It is already week 8. The time flies. It seemed as though it was a few days ago the course started, and I felt anxious about all the upcoming tasks and assignments.
This week we have to explore some more sources for teachers available online. Among them, there are such tested ones like http://www.nicenet.com
a great online tool that lets to creat a class site for dicussions. We with coursemates had the chance to experience how this tool works and what it can offer, so it will not be difficult for me now to creat and manage one like this. The only think as Deborah mentioned, we need to search for good content filling our sites.
Besides, course sites and discussion thread, we got the chance to explore and "taste" other tools for creating exercises, puzzles, quizzes and test.
Hot Potatoes is a good program that I have heard of before, but have not tried yet. What is good about all the tools and programs is that the expercises can be saved for printing out, so if there is not web connection, a teacher has always a plan B.
I liked experimenting with http://www.toolsforeducators.com/wordsearch/ where there is a good variety of topics to choose from, Word searches can be supported with pictures which is good vor visual leaners and extra clues might be also added.
Surely such tools will contribute to learner autonomy meeting different learniing styles demands and offering a wide choice of tasks and activitites.Though it takes time to learn how to use them, but it is worth trying!!!
Dear Liliya:
ReplyDeleteI share you the enthusiasm. It feels like the beginning of the course. Every week we are exposed to new techniques and tools.
This week we were able, for sure, to reflect on the tools that we used through the course and examine their suitability to our target learners.
We learnt other tools.Unlike you, I am still confused with "Hot Potatoes"
Yours
Hanan