Week 10 - Technology Integration - Summary - Farewell

Assessing Technology Integration 

This week our task was to look at two comprehensive models to assess our own technology usage in the class. The results of both assessments showed that due to this course I have made steps towards a higher level. To illustrate this I have attached one of the charts here. As I mentioned it in our Nicenet discussion, I am quite visual. The blue colour shows what I did before the course; the new elements are marked red.

Summary

The other task this week was to think about what we have learned during the past 9 weeks and to give advice for future participants of a similar course.

I am sure that some elements are missing from the following list, in which I try to summarise what I did during this course. 

- I created this blog.
- I reviewed and analysed different search engines.
- I started using behavioural learning objectives, following the ABCD model.
- I reviewed different speaking, listening, and pronunciation web sites in terms of use in my classes.
- I created and began to use my own Delicious site.
- I read and analysed one sample project.
- I read articles about using CALL in reading and writing instruction and commented on them.
- I visited some of the multi-skill websites and found some specific web pages that work for me in my class.
- I repaired a Technology-Enhanced Lesson Plan.
- I read about how PBL, Webquests, rubrics and alternative assessment could affect student motivation and behavior in class.
- I created my Webquest.
- I created a rubric for a lesson.
- We discussed what techniques might be useful to create a student-centred environment.
- I created an interactive PowerPoint document, which I shared with the others.
- We discussed how to encourage greater learner autonomy.
- I contributed to the class Padlet site, where we posted links about learner autonomy, the one-computer classroom, and using mobile devices.
- I created some hand-outs, exercises, a class site on Nicenet, I started getting acquainted with ANVILL, and I made my own Wiki on Google sites.
- After writing my own draft project report I exchanged it with Minjung’s project, and then I reviewed her project plan.
- I took part in many discussions including one about how we could use technology to address different learning styles in classes.
- Using the information from Minjung I created the final version of my Project Report.
- Every week we shared our reflections on what we did and what we learned that week and commented on other people's posts.

There are some other tools I've heard about either from classmates or explored myself which could be incorporated into future courses such as Quizlet, Socrative, Kahoot!, infographics. ANVILL was just mentioned on the course site. More Information would have helped me.

I have already started to use most of the tools I learnt about during this course.
My favourite ones that I am planning to work with in the future are Padlet walls, interactive PowerPoint, Hot Potatoes, rubrics, wikis on Google sites, Nicenet, Blogger, Socrative, Infographics, Kahoot! and ANVILL.

The course is so well-designed that my only advice for new participants is to follow the instructions and do their best.

Farewell

It's hard to believe that the course is almost over.

At the beginning of the course I made a list of participants. 
That time it contained names and data. 

Now the same names mean a lot to me. 

Thank you.

P.S.: I'd be happy if everybody sent his or her photo to be added to this Padlet.

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