Oh, what a world!!!
This week we have dealt with different topics and we have read quite interesting articles.
We have learnt about PBL - Project Based Learning - something that is widely used in my school, above all by all the teachers who are part of the bilingual programme. We normally establish at least one project a term based on the same topic for all the subjects - for example - WWI has been the last topic on which our students have to research - in English they have to research on the way it has been shown or it has appeared on movies.
I found the article "Less Teaching and More Learning" by Susan Gaer really inspiring and I must say that it opened up my eyes and let me find the way to get the possible solution to the "issue" that I want to solve using technology. My students have to decide what their project will deal with. That is the key question that I found out when reading this article. I think I found the "quid" to lead my class to a good improvement.
We have also learnt about rubrics - in my school rubrics are also widely used. We normally set them up by using Rubistar (http://rubistar.4teachers.org/) which is exactly the same web-page that we have been recommended by the course. Using rubrics is extremely useful to carry out a good assessment of different aspects of our students' learning process. And what is most important, our students are aware of what our expectations are about their learning and what we want them to learn and the objectives which we want them to accomplish. I find this tool incredibly useful, something which is shared by the administrators in my school.
Webquests was another aspect of the course this week. This has been totally new to me. I am looking into it and even though there was an extra credit assignment, I guess I need some more time to try it. Webquests are useful because we can guide our students through a learning journey through which they can discover new things on the web. I definitely must put it into practice, and I will!!!
I found some information on a Spanish web page - www.isabelperez.com (this teacher has even made a doctoral thesis on webquests).
This week Michael Jackson's new posthumous CD is being released, I'm so excited.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/09/michael-jackson-xscape-review-tim-jonze
This week we have dealt with different topics and we have read quite interesting articles.
We have learnt about PBL - Project Based Learning - something that is widely used in my school, above all by all the teachers who are part of the bilingual programme. We normally establish at least one project a term based on the same topic for all the subjects - for example - WWI has been the last topic on which our students have to research - in English they have to research on the way it has been shown or it has appeared on movies.
I found the article "Less Teaching and More Learning" by Susan Gaer really inspiring and I must say that it opened up my eyes and let me find the way to get the possible solution to the "issue" that I want to solve using technology. My students have to decide what their project will deal with. That is the key question that I found out when reading this article. I think I found the "quid" to lead my class to a good improvement.
We have also learnt about rubrics - in my school rubrics are also widely used. We normally set them up by using Rubistar (http://rubistar.4teachers.org/) which is exactly the same web-page that we have been recommended by the course. Using rubrics is extremely useful to carry out a good assessment of different aspects of our students' learning process. And what is most important, our students are aware of what our expectations are about their learning and what we want them to learn and the objectives which we want them to accomplish. I find this tool incredibly useful, something which is shared by the administrators in my school.
Webquests was another aspect of the course this week. This has been totally new to me. I am looking into it and even though there was an extra credit assignment, I guess I need some more time to try it. Webquests are useful because we can guide our students through a learning journey through which they can discover new things on the web. I definitely must put it into practice, and I will!!!
I found some information on a Spanish web page - www.isabelperez.com (this teacher has even made a doctoral thesis on webquests).
This week Michael Jackson's new posthumous CD is being released, I'm so excited.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/09/michael-jackson-xscape-review-tim-jonze
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