WEEK 20

 

WEEK 19

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During this week I learnt how to use slideshare presentation.  It is a website that offers users the ability to upload and share, in public or private, slide shows in PowerPoint, Word documents, OpenOffice, PDF Portfolios. If you want to upload your presentation you need to create  an account  to be a member and can to use it. If you want to know more  visit this web site www.slideshare.net where you can find  information about this useful tool for  education and learning.

In order to learn  about this useful tool the teacher asked us to make  a presentation of our student portfolio using it. As you can see in this presentation we covered five elements in this module, in each element I learnt a lot practical and interesting things about internet and multimedia which allowed me to enrich my knowledge and develop my  computer skills and the most important  how to use  this set of technologies in education to create more active classes that help students in their process of learning. Thanks, I really appreciate her help and dedication in each of her teachings.

WEEK 18

During this week I learnt the application of some different web 2.0 tools for example: Wikispaces, Twitter, Dokeos, Authorsteam, Podomatic, Podcasts, Nicenet, Edmodo,etc. The teacher asked us to put the knowledge into practice by creating our own Virtual Learning Environment. For this assignment  I created  my VLE in nicenet. So I have know  how to manage  it as  a teacher and as a student. In order to use it  as a teacher I need to create an account. This is easy you only go to www.nicenet.net  and follow the different  steps in order to have access as a teacher. I created my cooperative platform in order to provide my students the key to join my class.

            Integrating technology in the IFL has many purposes, it can be used to provide more in depth information on a specific topic, access to authentic target language materials, it facilitates higher thinking skills and knowledge construction and students can learn to find, analyze, and synthesize information. In conclusion, the net in classrooms is a powerful  tool  that helps not only  teachers but also students to develop their skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking  in an active form.

According  the schedule this week was appointed to defend the interdisciplinary project. This experience was really good for us  as students because we had to defend our proposal. Work in which all groups worked hard  to give the best.

Another important thing that I have to  made is to create a VLE  in Edmodo. This is one of the best tools of  web 2.0 that  provides teachers and students a secure place to connect and collaborate, as well as to  share content and educational applications, and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications.

In order to learn about edmodo,  I watched some tutorial videos that help me to understand  its  use  and applications.

In my virtual learning environment I included  different activities  to give then a great opportunity to put in practice their  previous knowledge  acquired in last class such as: a video, PPT, questions an d answers and a quiz to test students their knowledge.

The net offers powerful resources for teachers such as:  warm up, lesson plans, songs, games, flash cards, videos, etc. These resources help teachers to understand the use of technology  and how to use them according learner´s needs. In conclusion, the use of  tech can change the learner environment in place where teachers work, but  has to be  resource gathering, understanding the way in which technology changes the teaching and learning process.

The use of technology can change the learning landscape in the place where teachers work, but there has to be  resource gathering, and understanding  the way in which technology changes teaching and learning.

WEEK 17

Well, the oral presentations about Web 2.0 tools started on Tuesday and they were pretty interesting for me. I am going to explain briefly some of the tools learned in the classroom. The first group explained about Twitter.  If you want to learn about these tools,watch the following  tutorial videos. 
                                                                           

TWITTER

 

GOOGLE MAPS  

PODCAST

  

 

 FLICKR

  

 

WEEK 16

This  week unfortunately there is not internet. So the teacher decided to talk about some aspects about education and how to create good relationship  between teacher and students . This was analyzed in three levels such as: school,  high-school and university. Furthermore, the teacher gave good advices to understand students and how to help them to solve their problems. If you want to know about  the strengths that an effective teacher should has, please watch this video.   

WEEK 15

This week we did not have class, I take this time to relax me and prepare my presentation for  next week.

WEEK 14

This week was useful for me because I learned about web 2.0 and some kind of blogs I order to use  EFL. Well,  Web 2.0  is the popular term for advanced Internet technology and applications including blogs, wikis,  RSS,  and social bookmarking . For instance nicenet,  twtter, dokeos, blogger, youtube, edmodo wikispaces, etc.  Web 2.0 is more than a set of  new technologies and services, it provides teachers several  powerful tools to perform their classes in an active and creative way.

Another important thing that I learnt during classes was about Google Docs. It is a collaborate tool of Web 2.0 that permits create, store and share documents in a real time. Your work is stored online and you can access. In order to learnt about this tool each student created his or her Google Docs and work on them in a collaborative way and participate in the process actively.  Definitely, I liked this way of working because everybody can participated without interrupting the presentation.

