My Last Week Blog

My Last Week Reflection!

Making a kind of a summary of the Building Teaching Skills through the Interactive Web (Webskills)  Course, I would say that the most representative things I have learned, are:

·         Creating my own academic blog.

·         Posting on my blog, weekly summaries of tasks.

·         Planning one class structure with “a, b, c, d” model (audience, behavior, condition, and degree).

·          Using Power Point to post puzzles built-up by students as an autonomous learning and integration demonstration.

·         Creating my  “Delicious” account.

·         Using the CALL system (Computer Assisted Language Learning).

·         Posting Power Point interactive activity  in the Wiki Power Point Files.

·         Creating my own rubrics to assess my students´ tasks.

·         Creating an on-line exercise.

·         Planning a computer class option.

·         Analising LoTi  ( Levels of Technology Integration).

·         Giving advice to future participants.

·         Doing peer reading of partners´ projects.

·         Setting Technology Enhanced Lesson Plans.

·         Using ANVILL on line tool for teaching.

·         Discussing about Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles.

·         Writing the Draft and Final Project, applying the technological tools learned.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEAR ROBERT AND “VIRTUAL” COLLEAGUES!!!!!  J J J

My Last Week Reflection!

Making a kind of a summary of the Building Teaching Skills through the Interactive Web (Webskills)  Course, I would say that the most representative things I have learned, are:

·         Creating my own academic blog.

·         Posting on my blog, weekly summaries of tasks.

·         Planning one class structure with “a, b, c, d” model (audience, behavior, condition, and degree).

·          Using Power Point to post puzzles built-up by students as an autonomous learning and integration demonstration.

·         Creating my  “Delicious” account.

·         Using the CALL system (Computer Assisted Language Learning).

·         Posting Power Point interactive activity  in the Wiki Power Point Files.

·         Creating my own rubrics to assess my students´ tasks.

·         Creating an on-line exercise.

·         Planning a computer class option.

·         Analising LoTi  ( Levels of Technology Integration).

·         Giving advice to future participants.

·         Doing peer reading of partners´ projects.

·         Setting Technology Enhanced Lesson Plans.

·         Using ANVILL on line tool for teaching.

·         Discussing about Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles.

·         Writing the Draft and Final Project, applying the technological tools learned.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEAR ROBERT AND “VIRTUAL” COLLEAGUES!!!!!  J J J

My involvement as a learner in the course: My blog Week 5

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Second Level Tasks

I`m really glad to see the productive work  of my dear students  attending the  Second Level at UCE. Their contribution to my final project was outstanding! I want to especially thank Juan Carlos and Michelle whose techno-support and brilliant ideas were certainly valuable. :) :) :)

My 9th Week Blog

I likely sent my final project!! I´m so happy about that. :) :)

It´s been hard work, but I feel really satisfied after having successfully finished it.

The topic for us to discuss this week  has to do with Incorporating Learning Styles to Technology. In my opinion, to properly use web technologies in academic settings, it is vital to understand the learners characteristics and their perceptions about technology use.

It is therefore necessary to understand the relationship between students´ learning styles and their preferences for instructional strategies, since learning styles provide information about individual differences in learning preferences,  they can suggest how instruction can be best designed to support such learning preferences.

I personally consider that personality has a strong influence on preferences to acquiring and integrating information.

Using an on-line questionnaire to discover students dominant intelligence, seems to be the best way of getting aware of important information about our students intelligences, so that teachers could use appropriate and different teaching techniques in the process.

Since in every class we can find diverse kinds of learning styles, I consider pertinent to apply various types of exercises in every lesson. That way, every student can use his specific intelligence, verbal, logical, visual, bodily, naturalistic, musical, interpersonal, or intrapersonal; and benefit from the class. Exercises such as projects, jigsaws, group and pair work, among others, can be certainly beneficial.