What amazing information I got during week 3?

Hello Sherie & Jodi and everyone,

 I am proud of the instructors, the participants, and myself that we all work together professionally and with one spirit of a team. What I learn from this week is something unique? This week which is week 3 is full of surprises. In this week I read, comment, share ideas, learn, communicate, understand, manage, search, analyze, discover, evaluate, apply, and structure. I am convinced that I learn a lot from my instructors and the participants. This week looks as if we all travel around awesome orchards which are full of knowledge and science. Let me start talking about the blogs. I enjoy reading almost all the written work in my colleagues blogs. I learn a lot of insights, ideas, rich experiences, valuable words and amazing thoughts. I feel that work appears in each blog is a treasure that we have to protect and spread  it to all. Some people wrote something unique and interesting to all. Some others spend time expressing themselves freely to tell everyone that we are all one team. I am really eager to learn more form the blogs. I am going to talk now about the sweetest, marvelous and interesting tool which is delicious. I want. I heard of delicious before but I know its value in this course when I discover its functions and it's important to all. I struggled when I start it but I am trying me best to manage with it. I feel that it's like a big box that has lots of precious ideas. We need only to search or just a click and then we will get what we want in a blink. I have the opportunity to read more about listening and speaking. I read thoroughly the ideas that Lindsy Miller discuss in her article. I understand more about the use of technology in listening and speaking. Then I went through the Bloom Taxonomy. Another interesting and important thing I learn during this week is reading previous projects prepared by the  last course participants . I have the chance to read different ways of planning, organizing, explaining and presenting the ideas. I also get to know more about different titles and issues raised by other participants in the previous course. I am given the freedom to read and comment on the mentioned projects. The Nicenet idea is another supportive, encouraging and promising. Nicenet helps a lot in enhancing my skills and my overall information about teaching, techniques different abilities. I get to know various number of skillful teachers which reflects very much on my skills in general. The very important point I like about this week is forcing me to read more, search and find out new ideas about technology and the interactive web. The week forces one to write a lot which is an excellent technique to develop. 

Thank you very much for all who share in this course and bring up their valuable ideas.

Week 3 bookmarks

Hello Hassan everybody,

Here are the links you asked for:

www.mixx.com                         www.elllo.org                                  www.speaking24.com
www.propeller.com                   www.englishforeveryone.com          www.eslgold.com   
www.newsvin.com                     www.boggleslworld.com                 www.primaryenglishresources.com
www.stumbleupon.com             www.tech-nology.com                     www.webteacher.com
www.clipmarks.com                  www.cyberbee.com                        www.history-of-call.com
www.furl.com                            www.gingersoftware.com                www.worldofenglish.com
www.diggy.com                        www.teaching.org                             www.dailyesl.com
www.technorati.com                  www.speak-english-today.com        www.englisheaster.com
www.blinklist.com                     www.englishcaster.com                     www.newsinslowenglish.com
www.squidoo.com                    www.ultimatevocabulary.com             www.teachertv.com
www.salshdot.com                    www.ompersonal.com                       www.teacheryoutube.com
www.misterwong.com               www.esl-lab.com                               www.bbc.co.uk


I hope you all get benefit from the mentioned above websites!!

Thank you

Week Three - Suprise

Hello everyone!

When week two finished I felt that I did a lot of work and I gain a lot regarding the technology! I talk to myself thank God I am almost there! Then I waited eagerly for week three to start and I was worried about the coming information, tasks, reading, searching and communication. When I checked my email I only try to locate Jodi and Sherie email. Once I click open I got surprised by the amount of work we all should do. This might affect on the participants speed because till this moment only few people do their work on Nicenet ! I'm waiting to read their work and I want to read the comments and ideas they bring. Now it is 3.30 in the morning and I am still waiting for the participants work and because there is power!  I think I have to go to bed and I will check tomorrow!

Week Three - Bookmarks

Hello everybody,

Thank you Wedny Boswell and thank you dear instructors, Jodi and Sheire for thses wonderful bookmarks you present to us in this course. I am delighted to read about all the the tools Wendy pointed out. I think this will enhance my abilities in managing different topics in the web. This will be reflected to my students and my colleagues at school. I am astonished again by the amount of information I get during the course. I would like to recommend this course to all teachers, educators and lecturers so that they can perform well i their work. These tools help a lot in finding the information we need fast, learning fast, helping others fast. In that way we save time , effort, money and end up with better results. I would like to present these tools as follows:

Delicious:  bookmark site    -  the most popular    -    being purchased by Yahoo

Diggy:      Interesting           - social bookmarking -    gone a little wild        - you are free to comment on it

Furl :        save and cope with any page     - search your personal archive   - create your own shopping list

Clip marks:     capture the pieces you want ( video, image, sentence )  - clip the best of web page
                     you don't have to bookmark the entire page

Stumble upon:    find dedicated web search   -  take advantage of fast network   - find brilliant web search
                        you will be addicted to it

News vine:       you can read stories from established media

Propeller :      submit stories    -   find stories   -   comment and vote on those storeis

Mixx :          videos and news   -    offers all sorts of book markable content   - popular stories

I try my best to summarize what I read about the above mentioned tools. I want to simplify or shorten the whole issue so that my dear readers might go over it and get the message. I am positive that everyone learn a lot from the materials given by the course instructors and supervisors. Thank you for all and thank you my dear participants and thank you dear instructors for reading my humble work.


Salam

Welcome to Week 3

Hello everybody,

Thank you very much for you all and thank you for our dear instructors Jodi and Sherie for the fruitful two weeks we had! I would like to show you my Delicious URL:

 http://delicious.com/slamiho

Thank you very much for your time! I hope you will enjoy the third week.

Salam

A Final Thought on Search Engines

Hello everyone,

Search engines are perfect for all people who have a career or an aim to use them. We are here to learn and share ideas so I think we are all glad that we do so. During the second week of our course the instructors introduced rich and valuable websites and search engines; some participants mentioned some extra engines. All the mentioned engines are helpful to everyone especially myself. When I learn about the search engines especially those ones I don't know I feel that I find something dear to me. It is my privilege to be introduced to these golden and outstanding engines. Regardless the search engines, we should admit that we gain a lot especially from the discussion happen during this week. And I won't forget the valuable comments and additions brought up by our dear instructors Jodi and Sherie. I enthusiastically read, analyze, study, think and comprehend almost all the written work by the participants but I feel sorry that I couldn't reply to all  posts. I am trying my best to keep up with everybody in this course and I hope everyone will be satisfied with my work especially my instructors. What I realized during the two weeks that some and may be most participants work hard and do their best to participate in everything. That pushes me harder to do more and more to follow the same way. Thank you very much to you all for your work and I won't forget my instructors Jodi and Sherie!

Thank you !

Salam

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