Week5 Refelection

Hi Everyone,

As my colleague Sebnem commented in her week4 blog page, I too, felt that  I no longer be able to go snorkelling under the strong currents in " the ocean of websources." Snorkelling suits shallow waters but we are now diving deep into oceans. So,  I too, like Sebnem,  have to be a scuba diver to go deep, so deep onto  seabed, where exotic slippery creatures live. The deeper a scuba diver goes, the more charming sceneries s/he discovers. So do I with Donna's wesources.

In this week I created my rubric pages for assessing "Academic Presentation Skills" at (http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?ts=1319652031), went over other similar assessments alternative. In addition I gleaned handful PBL materials describing what the PBL is, its benefits and how it can effectively be implemented.

Further, I was able to navigate and learn from several Webquest links. I found these extra useful for maintaining learner autonomy skills. My students will no longer be dependent on my teaching materials. They are there provided with relevant webquest links at which they can access whatever interesting for them.

Creating rubrics is another technology-based teaching material that I found it useful in this week. Compared to those I used to create from scratch, these are exhaustive and easily manipulated. Web-based rubrics are designed in a so an appealing way that learners can  prepare their performance in advance (rehearsal, group work, pair work, etc.). When actual work begins, learners can know level of their performance themselves.

Best,
Garri