It is Week 10!

Its the final week. Feeling sad and relieve at the same time. Sad that the course is ending but relieve that all of the tasks have been complete. It was a wonderful experience to join the Webskills program and having Donna Shaw as our instructor. It was also great to have wonderful group members in the Yellow Group. Will be missing all of you. Hope to keep in touch with all of you in the future.

The past 10 weeks was an eye opener for me. I got to learn that there were so many teaching technologies available for us to use. I got to explore so many of them and tried to implement some of the suitable ones into my lessons. But then, 10 weeks was such a short time to learn everything.

Joining this program was so much fun; endless possibilities that one could do with the internet and bring it in to the classroom. Before this I felt that I was in a rut that I could not come out of. Joining this program was like 'a breath of fresh air'. I would miss the days to go to town to do the assignments, tasks, discussions and exploring then later on the interesting reading materials.

One of the best spots for surfing the internet with my trusty Dell laptop. (at KFC)

I would suggest to add more tools that teachers could use to integrate language games. For example Hot Potatoes or having a program like WorDict. We do need some programs or tools such as this, if possible free ones, that could be used without internet access because sometimes there could be times where the internet would be down. Nevertheless, I thoroughly love all the tools and resources showcased in the program. I would be using many of them in my future lessons. So much to learn, so little time.

Signing off for the final week. Best wishes.

Evette Anak Sagim
Malaysia

Week 9 (How Times Flies)

I can not believe its week 9! I feel sad in a way that the course is coming to an end. So many things to learn and people to get to know. I wish this course would not end so soon. :(

It has been a hectic week for me. Traveling from one place to another in a space of 3 days. It was tiring traveling on bumpy roads and for long distances. That was one of the problem, the other problem was the slow internet connection and I only could use my hand phone to go online. You can not possibly use the laptop during a bumpy car ride, trust me, I have tried.

Well thank goodness the traveling has ended and I get to enjoy the school holidays for the moment to recuperate. But then one cannot rest on their laurels just yet. I still need to complete my final report and do my marking and key in the marks online before the deadline.

I got to read about multiple intelligence and that every single student are different and unique in their learning abilities. As teachers we need to find out and identify the differences in each of our students' learning abilities and the best method to teach them.

This week we need to submit our finalize report. I hope the report is completed in time. I was so nervous while doing it, thank goodness for my wonderful partner, Elizaveta. I wish to thank my wonderful partner, Elizaveta, for helping me with my draft report. Thanks for the suggestions and comments. It was really great working with you. :D

I also wish to thank our instructor, Donna and all members in the Yellow Group in the E-Teacher Program - Webskills for giving me the chance to learn from you. It has been a great and wonderful experience.

Wish me luck for this week!

Signing off,
Evette.