Week 6 Beginning to implement the technology

Hello dear colleagues,
 Here we stand, half finished ,half remaining. Up to now we have learned a lot  in terms of resources,techniques and ways to cope with technology oriented students who feel bored in  teacher- focused classes.One of my greatest discoveries in this online course is blogging.I really love the idea of blogging or writing about my inner feelings about specific topics.I think that creating  class activities that revolve around blogging could boost my students interest and motivation.
Right now I am reflecting on how to use a class blog to break new ground in my school.
All my best regards.
Olivier
Burkina Faso

Week 5: Project Based Learning, Webquests and Rubrics

Dear colleagues,
  This week activities get me to say to myself stop. Stop grading your students on very subjective criteria or on non existing criteria.Our students are demotivated because the lessons are always about grammar and reading very difficult texts which are often chosen regardless of students interest.Now I do believe  that  by designing our own rubrics through ' rubistar' and  by conducting project based activities with the internet as a tool in our classes,real learning will happen,motivation will show up, collaboration will exist, constructive communication will strenghten learners personalities.
Oliver
Burkina faso

Week 4 Enriching week

Hello,
Welcome on my blog. This week has been very challenging for me. I have been running for my own business and trying to cope with this week assignments.The farther we go on this road to acquiring new web skills to integrate in our daily practices, the more insights we  really get. This technology age really offers possibilities to  innovating and boosting teaching and learning English in schools. The internet brings interactive activities to our classes in order to motivate technology oriented learners.To make it happen, we should rely on students'interest.
Olivier
Burkina Faso

Week3 Delicious week with Delicious.com

Hello everyone,
 This third week in our online course has been very exciting for me. Keeping online resources has always been a difficult task for me.I know how to bookmark websites links on my computer,but the problem is that I don't always surf on the net with it. Sometimes, I need to resort to a given website while in a cybercafe but no way out because my computer is back home.
With Delicious.com my useful links are available every where, anytime,on any computer or smartphone with internet connection.
What's more, reading former online course participants' reports has given me insights for my final report.

Oliver
Burkina Faso

WEEK 2

Hello dear colleagues,
I am having a great time in this program. The term 'blog' was not familiar to me. I can't believe that I have my own blog where I can express my feelings.
The readings of this week have enabled me to revisit Bloom's Taxonomy with its different learning levels  and the examples of verbs that could be used to set learning objectives. What 's more, the ABCD objective model has shedded light on my teaching routines which consisted in setting lessons objectives without clearly paying much  attention to their different four aspects. From now on the ABCD objective model will be my guide in lessons designing.
One more thing, this week I have discovered  amazing and enriching sources of search engines that are useful for academic purposes. I am sure that these search engines will positively impact my teaching practices.

Cheers,
Oliver
Burkina Faso/ West Africa