Week 10

The tasks assigned are simple and let the learners have more time to relax.

The goal allowed here can be redefined in another way.  Hence, however much compatible they are can be discussed being in different positions. However, the technology integration can be happen in different ways and one cannot say that this is the model.

The task which enabled the students to give comments and  guidelines to the future students. This task in a way respects the present students and also it leads to get a fair insight into the problem.

Blogging is always fun and this note on week ten would be the final on the Webskills course. It has been great from every aspect and now does  not feel like giving up. The colleagues were ambitious, courageous and what not? More than anything else we got a so wonderful instructor to refer and consult whenever possible or readily available. Thank you very much for everything. Last but not least I would give my heartiest thanks to my colleague Angel from Paraguay who helped me to make my project a success and also for being such a nice friend. Finally, its the US state department that helped us should also get my salute and please accept it and open your arms to people like us in the future as well.

Week 9

This week we did not have much work when compared to the weeks we passed. I am so happy that this being my first online learning experience ever, I learned a lot from it. This week we had the discussion as usual.

• Discussion - Learning Styles - It was such a great opportunity to discuss about this in Nicenet. Though the learning styles differ, the teachers can address to this issue with the help of a fine tool. There are so many technology tools which a teacher can use. A technology tool both facilitates the teacher as well as the student and makes the teaching-learning process a stress free easy one. For a learner who likes to work with mathematics and logic, a jeopardy tool would be apt for sure. Also it is understood that a teacher cannot use several technology tools but one or two in the class. Yet, it is doubtful whether the teacher would be able to address all learners with different learning styles. A more suitable technology tool was introduced as ANVILL (A National Virtual Language Lab) by Jeff Magoto and it really is a very useful technology tool. This tool can readily help different students who have different learning styles. Thanks to this course, I got many different and new  knowledge.
  
  
• Final Project Report - I noted the mistakes highlighted by my colleague Angel and finalized the project report. Not like the initial stage of my introducing the technology tools, now the students claim that the tool is so much useful to them. I realized everything takes some time to settle in one's mind and takes time to change the behavior or the mind set. However, I feel that I have taken a fair step forward to make them feel happy about their learning practical phonology.

Though the week is almost over I feel that we are about to reach the end of the course. In a way it is little sad to feel it. I need to save all the important documents and save the links in delicious as suggested.

Week 8

When I started to update the blog I could not believe that we have passed 8 weeks! I really enjoyed every minute of the course work though the work load due for us increased little by little. This week has been some what different from a usual week with the project drafting. The work due for this week included:

• Discussion: Online Exercises/Technology Tools - The discussion for this week was based on online exercises/technology tools. We discussed how the use of such tools could change both the teaching and the learning process. It is obvious that any tool would get the attention of the learners very easily. Yet, it is the teacher's duty to make the tool or online exercise more attractive as well as to make it more effective enabling the learner to explore and learn. Then the learners will learn independently and will become autonomous learners. 
  
  
• Task: The task due for this week made us to create a tool. I selected Padlet a site which I think more user friendly. I managed to get good comments from my friends and even my students managed to do class presentations on articulatory system and on sounds. I enjoyed this work.
  
  
• Project Task - Drafting the project gave me a new experience. Though I have done so many projects, action researches and even researches this is the first time that I had a proper scholar to go through and give comment. It was so nice to do it. I really appreciate my friend Angel's observations they help me alot t Hence, this project based work is extremely went and still going ahead well.
  
   Thus, when considering the work due for this week seem to be quite a lot. Yet, I do all with a very happy mood.