The Last Reflection for Winter 2013 Webskills Course AEI OU: Changing to Learn and Learning to Change

The past 10 weeks have been a very important moment in my professional life as a teacher. I have a new teacher, Donna Shaw who is very caring and helpful in my learning process. The more importance is I have around 25 new friends from many countries such as Moldova, Brazil, Ecuador, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Poland, Philippine, Malaysia, and many others. We have created a very supportive professional teacher community during the process which I believe will be long lasting with the assistance of internet.

Some main points I learned during this 10 weeks are followings:

1. Better class management can be done with the support from　useful website (nicenet and google site and wiki)

2. My teaching activities is fundamentally strengthened by the concept and practice of computer assisted language learning (CALL) and technology enhanced　 learning (TEL), problem based learning, and multiple intelligence with technology.

3. Assessment and material developments now will be easier and more effective with resourceful websites for curriculum (lesson plan, ABCD learning objectives), assessment (rubistar), and authentic materials (breakingnewsenglish.com, manythings.org)

4. I am not alone in my struggle of teaching perfection. Internet enables me to experience sharing teaching experience from other professionals (Larry Ferlazzo’s Edublog, e-teacher community, ning.com, and other social networking website)

5. My instructor Donna Shaw, PhD and my entire amazing e-teacher scholarship winner friends for webskills winter 2013 American English Institute have been very supportive and helpful in my learning process to build an interactive teaching using the webskills.
Finally, I can say that this course is not the end. It is just the beginning of my never ending learning process for a much better teaching and learning experience. I will keep learning to change and changing to learn.

Week 9: Multiple Technologies for Multiple Intelligences

A proverb said "there are many ways to Rome". This statement is definitely true when it is related with the language teaching activities and what skills you can involve in the activities. After reflecting with Howard Gardner concept of multiple intelligence in his 1983's books and reading some articles provided in webskills course, I am reminded that technology can be the tools to accommodate different kinds of students' interests and potentials in Verbal-Linguistic, Logical/Mathematical, Visual/Spatial, Bodily/Kinesthetic, Musical/Rhythmic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Naturalist, and Existentialist intelligence. One activities may involve more than one intelligence and the tools are not only limited to the internet. gadget, electronic device such as TV, music player, CD player, computer softwares and hardwares are also the tools that may enhance the students intelligence. However, internet is still the most unlimited one and it provided more opportunity to be explored by the learners. I visited http://www.educatorstechnology.com/, and found this interesting picture as a very good example of some technologies that can be used for adjusting with different kinds of learning styles and interests.

Source: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/

I am so aware that considering the students background will definitely decided how successful the learning process. Therefore, choosing the right media and activities of learning is very crucial to posit the students as adult learner based on humanistic approach. I am glad that I have been familiar with the Gardner's concept of multiple intelligence. However, this week topic also raised my awareness to optimize the use multiple technology for helping the students improving not only multiple language skills but also their multiple intelligence.

  

source: classroomchoreography.wordpress.com

Finally, let's multiply the learning process outcome with multiple intelligence with multiple technologies.