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.