WEEK 13

Well, during this week I learned how to keep a electronic portfolio in CUADERNIA and how to use the program PREZI. Cuadernia is an software developed by Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Castilla-La Mancha for the creation and diffusion of digital educational materials, as an educational program it is very useful for teachers and students because it provides different kind of tools which can be used to create more attractive materials. For example: teachers can create their educational materials and access to educational content for different subjects in some levels like: primary, secondary, high school and professional training. For more information you can visit this web site

PREZI is an application that help you to create prezi presentations. In order to learn more about it the teacher asked us to make a class using this application. For this I visited http://prezi.com where I find  a lo of interesting information about its features and how to be installed. Well let me tell you that this one of the most important web 2.0 tools. It is online presentation editor   based in a presentation software It’s free to use by registering an account online. Prezi can be used directly from an internet browser or it can also be installed in your desktop so you can use it without internet access. It is much better than PPT you can insert images, video, files, import your PowerPoint and sound, of course you can share your prezis with anyone you like. For me as a student it is really good because I can make active presentations thanks to its properties and as a  future teacher it is really fantastic because it will allow me to make classes more fun and visual  for my students. I think that they will learned faster and better.  If you want to know more about it, please visit this link out http://prezi.com/

Twelveth week

Well, this week we started the second partial, It was really productive. I learned important things like: What means web 2.0? It is the term given to describe a second generation of the WORLD WIDE WEB that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 sites provide users with information storage, creation and dissemination capabilities that were not possible in the environment of Web 1.0

Web 2.0 technologies provide teachers new ways to engage students in a meaningful way to learn for example Traditional classrooms have students do assignments. However, Web 2.0 shows students that education is a constantly evolving entity. Whether it is participating in a class discussion, or participating in a forum discussion, the technologies available to students in a Web 2.0 classroom does increase the amount they participate. A blog is another useful tool. It is a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information. Wikis are interconnected by hyperlinks where users can find complete information. Social networking service is an online platform that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who share interests, activities, etc. Thanks these feature students have the opportunity to learn for themselves and share that learning with their peers, also web 2.0 brings a whole dimension for   Presentations tools that lets us create and share our presentations anytime, anywhere, whit anyone we like through

http://www.slideshare.net/ another helpful tool that we learned was about prezi. It is a zooming presentation editor, it is better than PPT. Prezi is free web based platform moves beyond slides and allows you to create an entire presentation on a single canvas rather than a series of slides. Furthermore, you can turn in all different directions and pop in and out of photos, graphics and text, etc. This page contains good information about prezi as well as a tutorial video that helps you to use it.

http://itbabble.com/2010/07/15/how-to-prezi/

http://prezi.com/explore/

http://www.picsviewr.com/

If you want valuable information about applications of web 2.0 visit this site.

http://www.go2web20.net/ http://www.go2web20.net/

http://www.web20searchengine.com/web20/web-2.0-list.htm

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-design/web-2-0-design-style-guide/

Furthermore, I  learned how to do a digital portfolio through cuadernia the notebook editor let us create digital notebooks in which all kind of multimedia objects can be include such as: text, images, video, flash animations,etc. also this site includes video tutorials to help you when using cuadernia http://www.educa.jccm.es/educa-jccm/cm/recursos/temas/cuadernia

Definitely, this week was really important for me, because I learned lots of about web 2.0 and how this wonderful tool can help me in my assignments at the university as well as in my professional. In conclusion, web 2.0 becomes a powerful tool in the educational field which I think to use in order to create interactive classes in the teaching learning process.  

Nineth week

This week, I learnt how to improve the PPT because my last presentation about the productive skills- speaking was really bad. I didn´t follow the steps that are in the rubric.  A good PPT has only key words to help exhibitor to explain better the topic. On the other hand, little words is bad too, it doesn´t help the exhibitor to develop topic and the audience don´t understand. Furthermore  I realize a lot  effects in PPT is not good because they distract the attention of students .So, when I planned  to do PPT I have to think in  the balance that there is  between information and pictures. And the most important a PPT must be interactive in order to engage attention of audience and achieve my objectives planned to PPT.   I am going to apply this knowledge in my   assignments in the career   and my professional life.

If you want to know more about PPT please check this web site.  http://desktoppub.about.com/od/microsoft/bb/powerpointrules.htm  



In this video you can find good advices to improve your PPT.

Eigth week

  

    Well, this week was really useful for us because we learnt the process of teaching receptive and productive language skills. The receptive language skills   are: listening and reading, and the productive   language skills are: speaking and writing. We as future teachers have to know the process to follow for each of them. For example, for teaching listening skills teacher have to follow these steps: pre-listening, while-during reading, and post- listening activities. The same procedure for teaching reading skills: pre-reading, while-during reading, and post-reading. For teaching speaking skills are: eliciting, restricted, oral practice, and developing oral fluency. The process for teaching writing skills are: brainstorming, drafting, reviewing, and editing. In this site you can find more information about this topic.

http://books.google.com.ec/books?id=NRNXFhfqNrYC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=process+to+develop+for+productive+and+receptive+skills&source=bl&ots=o6Omn8nUFW&sig=

   Furthermore, we learnt about a lesson plan, its parts and how to do lesson plans according each skill, through a didactic PPT. Of course many of us didn´t have a clear idea about it, another important thing  that the teacher emphasized  was the lesson objectives which must be clear and specific  because through they we state what we want students gain from the lesson. By the way, they must be focused on communicative skills and start with ´´ will be able to´´.   

