This is my farewell to another great course. It was such a pleasure to read the product of your work and see how much you've grown in this journey towards becoming better teachers. Keep going because this is just the beginning!
Your collaboration this semester was superb. You've given your all. It was a busy semester, but how rewarding! One of the greatest pleasures we have as teachers is to see a semester come to an end and reflect on how much we have all learned together. Thank you for this gift!
I am posting here a link to your e-portfolios so that you can visit other e-portfolios and travel with your friends through a fascinating world of discovery and reflection. Take a peak and enjoy! And don't forget to look at each other blogs, too (follow the links in our blog list). These blogs evaluate lots of good resources for language learning.
Julie
Amy
Betsy
Kaki
Joanna
Enid
Mark
Eunjeong
Aekyung
Shilpa
Regina
Kathleen
Mary
Taylor
Fall 2009 E-Portfolios
Our course has ended, but your professional development has just started. It was such a pleasure to read your reflections in your electronic portfolios and be part of your journey towards becoming better teachers. You have all included such valuable information in your e-portfolios that I think everyone will benefit from taking a look at all the artifacts you have uploaded in them.
For all interested, here is the product of Class Fall 2009. Congratulations to all of you!
Best of luck to all of you!
For all interested, here is the product of Class Fall 2009. Congratulations to all of you!
Best of luck to all of you!
Fall 2009 - Reminders
Some useful reminders:
If you have any questions, please ask.
- Your blog posts for this week should be 5 resources on speaking and/or pronunciation.
- Your original blog posts for this week (Nov. 8-15) are due today, Nov 12, by midnight. Your comments to other blog posts are due on Sun, Nov 15, by midnight.
- You may choose not to post resources on your blog this week if you are posting an answer to our discussion questions on Blackboard. Or you may choose to get extra points for posting 1) your answer to a question on Blackboard, 2) five resources on speaking/pronunciation on your blogs, and 3) comments on both Blackboard and Blog posts.
- To get a maximum of five points, you should post either 1) an answer to a question on Blackboard plus a comment to another answer, OR 2) 5 resources on your blog (including your reflections) and a comment to another blog. Please note your comments should appear in the same place you posted your original post.
- To receive the extra (2) points, you must do both activities in their complete form (original post + comment in the same platform) and as instructed. You won't receive extra points for just adding comments to other blogs and/or other discussions in the forum if you haven't completed both original posts as well. However, you are welcome to posts comments on both platforms if you have something to comment.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Fall 2009 - Resources for Listening Activities
If you are having problems finding good listening resources for your blogs, please visit my blog ITRLT. There is plenty there to help you get started. I have just posted five new posts with many websites each from which you can get good listening resources (audio, video, songs, webcasts, etc.) for different languages and teaching contexts. I hope you find these useful.
These are the links to the new posts:
Remember that you don't have to come up with anything new, or with 5 different websites. You need to list and reflect on the use of 5 (five) listening resources (videos, podcasts, songs, etc.) that are suitable for your chosen teaching context. You can even choose them all from the same website! Provide an embedded link to the resource and comment/reflect on how you will use it in your class, what for, etc.
Good job for those who have already posted resources. I'm very impressed by the quality of the resources you selected and your comments.
If you have any questions, please ask.
These are the links to the new posts:
- Portuguese Literature
- Media in Portuguese
- Bilingual Sites for Families and Educators of English Language Learners
- Songs for Teaching
- Russian Webcasts, Videos and Audio
Remember that you don't have to come up with anything new, or with 5 different websites. You need to list and reflect on the use of 5 (five) listening resources (videos, podcasts, songs, etc.) that are suitable for your chosen teaching context. You can even choose them all from the same website! Provide an embedded link to the resource and comment/reflect on how you will use it in your class, what for, etc.
Good job for those who have already posted resources. I'm very impressed by the quality of the resources you selected and your comments.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Clarification
Most of the links I provide in my blog (Instructional Technology Resources for Language Teachers) take you to websites that have useful links to many different activities and resources, and often even to other sites with more activities and resources. When you do your listings for your own blogs, remember to site where you got a resource from, but also say which specific resource you would use from that general website for your context. For example, if you choose a website that gives you access to wonderful videos for your class, list that website, but also choose a video that you would use in your context and briefly say why you chose it, what for, etc. Ideally, you should come up with materials from different websites for each of your postings, but if you can't, it's OK to choose some materials from the same websites (e.g., two YouTube videos from the same website that recommends many videos).
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