I said in the beginning of this course that I am going to learn a lot of new
things. That's true. This week I have learnt how to devise a PBL and put alternative assessment tools into practice. I have also learnt an interesting lesson: Dealing with technology means having a lot of patience, especially when one is not well informed of all the details of the functioning of a computer. True I have been using it ever since I was a university student but because my learning was far from formal training I still have to find out about some minor things that may cause trouble. Today I had to stop working for a while after spending a good amount of time typing my checklist. Of course I didn't want to waste any more time. However,and as I said I am still learning about my PC, I accidentally switched off the mouse. I tried to continue working, but a second touch made impossible to get back to the rubrics templates. After struggling to fix it i just felt it is necessary to turn it off all together, and repeat the whole job from the beginning. While waiting for the computer to reload, I thought it is good to take a look at the booklet. How funny! a double click on the left corner of the mouse could have saved my time. Here again I am thankful to the course it makes learn through discovery.
Best wishes,
Ilham
Iham
ReplyDeleteI can understand your frustration, and at the same time your difficulties with computer issues. I did not learn computer in any stages of my education, it was when I finished my first career that I start learning by myself, and by asking my friends how to do this or that.
I am not a master on the topic, I am learning as you are too, and part of my learning is that this takes time, is like to learn by errors.
Keep on doing it!!
Andrea.
Andrea
DeleteI agree with you.Computer is a science that can be difficult to venture to but our will to be up-to-date teachers invites us to do our best. I am sure we can make it.
I will.
Ilham
Dear Ilham
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that you need to be patient while using technology. This is at the beginning but when you start to use computer programes or web tools like social network, you are not going to stop. Keep trying and do not be frustrated. Keep your students close to the technology because this time is for the person who knows something in techonlogy.
Dear Naif,
ReplyDeleteI am with you in the importance of keeping our students close to computers.It is a must to be well-informed ourselves since we are teaching digital natives.It is such a feeling of achievement when we learn new things. After all, i believe a teacher is a life long learner. thank you!
Hello Ihlam ,
ReplyDeleteYes dear it is a learning proses .You know as Nief said designing rubrics and I add using technology does facilitate things ,but that doesn't mean its an easy task .I discover new things every time I try to use technology for teaching .Even Webquests and rubrics there's a lot about them as Janine said I also think I need more than a week on it .Don't worry about making mistakes we all been through that just keep going .
Best wishes
Batool