Friday, June 1, 2012

WEEK 8
This week went by so fast!  I found myself awakening to a new Monday morning and before I knew it, Friday was tugging at my shoulder. :)

I was able to send my partner Patricia Roldan, my Final plan draft. I decided for a plan because I finished my academic semester two weeks ago. There wasn't enough time to implement and then report on results. However, my plan for students to create a blog of their own and make weekly posts, is going to be useful for the fall semester. Blogging, I expect, will improve their reading and writing skills, as well as foster critical thinking and creativity.  
As this week's task of  creating a teaching resource, I'm going to make a survey on Google Docs that I will ask my students to answer. The survey will help me organize the project in terms of how much blogging the learn­ers should do per week, what topics should be included, how much background knowledge learners have of blogs, and what students expect to achieve by using blogs in the English class.

The Anvill Webinar made a positive impression on me. It's an amazing tool and it's free! It made me realize how lucky we teachers and students are at my university. We count on the technological resources and whenever possible we, in the Language department, organize teacher training sessions to update on teaching methodology and develop technological skill. Anvill, through it's features, Voiceboards, Forum, TCast, Livechat, etc., offers an attractive and integral context for language practice and perfection. Moreover, the very nature of the activities foster learner autonomy.










Universidad Panamericana, campus Guadalajara










4 comments:

  1. Nice surprise Maria Luisa!
    we live in the same city, I didn't notice this before, please forgive me!
    ypu work in a nice university and with a good equipement as you mention, I envy you!
    howeveer it is good to know that you work towards the benefit of your students by the implementation of these tools we are acquiring in this course. I saw you yesterday at the webinar, but I couldn't use my mike, maybe in other occasion, perhaps one of these days we can drink a cup of coffe (as we are in the same city)to chat about all this!
    greetings from the neighborhood
    poncho.

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  2. What a great environment you work in Maria Luisa!!! I believe that a university offers much more to its teachers in terms of both equipment and "material" (students are much more mature and can work on more tools with less guidance)! I hope I will be able to visit you and Poncho one day!! Take care!

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  3. Hello Maria Luisa,
    Of all the things in this post I like two best:
    1. A Google survey and the idea of asking students about their preferences, which is especially useful and motivating when they are at that age.
    2. The pictures! I wish I could visit Mexico one day because there are many sights I would like to visit. If I had a chance I would also go for a walk next to that beautiful lawn in the picture.

    Marija

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  4. Maria Luisa thanks for the invitation and your supporting words, I'll do my best to attend your invitation, and say hello to you in person, greetings!

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