Week 5

New technology tools to make your classes more interesting, more fun and to increase motivation. This is what I'm getting from this online course.

I'm anxious to implement all these tools, especially rubrics and the PBL. I've created a rubric to assess oral exams, and it's just exciting.

I need to confess that I don't like oral presentations too much. I'd tried once and it was okay. However, now I can consider to have presentations again, because I might have my students so motivated using the technology and paying attention to the alternative evaluation.

I'm motivated too, so I will be applying most of the things I've been learning here.
I'm so grateful!!

Week 4

What have I learned during this week? Well, first of all, I've been using Breaking News for my classes. I really like that site, and my students feel enthusiastic reading the news, so it's a great and useful tool.

Second, thinking about a problem makes you create solutions with technology. Before, the technology was the problem, I wouldn't use too much, because it might not work. Now, in this course I've changed my point of view, technology can be the solution to resolve motivation issues for example.

Finally, I think I'm creating a new blog, and not just commenting on mine over and over. Let's see!

Marga
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