Week 10

Hi my dear web mate,

It's very sad to write the last post and it's very sad to say good bye to all of you and to Sean. I would like to express my deep gratitude to all of you. I was happy to be in this community within these ten weeks. This course gave me more than I expected: new friends, new knowledge, new impressions and openings…

In the very beginning of the course it was very hard for me to manage my time properly. Sometimes I spent on doing the assignments long hours and even several days. Sometimes I even wanted to give up… Fortunately, I managed to allocate my time properly and all the readings and assignments were so interesting and useful, so I decided to go to the end.

I will definitely use lots of thing from this course: ABCD objective, blogs, interactive PPPs, PBL and others. As for the Web quest and pad let –they are my favourite ones.

I don’t think it’s necessary to list all the wonderful websites shared by Sean and my dear mates! They are all in my Delicious page, so I can refer them any time I need.

Now I feel satisfied, I did my best to do all the assignments in time, I tried to be a good student.

And I am thinking about my web mates and Sean. All of you were so helpful; every time I needed assistance you were ready to help me. Thank you!

Best,

Samarat

Week 8

Hi dear webmate,

This week was wonderful for me and my students, since we had an unusual lesson, full of new and exciting activities. My students started to use the Webquest  http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=230216 designed by me and put their drafts to the class padlet http://ru.padlet.com/wall/fextil0vye . I was excited to observe my students working on their pictures. First, they have gone through the exercises on the Webquest, then they chose a partner to work with. The most interesting thing was selecting a picture in pairs. They were excited and argued with each other (sometimes in Russian and Kyrgyz). Unfortunately, we didn't have much time for finishing the task, so I asked my students to put their drafs on the Padlet to demonstrate them how it should be done. They are to finish their description of a chosen picture by 10 March. 

Concerning the peer review of a partner's project, I felt a little confused, since I think that Manda managed to cope very well with this task. Nevertheless, I tried to comments on some weaker (in my opinion) points.

I would like to list the "discoveries of the week" here:

http://www.mywordsearchmaker.com/

http://www.toolsforeducators.com/

http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/

http://ru.padlet.com/

http://www.easytestmaker.com/

Best,

Samarat