Nº Topic Done? How did I feel? Problems?

1 Teacher and Students

presentation

Virtual class tour

Presentation in the Forum

Voki

Learning theories

Titanpad

Googledocs

I was eager to perform the virtual

tour as quickly as possible in order

to get familiar with this new

learning environment, with voki I

consider it was a fantastic

experience so as to interact with

my partners. As regards Tintapad

and Googledocs I guess they allow

you to enhance your writing and

reading skills as well as to work

collaboratively with other

classmates. Regarding the Learning

Theories, they provided me with

new insights into the way learners

process language so now I will be

more aware how deal with this

aspect when I get my degree.-

I guess every time you discover a

new technological tool, at first it

seems you don‟t know what to do

with it or where to start from but

then it‟s a matter of trial and

error in most of the cases till you

are able to deal quite properly

with such device. Particularly the

only obstacle that I have

encountered throughout this step

was when creating my voki

because at first I couldn‟t get it

done due to the fact that I was

clicking on the option “ONLY

CLASSROOM USERS” but then I

was able to solve it but looking

everywhere a lot of times until I

could change it.-

2 Introduction to ICT –

Part 1

Forum: Teachers in wonderful ICT land Collaborative Powerpoint presentation about the articles

I was able to discover really helpful

tips when dealing with power

points that I didn‟t know them. So

from that moment onwards I

realized that I have to bear in mind

some important issues before

starting to prepare a presentation

of such characteristics so as to

cause a better impression upon my

audience.-

The problem I had in this part is

that everything depends on

patience if you want to get things

done. This is because at first I

was extremely anxious to get

everything done as soon as

possible. But what matters

whenever you work

collaboratively I think is to mind

your classmate‟s pace and of

course to be patient. So when I

thought of that aspect I realized I

had to „slow down‟ and start

working differently.-

3 Introduction to ICT – Reading This was an interesting opportunity I think everything was all right

Part 2 Digital Natives Digital Immigrants

Forum

to learn facts concerning the

differences between the so-called

„Digital Natives‟ vs „Digital

Immigrants‟ and at the same time I

got an insight into what to include

when it comes to preparing a class

especially for digital natives (since

they will be our future Ss) taking

into account how their brains work

and what interest them most.-

during this module.-

4 ICT integration models Sugessted links visit

Reading

Forum: Distribution Models

Essay : Distribution Models

It was a great chance for me to visit

a lot of wonderful web pages and

links and to become conscious as

to what the different models in

terms of ICT around the world are

called. I reckon it was also a very

good opportunity to enhance my

reading skills.

I deem it took me a great deal of

time to get my essay done since I

had to work hard to e.g. try to

remember some links I had read

in order to include in my writing

task, see ways of translating

some ideas into English due to

the fact that some links were in

Spanish. Again, here the only way

to overcome these difficulties is a

question of patience and trying

again and again.-

5 A Call program in the Esl Class

Web 2.0 Resources browsing

Wikispaces participation

Delicious

Scoop.it account

Dropbox account

Forum

As regards Scoop.it and Dropbox, I

didn‟t know about them so it was

totally new for me and at the same

quite a challenge to start dealing

with these technological tools.

Concerning Dropbox, I have never

heard of such tool before and I was

really amazed that I can have a

copy of all my files in a safe place

as it is Dropbox. Bearing in mind

Scoop.it at first I didn‟t understand

quite well how it worked, but then

I realized that you can follow

The problem I underwent here

was mainly when trying to create

my Scoop.it account. It was a

hard task to get it finished. I had

to click everywhere to find this or

that thing in order to go on with

the settings concerning my

account. But then after a lot of

attempts I was able to get my

Scoop.it account. All this was

taking my own time in order to

get it over.-

interesting topics that matter you

and at the same time you can

create your own topics so as to

have followers that like your topics

as well. It is also useful for

promoting reading habits. Taking

into consideration Wikispaces, I had

lots of fun to upload a lot of

interesting sites and to share with

my partners thus working

collaboratively. In the case of

Delicious, well this is another tool

that I haven‟t heard before and I

felt it was excellent when I

discovered it. Here you can have all

your bookmarks recorded just in

case something happens to your PC

or the websites you have

bookmarked in your computer get

lost.

6 Internet Web 2.0 and

Multimedia Resources

Video Forum

Web sites fórum

Web sites evaluation

Evaluation form

I was able to compare different web

pages and to find out what items

are to be considered in terms of

reliability as regards web page. It

really came in useful to me this

evaluation form. I was also able to

surf the net visiting a great deal

interesting sites to get ideas to

apply in the EFL classroom.-

I guess everything went smoothly

here.-

7 Edmodo task Lesson Plan with Web 2.0 resources

Working on Edmodo to design an

activity for the Ss was delightful,

especially with such a fascinating

tool as it is Popplet since you can

prepare a lot of motivating

activities for your Ss so that they

At first it was a bit hard to

familiarise myself with the tool as

I have never seen it, but then

little by little everything became

all right and by clicking here,

clicking there and so on I was

Personal Reflective Journal Assignment

Many education experts see the teacher as a reflective practitioner. To reflect is to look back, to make connections and to build meaning out of your experiences. You will be required to reflect on your course work.

At least once a week, write a brief journal entry that reflect on your course work and field experience observations. It should be at least. Make connections among all lessons and with your personal experiences. Write down your observations and list questions that come to mind. The act of reflective journaling will provide you with an opportunity to understand the stages in your own learning; identify your own strengths and weaknesses as a learner; adopt learning strategies which work best for you; overcome blocks or difficulties in your learning; and appreciate the importance of self-assessment in evaluating the quality and outcomes of your learning. (adapted from Reflective Learning Journal, http://www.polyu.edu.hk/learn-to-learn/teacher/_contents/matfiles/G17/journex5.doc)

How will your journal be evaluated? You will be asked to hand in your reflective journal at the end of the course. Simply listing events is not reflection. You must show that you are thinking about and what you are learning. Try to answer the next questions as you write each entry:

will get engaged in performing the

task.-

able to understand how it

worked. It was really a

compelling tool to apply in the

lesson.-

What are you learning?

How do you learn best?

Why are you learning some things more easily than others?

What obstacles have you encountered?

How can you remove those obstacles?

In what way is your personal and/or professional development enhanced by your learning in this class?

What does this learning experience mean to you?

What does this learning experience tell you about your potentials as an ESL teacher?

Your reflective learning journal will contribute to your final grade for the subject