Week 8 a teacher, a student and a judge!!! So different roles, so difficult choice!!!

Hello, everyone! 

This week everybody of us had different roles: we are pupils of this course, we are teachers - it is our profession and we were judges of the report projects of our course mates!

As for me it was the most difficult to be a judge because this is a very serious and responsible work to help a course colleague to look at his or her work from the other side. 

At the same time my work was judged, too. Now I understand the great necessity of my partner's remarks for improving my project report. Now I can say that mutual checking helps to see all weak points and to make the work better.

I'd like to use this kind of checking in my teaching practice with my pupils. I'm sure it will give them chance to be more serious, thoughtful and attentive.

Week 7 Padlet? Padlet! WOW! PADLET!!!

Every my course week I become happier because I see the results of my learning in my pupils. 

When I read about Padlet the first time it was just a task for me which should be done but when I used it I was happy like a baby who got a new toy. Now I'm sure that all tools should be considered like toys but USEFUL TOYS which bring new knowledge. In this case I see the biggest profit of using Padlet in my teaching practice. I'm sure this tool will give a great chance to develop my pupils' creativity and their wish to find and learn more and more! Now I understand the meaning of the words "Learner Autonomy". It is like free swimming but with great pleasure and the biggest profit!

Week 6 Mixed thoughts!

So, our sixth week is to the end and just now I really understand the importance of my work for me but at first for my pupils! I watch them every lesson and see the great changes. They want to know more and more. Sometimes we don't listen to the break bell. They ask me, "Oksana Valeryevna, what are we going to do the next lesson?" I make my face very serious and mysterious..... and keep silence because I don't know what will our next lesson look like? 

Every day I go home and begin to work. I really like all things which happen in this course. It looks like a fairy tale where I and my pupils get in every time. Let's this fairy tale won't finish very long.....

All my thoughts now are about the Final Project where I want to describe all my pupils' changes and of course, mine ones, too! I think that everything which has connection with computers and Internet is very popular between pupils. It gives them a chance to be more active and involved. It is the best idea to use Interactive tools for increase pupils' learning motivation at the lessons! And if I want to have the high motivated students I should use all modern tools at my lessons!

Week5 Interesting - more interesting - the most interesting!!!

Ahhh! This is exactly the word that passes all my emotions for this week! So much wonderful and sometimes I'm afraid to loose something. That is why I make notes and put + if I did it.
The most interesting work for me is creating a rubric!  I'm very proud to be the first in my school who can create it! It gives me so many possibilities to use rubrics at every lesson and for any activities! I want to learn more and more!!!