What a wonderful course!

I am really impressed by the information I received from a two-week e-learning. Honestly it is a big, knowledgeable, rich, and thought-provoking days. I admit that the participants and I need much time do go over the materials given in order to present our ideas and write them well on the blog or on the Nicenet board. I encourage the idea of reading and searching very much because within two week we learn a lot of new ideas. We shared bright ideas, study each other's thinking, reply on each other's work and communicate well with each other  and with the brilliant instructors; Jodi and Sheire. I have this great feeling towards this course and towards the instructors and the participants. I would love to classify the title of the course as:

W                            wealth

E                              energy

B                             beauty,

S                              sanctuary,

K                             kindness,

I                               intimacy

L                              loyalty

L                              lively

S                              super

When I join this course I have this power of gaining new ideas, new notion, new applications, new methods and new ways of communication. What makes me say that is the attitude the participants show towards this valuable course. I spend much time surfing the net and reading my friends posts and reading the document given by the instructors. Even though some and most of us are busy with their own business, they try their best to manage finishing their assignments on time and other duties. I want to mention something to my dear instructors and to the participants too. You know in Yemen we just get the electricity only four hours a day, because the of the crises that we currently face in Yemen. I try my best to manage doing my assignment and other tasks given by the instructors. This course comes in a very critical time but I will do my best to make my instructors happy and satisfied with my work. I am positive that my dear instructors and participants will excuse me for any lack I have during the course.  Thank you for your time and I appreciate your concern about my humble work. Happy to hear from you.

Salam

What I learn this week

Hello everybody,

I really enjoyed reading all the materials for the second week. I get benefit from the Power Pack 3.0 by Dr. Bob Kizlik. I learned a lot form the ideas he brought up in his article. The program has a lot for teachers, curriculum developers and other educators. I am introduced to the ABCD Method and I learn a new technique this will be added to my teaching experience. I feel this week is rich and has a lot of valuable information that will be added to all participants in this course. Without a doubt gaining all this information is something unique to me and it is an excellent step towards success in my field. I won't forget the big number of search engines I was introduced to by our wonderful instructors. I am really astonished by the tremendous knowledge that I am going to gain when I keep surfing these engines and webs.Thank you very much for all.

Salam

What I learn while creating the blog

I learned something called communication either by me or by the students.I know some information about having your own page and controlling it. I got this power in managing my web page, adding, and surfing different titles. I learn to think, manage, face the challenge, and find solutions to problems. I sometimes think of giving up but I connived myself to continue. I proceed thinking and using creative thinking in order to achieve my goal. I understand the idea of coming up with new ideas and apply them in my daily life. I taste the success when I finish doing something in my blog. I change the color, the shape of the blog and nice stuff. I feel that there is a sort of freedom when communicating through the web, especially. I am with the idea of giving the chance to the students to create new things and use his language openly and without fear. The objective of our teaching is have our message crossed using any means. Although we face difficulties regarding the net, we manage to survive. My students and I find it sometimes difficult to use the net but we try our best to solve this problem. The blog also helps students to read and write their own and their friends work or assignment. This gives them the opportunity to show their talents freely. They can also learn a lot from each other. As a teacher I feel happy when I read my students writing and the new ideas. I believe that managing time can help teachers to have blogs and deal with them wisely. Students will be able to show and perform their abilities any time they want. There is a chance for every student to participate freely and confidently. This also will raise the self- esteem in every student personality or character. I think using blogs in teaching is a helpful for both teachers and students. I am eager to hear from you all.

Thank you

Salam

technology in the classroom

Hello Jodi Shiere and everybody,

Happy to be with you in this wonderful course. I would like to share some thoughts with you. I would love to tell you that I am really fond of using technology in class and in training. I consider using technology one of the best techniques that a teacher should use. It attracts, students to learning through fun. It helps a lot in facilitating the learning process. There is one aspect or concern that I am really concerned about is the lack of equipments, the training on using technology, the availability of power especially in rural areas, the big number of students, the knowledge of using computers and other technology withing the net, and finally some teacher lose the interest of using technology. Some of you may say so why we are in such course. We are here to spread the idea of the use of technology in the classroom. I am asking you to help me and others by giving my your opinions and your creative ways in using technology. Will technology work despite all the mentioned points? Thank you for your time. I do believe in the following quote by Mr. Marjan Glavac I believe that you heard of him.  " Talk to each other, support each other, take care of each other."
Waiting for your reply!

Salam

Important websites for all

Hello everybody,

I've enjoyed reading almost all of your posts. I feel proud of eveybody in this class and I am looking forward to reading more and learn  from you all, especiall from Jodi and Shiere. I would like to suggest to every body the following websites. I use them a lot and they are excellent . I find them creative and helpful especially for English teachers and educators. The websites are:

www.teachertrainingvideos.com
www.tefl.com
www.voki.com
www.eslgold.com
www.testmagic.com
www.harrr.wordpress.com

I hope that everybody can manage and visit these websites. I am sure that some of you know these websites. Hope you will enjoy visiting these websites. All the best.

Salam

Hello

Hello everybody,

I am excited to get started. My name is Abdulsalam Al-Mukardi. You can call me Salam. I am from Yemen. I teach in a big organization, I also teach at the University and I teach in an institute. Thank you very much for the people who prepare for this course and the participants. I hope we will learn a lot from each other. Wish you all the best and looking forward to communicating with you all.

Salam