Week 9: Learning styles - technology connections

Greetings from Egypt to all,

      Approaching the finishing line of the Web Skills Scholarship, Fall 2012 has provoked a lot of emotional intelligence.

 

 

 

 

I must acknowledge that both teachers and learners have needs to be met and skills to be honed.

 

Language is the most important feature of communication, an essential skill of 21st century. So through the course, I feel the need to find an empowering way to teach the language and integrate its four skills and a better way for students to learn authentically and on their own and move toward autonomy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My students and I benefit from technology tools such as Popplet, Google Docs, Delicious, WallWisher, emails, and Google blogs to facilitate, differentiate and create student-centered learning. Students in the process raise their motivation and have fun learning the language.

 

 

 

 

The school term to come is when I'll give WebQuests a try in teaching Drama and incorporate students' multiple intelligences. So students can hear it, see it and do it.

 

I do believe that the best is yet to come with technology from   

 

. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/

 

 

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http://www.edsurge.com/

and from sharing and exchanging projects with an elite of professional dedicated teachers.

 

For the completion of this course and project work, I first need to thank God for making this work possible and second need to thank the Web Skills Team of the American English Institute at the University of Oregon and especially Robert, my inspiring teacher and my passionate classmates. Your discussions were really empowering.

 

 

 

 

 

Safaa,

 

     EGYPT