Happy Eid to all of you  .In our last session before Eid, we learnt from our instructor that it is always helpful to learn from your mistakes because mistakes become lessons for you in the future ,  and if your  error is serious, there is always a chance to correct it . We are humans and  no one is perfect .On writing our first summary and reflection, it was the first time for most of us to use APA, or reference . It was the first time for us to use turnitin. However , in our last session we learnt two things . Firstly, mistakes are part of human being and we have to learn from them . secondly, through our discussion of the importance of assessment process , Dr. Joyanne gave us a practical lesson of assessment . Again she connected the lecture with us , I was amazed when I realized that the beginning of the lecture '' how to write the references ''was an assessment.through the lecture I knew that assessment wasn't just a part of learning process but it was happening through our lives. Change , CHANGE IS THE KEY.  BELIEVE ME !

 

Last week session   was a practical lesson of how to integrate technology in our classrooms .
Every group exerted their efforts in their presentation .When Amany presented the video segment as a part of the lesson ,we were touched as if we were in a cinema ,At that moment everything was turned upside down by Dr. Joyanne. She connected the content of the movie with our lesson objective aims .We were suddenly taken to the opposite direction from drama to the aim of the lesson .We found ourselves in a middle of fruitful discussion and that is the secret of teaching .The teacher is the main tool of technology . He/she must manage all means of technology at the right time .He/she must know the exact moment of using it. He /she must know how to involve his/ her students and connect what they use or watch with the aim of the lesson .Technology exists everywhere but how and when to use it is the main issue .

I'd like you to enjoy watching this video

I'd like to share with you this podcast of my students and  here is the link :
http://www.mediafire.com/?7pk7f7ctoxa14gc

The only thing we have to do

 Do we have to change?  

      Do we have an opportunity & time to  make a difference in our

      schools inside our classrooms and ourselves ?

Some say, ''There are a lot of challenges that face us''

I say, ''The change comes from our will or deep inside our minds and hearts''.

A glogster

The glogster  ''A  new technology in our school ''

Last Sunday, most of us were frustrated because we made a lot of mistakes in our assignments. During the assessment of the first trial of the academic writing, we were students who were eager to learn and correct our mistakes. Now I can feel sympathy for my poor students. I have read some wise saying of an American professor Randy Pausch who said, (The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn). 

  

So what about my project with my partner and how 
we can use it in our classrooms, we have a big problem which is the overcrowded classrooms. I suggested two projects (using skype as a tool for doing a competition among schools or glogs). Today we will have to discuss them with our students .As Shakespeare said in his play (Hamlet) to be, or not to be that is the question. Allah  bless us.
 “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

Posted 2 days ago by elham nasser

In our third session  our instructor Dr. Joyanne showed us how to be positive learners  in teaching process .How to share her in the session and how not to be traditional ones.We are not the students who  are just told—and there is nothing for them to do but take notes. In the partnering session , we teach ourselves (with our instructor's guidance.). We therefore have a real need for all the technology tools that can help us  learn and create.So we have to know and practise all these technology tools in order to be helpful to our students .Someday I have to use these ones with my students so I will not be a digital  immigrant . So our biggest challenge in teaching now to remake ourselves into 21st century tools for learning.