End of Week 2

Phew! I never thought that it would be so hectic and packed to be back learning! But it's definitely FUN! The weeks started with describing our target students and I think I wrote a bit longer than I should. However, I really can't just describe my students and not talk about some of the major problems that I face in carrying out my lesson especially when ICT is concerned. Jodi pointed out a very good and realistic point when she said that even before IT or ICT, the world has had many, loads of great teachers. This is an undeniable fact! Something I should always remember. So now my goal is to learn how these technologies can help enhance my lesson and not let them take over my lesson or my students. I should be in-control and I should be the main factor that directly influence my students.

After 12 years of teaching, I kind of lost the idea of being able to write realistic and measurable objectives. The ABCD system is indeed a simple and easy way to always remember how we can write our objective so that others and our students are able to understand what we want to achieve. My teachers' and classmates' comments were extremely useful! Looking at the comments and what my other classmates have done, I was able to write my objective some what easier. I will need guidance and more practice to be able to write proper and better objectives. I strongly recommend to all my other friends in my school to look at the slides provided in our reading so they too can write better objectives for their lessons.

To me the best part of this week was I get to explore the many useful links in www.noodletools.com. At the beginning, I was  kind of lost as there were just too many links and headings. But as I explore further, I find that it is quite easy as long as we know what we are looking for. I love the fact that these links or search engines help us to narrow our search and make it easier for students and teachers to look for resources or specific information they need.

Here are some links which I find useful:
1)  http://infomine.ucr.edu/ - Search annotated academic sites and subject databases

2)  http://www.idebate.org/portal/ - Browse or search a debate topic database with pro/con arguments

3)  http://www.biography.com/people - Search 25,000+ biographies by name, keyword and profession

4)  http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html - Links to pro/con on current social issues

5)  http://www.ipl.org/ - Easy-to-navigate, well-annotated directory of librarian-selected Web sites

However, I would like to share some other sites which I normally use to find materials as well as information or to download applications. Here is my list:

1) www.englishforeveryone.org

2) www.download.com

3) http://www.tlsbooks.com/educationalwordsearchpuzzles.htm

4)  http://www.teacher-appreciation.info/Quotations_on_teaching/

5) http://www.myenglishpages.com/

I hope you will find these links useful.


Our 2nd week is almost over, and I am sure that there will be more to learn. I look forward to share and learn from all my friends. All the best to all of you! Thank you to Jodi and Celeste for another great weak and another 8 more weeks to come!

It has been a great 2 weeks!