deep into the world of web.. Learnt about the bookmarking through Delicious.com. Initially I was apprehensive about the whole process as I am not a very techno-savvy person. When the task was given, I was at a loss. But gradually as I tried and tried, I could make stacks where I can save the links and share it with my friends. This is a great leap indeed for two reasons: one, we can always save the links there which we might go back later for the benefit of us as teachers as well for our students; and second, we can share it with our friends, students and get their feedback too.

As the week passed we had to write on the discussion board. The websites and links provided took me to another world!!! It is as if I started learning English all anew!! I always faced difficulty in teaching the Listening and Speaking skills to my students who are from a rural background and have no resources also to learn. But having said that, I have to acknowledge that the incompetency of the learner its not simply my problem . I find that it is the problem of most of the learners in India who hails from a rural background. So after visiting the websites and links, I have seen some rays of hope to bring them to the specific level. I can very well use them in my classroom context.

Again from the Final Project of Tendouinde Bruno Nikiema from the American Language Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, I found that it reflects my classroom situation. So I decided to write on it. The project is very nicely carried out keeping in mind the students and their context. So going through this project report really made me think about my Report which I will complete by the end of this course.

As a whole the course is very enlightening so far and it is taking us gradually from the simple to the difficult level without our being aware of it. Looking forward to more of such learning moment...

Nizara

New Learning Experiences...

Hi folks..

This is indeed a very fruitful week as I have learnt two very important aspects which will definitely help me as a teacher, researcher as well as a teacher trainer. The first one is the information about the various search engines. So far I had mostly took help of google.com for my web searches apart from www.biography.com, www.sparknotes.com, www.ask.com, www.bing.com and education.iseek.com. All these search engines had helped me to search for different teaching and learning materials and resources.

But this week has opened up a new horizon before me. I learnt about so many new web search engines which were simply amazing. I tried to search through www.twurdy.com, duckduckgo.com, www.bartleby.com, and www.dogpile.com. I really wish to thank my fellow participants for enlightening me with all the search engines and portals which will help me a long way as a teacher and also as a learner. I have mentioned about the various searches that I made in these search engines.

The second Important thing that I learnt this week is the abcd learning objective. This is going to be of immense help in organizing my classroom teaching where I can think in terms of my target group, the behavior of the learners, the classroom context and finally the degree. If we prepare our lesson plan in this model, we will surely be benefited as teachers. I want to thank my fellow participants for their insightful observation and comments on the various posts which made the whole experience a highly intellectual one. And a special thanks to Robert for opening up the threads so nicely and also encouraging us and guiding us to move ahead with our tasks.

Will write again later about my experiences..

Hello Everybody!!

I have created this blog as a part of my E Teacher Program on Building Teaching Skills through the Interactive Web under the University of Oregon. I am very excited to be a part of it and looking forward to the learning process. Creating the blog was not that difficult as we had been given the required instructions. Though I have been following a couple of blogs earlier, I have never had one. So I am very happy to have it.

In today's techno savvy world, using web is of utmost importance. I feel blogs can be a very helpful tool for teachers as well students to make the classroom transaction more vibrant. It will surely make teaching easy and meaningful. Further I feel it will enhance the teacher-student interaction more fruitful.

E-Teacher Program

Starting my on line course on Building Teaching Skills Through the Interactive Web from tomorrow from University of Oregon. Waiting eagerly to be a part of it. I am thankful to the Regional English Language Office, The American Embassy, New Delhi, India for providing me with the Fellowship for the course.