I like this week's theme, it's one of my favourites in this course.
Not a lot of reading and theory (I did read everything about Anvill though) but a lot of trying out new things and learning them in practice. It's always nice to put your work into new worsheets, new games, new bingo cards, new flashcards! Although, I must admit, I really like pages that are user-friendly and I somehow don't use those that one has to be registered into. Especially if there are too many and then I lose track of all the passwords and everything else.
It makes me as a teacher more motivated, teaching vocabulary in a new way, or even in an old way, using new flashcards! ;) It also makes Ss, especially young learnes very motivated to see new games or just new pictures on the flascards. They always admire whatever I bring into the classroom! :)
I think the knowledge I've gained in this week will be very useful while preparing new materials for teaching young learners.
Hi Janja,
ReplyDeleteDid you try out the simple process I detailed as a reply to your query on Nicenet regarding printing/saving word search activity?
Do try it out and let me know if you could do it.
I agree with you completely that this week we learned a lot as we were actually "trying out new things" and putting theory to practice.
Have a great week 9!
Best,
Sharmila, India
Hi Janja!
ReplyDeleteYou have perfectly summarized Week8 in our course! I completely agree with you that trying new things, especially if the students feedback is positive, is extremely motivating to teachers.
Best,
Gordana from Serbia
Sharmila, thans for the tip, I'll try it out in a few days, I can see that both you and Krenare managed to find a way to put your wordsearches into a pdf file so I will too! ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Janja,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your reflections about how much you liked putting to practice what you learned in week 8. I've noticed that a lot of participants like the "hands-on" approach to week 8. It makes me think we might need more weeks like that in the future.
I feel like in today's world, people are less interested in reading, and more interested in doing, especially when it comes to technology. I also think this phenomenon is a direct result of technology. It has lessened our attention spans. I'll always think theory is important, but maybe we need less theory and more practice. What do you think?
Thanks for your though-provoking reflection!
Smiles,
Courtney