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Hello Jodi, Sherie and everyone,                                                              

Once upon a time there was a pleasant and challenging week called week 5. It was full of fruitful ideas and powerful tools. I amazingly believe that this week is somehow critical and at the same time beneficial. This week has a big community that brings joy, fun, support, clarity, wonder and peace to it. I would like to mention the super tool the Nicenet that helps, saves, gathers manages and develops all the participants. This tool is the field of our genius participants and instructors. Allow me to call all of you genius because you work hard to make this course special and you add a nice flavor to it. Allow me to call you creative, critical thinker and bright readers. You deserve more because you add a lot to my life career so I am proud of everyone. During this precious week I live a marvelous journey. I live a special and unique moment with every participant in the course. Everyone in the course has his own flavor and taste. I meet different character. Although I couldn't meet them face to face, I understand a teacher!! When I communicate with my students, I feel as if they are my family and friends. I experience different wisdom and excellent number of tools that really help teachers and students. By mastering these tools they will use the power of imagination, power of anticipation, power of presentation and creation. I would like to accentuate on the information I get from the writers, instructors and participant this week. I could say that I am watching a movie that never ends and becomes like a river. All participants and instructors are benevolent because they don't stop helping me and helping other participants in this course. I have this feeling that this course is super and fruitful. The moment I checked my email, I directly checked on Jodi's email and went to check my assignments and other duties I have to do. I was paralyzed because I saw lots of sites, reading, searching and different tasks to accomplish. That moment I capitulated and I was panic because of the powerful work I should do. I do believe strongly in this quote “There are no boundaries for the journeys of mind.” We have to live these sweet journeys together and get the best of them. We fly here and there and we exchange brilliant ideas that we all admire. I would like to mention this wonderful quote by Mr.Marjan Glavac “Talk to each other, support each other, take care of each other”. What a great quote Mr. Marjan. I faced a real challenge when I was introduced to WebQuest, Rubistar, Alternative Assessment, Rubrics and Project Based teaching (PBL). Each one of these methods or tools have its own taste and use. We should deal with each one carefully and thoroughly. They all help in giving the students the freedom to learn, think, provoke, anticipate, imagine, predict, compose, work, communicate, and produce new ideas. What I like about these ways is the flexibility that is given to the teacher and student. This week I learn a lot from dear participants, I learn from their posts, their discussion, their comments and their reflection on the ideas mentioned. I do like strongly the warm feeling among them and among the instructors. I am really thankful to them all especially to the wonderful instructors. One dream I would love to come true is keeping this course run forever so that I keep learning till I master everything in teaching and learning. I learn a lot of projects and their benefits for the students and their impacts on the students thinking and learning. The writers mentioned Folktales and how can students develop their speaking and imagination through telling stories. This technique creates students self-confidence. These projects are also beneficial for the teachers too. I am worried about being here as a narrator and I don't want to be long and boring. I want only to send everyone a meaningful message. Thank you for everyone who participates in this course thank for the dear instructors for being helpful through the course. I am positive that beneficial ideas are spread among the participants and among the world.

Wish you all the best and thank you for your time!