WEEK 13

In this week I learned about how to use Google Docs and Blog.I think that these tools aren’t difficult to use them even you don't need to have much computer knowledge .Everyone can create his Google Docs , Blogs and working on them even without connecting to the Internet.

Blog  is an online journal that can be individual or can be used for some people that allows them to upload their ideas,and thoughts.Besides, blogs can give you the chance to provide a comment about what someone  else wrote before.Iit has all basic document formatting that can help you to edit your texts such as  : spacing, bold, italics, underline, and creating links.

Actually , I have never heard any of them.Now , I want to explain  them one by one. The first one is called TheTutor Blog .It is run by the teacher of a class applying syllabus, course information, homework, assignments, etc that can be limited.The next one is called The Learner Blog .It  involves giving each student an individual blog in order to become the student's own personal online space.The last one is called The Class Blog.It is a collaborative discussion space, an extra-curricular extension of the classroom where you can see the effort of an entire class.

More information in these links 

WEEK 12

Web 2.0 is related to web applications or tools that make easier to share information and collaborative work on line around the world.

 People who use Internet to interact and collaborate to develop a virtual community, where every user is the owner of her/his content, and make possible that everybody could be benefited by using it.On the one hand, the advantages about Web 2.0 are:

 -People can access to information easier and faster wherever and whenever.

-The possibility to control access to resources by authenticating users.

- Applications can be used for different purposes, such as  to make animations, recording  videos, blogs, social networks, virtual platforms, wikis , etc.

On the other hand,the  main disadvantage  is :

- INTERNET connection is required,

            In conclusión, as a future  English teachers apply all these  applications is very important in the learning  process because today  students use technology more than before. For them, it could be more interesting and new way in order to present homeworks or assignments. 

More information about  Web2.0 in these links 

http://www.oreillynet.com/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

http://www.go2web20.net/

WEEK 11

                DEMO   CLASS

During this week we presented our demo class. First of all, I almost have three years of experience by  working as a teacher in a school .But in this week  it was totally diferent and dificult to apply our lesson plan in the classroom. I really appreciate having been helped by some classmates.Besides,  I think it was  useful for us because we are studying in order to become in English teachers at the end of this Educational program. Another thing that , I want to mention is that when I was managing the classroom it was difficult to catch the student's attention during the whole class. It means that students sometimes feels bored and fustrated in the class.

                           

For this reason, I think that my lesson ‘s topic  didn’t like them. Next time ,I will  change the activities and I will choose a good topic  , because it helps students to feel active and involved in the learning process.

WEEK 10

Well, I think that this week was very useful for me and  classmates because we learned how to write lesson objectives with the ABCD method .Where the letter "A" is for audience, the letter "B" is for behavior,the letter "C" for conditions and letter "D" for degree of mastery needed. First of all, as future teachers we should think about student conditions in order to accomplish the tasks. Also, I my personal opinión  a lesson plan needs a format of the activities we are going to make with our students to get the goal of the lesson that is to learn about a topic already planned.For this reason,  we learned about difference between goals and objectives.

More information  about goal vs objective in these links.

http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-goals-and-objectives/

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Goal_vs_Objective

Second,we should think about the audience. I mean who the learners are. Third, we should think about the learner's behavior. I mean, what we expect students be able to do. Fourth, we should think about the learner's degree of mastery. I mean, how well the behavior must be done by the students.

In conclusión, there are different kinds of students in elementary schools, high schools  for this reason a lesson plan sholud be planned according to the student needs.Because in our country there  are students with disabilities.My thesis ‘ topic will be relationed with this.