   To reinforce our knowledge acquired in class, the teacher sent us to evaluate a lesson plan, for this activity she provided us a rubric.  I am going to apply this knowledge in lesson plans that I have to do in the lesson planning classes and in my professional life.  Thanks for the knowledge that you share whit us.

See you next week.


This video is about the lesson plan.

Seventh week

   This week was really productive. My teacher began the class with a power point presentation about teaching listening which has many mistakes so, she gave as some recommendations to improve our power point presentations like: to use just key phrases about topic, avoid using to much text on the slide, use contrasting colors for the text and background for easy reading. Another important thing avoids using animations because the audience does not pay attention to the message of the presentation, etc.

Furthermore, I also learned how to teach speaking. Speaking is one the most important skills. The aim of speaking is communication and that does not require perfect English. Break the silence is the better way to develop it. We cam improves this skill through many activities such as: role-plays, information gap activities, telling stories, debates, etc. For more information about power point you can visit this site.

http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/splane_m/PresentationTips.htm

Sixth week

Today, internet plays an important role in education .It provides a lot of tools and techniques to improve the learning .I offers a great way for teachers and students to interact whit each other, make research on projects, and manipulate date. This useful information was displayed us by my teacher and her colleague Gabriela Lopez through a power point presentation about the use of technology in EFL classroom. They talked about some tools such as: delicious, it is a social book-marking site that allows teachers and students to share bookmarks for more information you can visit this site http://delicious.com/browse?category_id=12  NoodTetools  provides a free software for teachers and students where they can access a useful library subscription for different purposes, http://www.noodletools.com/. Nicenet is a nonprofit organization that provides classroom internet assistant  if you want to know more visit this site    http://www.nicenet.org/  .In conclusion , the information that my teachers shared us  was really helpful  in order to understand how through this powerful tool teachers and students can improve your knowledge       

Fourth week

Well, during this week I learned a bout a good tool colled diigo . This tool permits to collet and organizing important information of webpage, to sticky notes,  to store in the library and easily share this information  when you need  it without  loosing the URL. I learned  to use it, because  in class  I openned my owm diigo account and I am researching,clasifing and storing the most  relevant information into it This useful tool help me to find easily something that I need in a faster way. Another important thing was the invitation the teacher did to join into a discussion forun about UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) and its work in the educational land through the ICT (Informtion and Comunication Technology) to permit the access to the education around the world.

Third week

During this week I Iearned    a lot of interesting things about citing in order to avoid plagiarism .The teacher shared us a good information facilitating three web sites, in one of them, I enjoyed answering a useful text in order to understand in a better way what is a plagiarism and what things I not must to do, because everybody easily can borrow or steal ideas someone else. Furthermore   we   are not being honest whit our self and whit original author of that work. Another important thing that I learnt was about APA style. It was developed by American Psychological Association which has established a standard of writing communication to be followed by writers and students around the world. I learnt it through the research of different web sites and my classmate’s   explanation who knew to clear all my doubts of that topic.  I am going to apply in every single of my work at the university and my professional life.

resource:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/

Second week

What did you learn?

During the second week, I learnt about the rubric what aspects Ishould keep in mind when i write a paragraph because,is so important to know how to comunicate my ideas in a coherence way also, it present some items with suggestions and its valuation. Furhermore I learnt more about the evaluation web sites, so the teacher sent me to research a web site that offer a better information to understand the different factors I should follow in order to be a critical thinker and a good consumer of web information
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How did you learn it?

Of course, I learnt it through the research, the reading and the understanding of the content of the page.


How will you apply it in the future?

I am going to apply during all my student and professional life, because this will help me to get a reliable and authentic information to transmit it my students.

Week 1

JOURNAL
  
   During this week, I learned how to evaluated web pages. So the teacher sent me  information to my email, this information  consist in a serie of questions,which should be read in order to select the best web page.

   I learned it during the classes of this signature. The teacher helped us to undestand these questions whit an example in class, she asked us how do you recognize a good web page, some classmates said looking for  the domain,other said looking for the author or name of the organization, institution who publish this information.So that she asked to open the page send for she.

   Nowadays, the technology perform an important role in the life of human been ,especially in people that are involved in the educational land ,because we need to know if the information published is truthful, it is not a copy or is false to use it For this reason, I think it is a very useful tool, and  I going to apply during all my student and professional life to choose reliable information.