Well, the fisrt week is over, and here I am at the start of a new challenge and more work.
Reflecting on the expereince, I may say that for me it was really motivating to participate in discussions, leave comments on other particiapants' bloggs and more than that, go through the readings and think over the tasks.
I am glad to get very good grades for the firrst week, but I know that this is just the beginning of the course and the latter activities will be more demanding and difficult. Now, I remember one of my groupmates say that Deborah would grade holistically; so, I think this is an optimal approach in our given situation.
This 2nd week is full of new ideas and knowledge very needed in my career. I am thankful to our instructor who provides us with reading on every topic, this helps to understand the nature of taks and makes us understand what we are supposed to do.
The article about tips for web searching was of great help and a reminder of certain terms used in the Internet.
For me personally the task about writing the objectives was mind boggling. I face such type of assignments very frequently as I am supposed to be ready with objectives for every class. However, this time it took more time and effort to complete.
The ABCD model of writing objectives demonstrates nice division of components within the objective, such as
A udience
B ehaviour
C ondition
D egree
I read and reread the examples of succcessfully written objectives. They seemed to me consice and clear. But still I was reluctunt to submit my own. To be honest, I was waiting for other participants to start off and see some of the examples. What is interesting is that all of us have different approach and style. That is why each post is in its seense unique not resembling another one. So, I did not want to write something in the same way as my other groupmates. And this is more difficult, as we are almost 30. Anyway, I willl try to develop and polish my knowledge and practical application of theoretical base.
That is all for today.
Dear, Liliya,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your grades! You are a very wondeful teacher. Of course you deserve this grade. Keep up your excellent work!
Also, like you, I hesitated many times before submitting the task of writing objectives following ABCD Model. I've read the resources provided by our dear instructor Deborah and searched a lot on the web to get a thorough idea about this task. Also I've read my colleagues' posts. But you know I should do the task, so I submit my objectives. Some comments of other colleagues make me feel satisfied.
I hope I'm on the right track!
Yours,
Azhar
Dear Liliya,
ReplyDeleteI had difficulties in the same area : the ABCD objectives . But ,as you probably know, practice makes perfect.
Looking back on my lesson plans I have found out that I generally used goals instead of objectives in my classes despite the fact that I use to writing them on the board at the beginning of each class . My old “objectives “ were broad , general intentions , sometimes intangible , abstract .
Only well-written objectives !
Camelia
Congrats and keep up the GREAT work :)
ReplyDeleteDear Lilya:
ReplyDeleteApproaching the end of week 2, I also think that the course is demanding and getting more difficult .Of course , plenty to read. Sometimes I am in to do the task but end up reading for hours without writing a word.
Reading your posted objectives , I find them clear and meeting the criteria of ABCD
Keep the good staff
By the way, I think I followed your blog three times, so feel free to omit the addition
Hanan
Yours
Dear Lilia,
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right when you say that it is very difficult to say something valuable and different from what has already been said and written. For that very reason I first did all my assignments not to get under the influence of others, and now I enjoy reading all my coursemates' posts and commenting to them.
I think, as we are all teachers, our ideas will resemble somehow, especially when it comes to defining our objectives, as we happen to do it in one way or another.
Congratulations on your success in the first week. Keep it up!
Best
Bella
Congratulations for you