Project Based Learning

Hi Class,

This week was quite amusing and fun because we had a new addition to explore and I am referring to the Padlet. It is always good and useful to get to know new and interesting things, and another thing we became familiar with was Project-based learning which is a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in investigation of authentic problems. These projects have the potential to help people learn; indicate factors in project design that affect motivation and thought; examine difficulties that students and teachers may encounter with projects; and describe how technology can support students and teachers as they work on projects, so that motivation and thought are sustained. Taking all of these components into consideration, I am confident I will be using Project Based Learning in my teaching classes. 

ABCD Model

Hey guys!
This week we had to learn about ABCD Objectives. Although we already knew something about these objectives and Bloom's Taxonomy, it was quite useful to learn about them in English too. To me, it was not that difficult to revise the information online and to create some objectives of my own. Nevertheless, I did find it hard to create some exercises. I spent quite some time working on that, but in the end I must say that I feel very proud of my accomplishments. I finally did it. One more to go!

Kagan Structures

I just had a chance to check out the Kagan structures and my very first impression is I don't see myself applying this kind of learning. The creators of the Kagan structures and the people interviewed appraised this method a lot and it definitely had its advantages. Nevertheless, I don't quite agree with all of the noise created and I do not believe it is a class easy to deal with because it gets messy and confusing. Despite this, I am the type of person who believes that there are no clear cut rules when it comes to teaching. For me, I would definitely use some of the strategies suggested in the Kagan structures such as group work, jigsaw and other interactive activities, but I would also add my own touch to it just to personalize it even further and adjust it to suit my own teaching philosophy!

Hello class! I feel very positive about incorporating technology in our teaching . After some fails :) or should I say after many fails, I am finally getting to understand how the blog works and how to use it for teaching purposes. This week, our professor delivered a lecture about integrating technology in teaching. Overall, it was quite an interesting lecture, but there is one specific aspect of it that I would like to share with you. In the very end, the professor posed three questions:  will technology take over, will learners take over or will teachers take over the learning process? We should always aim for a balance if we want to be successful  teachers.