The final destination...

We reached week 10, who believes? I flashbacked on the first week and how we were confused and excited. We introduced ourselves, discussed class rubric and guidelines, created our reflective blogs and initiated Nicenet discussions. Week 2 was more relaxing as we learned beneficial websearching engines and discovered new techniques for online surfing.  I bookmarked most of these engines on my delicious account in week 3. This week introduced techniques and sites for teaching oral skills like English Central, NPR Podcast and Vacaroo. In week 4, I created a technology-enhanced lesson plan to teach writing and vocabulary. Wonderful sites like http://a4esl.org and www.manythings.org will be my top sites for getting materials and resources for teaching vocabulary, grammar, writing, reading and pronunciation. Project-based learning and Webquest were my favorite tools on which I build my project. I also created my first rubric on RubiStar and will use and recommend this site to create different e-rubrics. I was also interested in creating an interactive PP for interactive large classes. Week 6 introduced learner autonomy and its applications and principles. Creating a class padlet was impressive and adding to Donna’s padlet was productive. One-computer classroom and m-learning were the focus of week 7. My colleagues’ experiences and intension to use m-learning together with the webinar were very insightful. In week 8, we learned to create quizzes and exercises using different programs and sites like hotpotatoes and EasytestMaker, ANVIL was also a good addition. Week 9’s LS and MI were crucial and using technology to meet all learners’ styles was helpful. Finally, week 10 is full of advices, tips, last reflective blog ,farewells and goodbyes. Working in our plans and projects accompany this long journey as we put a block on the other to make use of what we have learned in the course and our own experiences to build these scientific and pedagogical masterpieces. Behind the scenes were a lot of hard work, effort, sleepless nights, thoughts and reflections. Weekly discussions on Nicenet energize and motivate our spirits to work and create. Million thanks to UO and its moderators for offering these high quality courses. Donna was the Maestro for this beautiful and harmonious orchestra and we owe her a lot and grateful to her for the continuous help and endless support. My colleagues……. thanks for your effort, time, support, thoughts, shared experiences and comments. Please keep in touch after the course. I wish you all good luck.

Greetings from Egypt,

Amira