Week 8 Reflection

When Technology Befriends Education It Gets Even Better!!!

What I gained over this week in this course led me to assert the view I have stated it on my heading. Indeed, technology simplifies learning and offers learners with the potential opportunity for autonomous learning. Simply looking at myself can tell how far I have been benefited from attending this course over this short period time. How more wouldn't students with longer academic calendar learn! This week we have to go to the course website and adventure through the separate URL's indicated in there. I found how simple something that is of Educational material these days is to creat. I, for instance, have managed to create a class test by signing up at http://Easytestmaker.com. It was a really fabulous tool to prepare all forms of test items. Later I have gone to the Week 8 recourses and Technology tools to and added the link URL to my test:  http://www.easytestmaker.com/User/Test.aspxid=F7B527FF158349FA8903B280F73EFDD3&anch=SMK#I10

I also have signed for ANVILL, a very fabulous tool for online English lab. I felt I am so privileged to sign up for this tool. I also have read our moderator for this week on ANVILL, Mr. Jeff, Wow! he is really an expert. I hope I will benefit a lot from him. I will keep participating and I hope I will try to participate on the upcoming online talk on Saturday 9:00 A.M. pacific time.

The third and indeed very important task we have accomplished for this week was adding our drafts project report under our respective project partner page. I have added my draft report under the project partner page :Daniel and Vinay. Through this page I have got the privilege of reading into my partner's, Vinay's, draft project report and I could learn a lot of things from it. I have, for instance, learned through technology it gets to be much easier to keep track of one's students progresses through the portfolio assessment. It even is easier for the teacher to correct the papers of his students from anywhere. At times when there is no connectivity the software "Drop box" does all the trick, very inspirational indeed. I think I may try such a procedure for my class as well. I have also added the project report Check list on my partners work. It seems he has done all well except for some minor corrections.

 

To conclude, like the other weeks this week has also been very fruit full for me in discovering more of the web for educational purpose. Every time a new week breaks I expect something new for I know the course will provide. It has now become my habit to look into something new in the web that would assist my teaching.