Week 10: LoTi Survey and Levels of Technology Integration

Food for Thought: "Technology is a gift of God. We just have to learn how to use it!"

Our wonderful experience is about to end and I started to hate the times when I didn't have enough time to explore the assignments thouroughly and with maximum dedication...I've started to miss this class already...

This week we found out about LoTI...unfortunately the following image and my colleagues posts were the closest I could get to it, because the username lotiguest didn't work any longer because it had been deleted overnight. I think it was due to the fact that it contained the word "test": lotiguest..I believe I saw a warning somewhere saying that if your username or password contains the word "test" the account will be nightly deleted. Therefore I am very grateful to the posts everyone wrote in Discussions on nicenet so I could see how LoTi works.. It seems really interesting!

My final comment--as I lack the time to write more due to the immense amount of work that I have received lately--is about technology and its amazing effects upon my English classes: I really believe that technology is the helping hand that allows us teachers to keep our students engaged in the learning process as it appeals to their world and their lifestyles..

THANK YOU COURTNEY AND UO AEI!!!!!!!!

Week 9: Multiple Intelligences-- Our way of learning is complex and unique

Food for Thought: "Everyone is a genius. If you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree it will live its life believing that it is stupid." --Albert Einstein

This week has been lovely. We had to read some fabulous materials on multiple intelligences and how to use technology in our favour, in order to work and develop the strengths that our students have and boost their self-esteem (everyone is a star in his/her field of expertise) as well as their weaknesses in certain areas:

I just love how technology can help us teachers along, giving us the "helping hand" that we needed:

Week 8: ANVIL and Other TechTools

Food for Thought: "Be the fish that swims upstream." 

                     "Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes."
                                                                                                                 --Andrew Heller
                                                           
It's been an interesting week. Busy and hectic, but with lots of new ideas and exciting new sites and methods to use in class. Technology fluency and innovative thinking are key words for teaching students nowadays. They belong to a technological generation that should be used to resorting to such tools and gadgets before they became employees for various companies. It's no longer a training course once they are hired by distinguished companies, but the process starts much earlier and being trained to make use of such resources  has become integral part of our teaching kit.

With regards to this week's tasks, all have been really exciting and new. However, I have to admit that Anvil has been such a maze in my case, a real maze for the brain, but in the end it's worth the 'walk' through it. I've added a greater number of Delicious from there..Isn't that thrilling?