Week 8

At the beginning of this week I was under a lot of pressure. I had to finish my project draft on time but at the same time I had to finish the project itself. The students are thrilled because they collaborated online and combined English and Music and we can’t wait for their dance performances. I hope I will be able to record it and I would really like to show it to you all their Glogsters and their dance performances. 

Most importantly, they liked the idea of Edmodo and they are excited because they are doing something in a rather unusual way. They have collaborated and did the task as a group which was my main goal at the beginning. They have been working on developing reading and writing skills online and there are listening and speaking skills left to be seen as well as their dancing skills 'offline', which I believe is a real challenge especially for the boys who are usually not so eager to dance.

This week we have been exploring the online resources and experimented with creating online exercises. Although I was familiar with many of the tools suggested I didn’t know there was an option of creating a survey on Google docs, so I spent some time creating one. What I liked was a detailed report I get when somebody answers the questions.

Learning about ANVILL was an interesting experience and during the holidays I will definitely spend more time exploring its possibilities. As I once said, any good web tool which integrates several useful tools and enhances learner autonomy is more than welcome. I liked the idea of organizing a webinar too and I wish we had had at least one more during the course.

I also enjoyed exchanging ideas with Georgia and Justin and I have to say it is a great idea to have a partner when working on a project, because you cannot always be objective enough or sometimes the partner notices something you haven’t.

Getting closer to finishing my draft and somehow I think right now we all need a pump-up video which I am going to post tomorrow on Oregon page.