Eid greetings from Egypt,
It's been a very busy week for me: school exams, paper correction, Eid chores, and course challenging tasks. Though I was not feeling well, I didn't want to be missed out. I kept on reading the materials provided on the website and my colleagues wonderful posts.
It's been food for thought. Thanks Robert for the "several multi - skill websites" I worked on this week. I found what appeals to me and to my students as well. Certainly, the needs' analysis is the first step to work out a problem. My students are improving a little bit in listening and speaking. It's one step forward. Encouraging and praising do wonders and raise their motivation. And as it is said "students don't care what you know until they know that you care". I'm working on scaffolding their writing through technology activities that serve the objectives, suit students' levels, the time of class and work best in my context.
Creating a Google Doc. for my lesson plan was a first-hand experience. I'm used to doing others' Google Docs. surveys and questionnaires, but from now on, I can use the tool to facilitate my work. I've tried the two ways Robert suggested to create my Google Doc., but there was a problem uploading my lesson plan template. I thanked God that Robert was ready to help with Plan B. My lesson plan took a lot of time to finish because the format is different from what I'm used to doing when preparing my lessons. I could manage to share the link in NiceNet. According to Shakespeare: "All is well that ends well". Waiting for all your precious suggestions.
I'd like to share with you the how to prepare and deliver lessons mind map.
Enjoy,
Safaa
Hi Safaa,
ReplyDeleteWhen I looked at the 'mind mapping' picture, I got a picture of a tree, that grows tall and wide giving shade and fresh air to all creatures, a room for all. And how its roots travels to different places and gathers water and minerals for its existence!
Let's become great trees
sujith
Hello Safaa,
ReplyDeleteAccording to your 4th week reflection it looks that all teachers may face similar difficulties in planing their lessons because the requirements in other countries' Educationl systems are a bit different. We also never write such deep plans in details. That's why we are here not only to learn but also to improve our acquired skills. Yes, to write such a plan is quite time consuming but it's very useful to know its procedure.
Keep going and good luck!
Egle
Hi Safaa,
ReplyDeleteLet me wish Eid greetings to you and thank you for your comments on my blog. In a way all the writing skills development ideas work for me as I deal with matured postgraduate students. But at the same time this set of students also require constant monitoring and guidance that is the kind of atmosphere here.
I need to thank again for the two interesting ideas in your blog. One is Listen A Minute.com web site and the other is the mind map that you have put up. Both throw more light on different possibilities and I have taken the cue from you to exploit them.
Smiles