I really admire the efficiency of the American teachers of Oregon University ,to present , organize , motivate and accompany a group of "students/teachers" from all over the world , with different culture background , motivation ,way of thinking , needs .
I really thank you very much for your professionalism and competence. It really motivated me .
As I was learning from the readings , the exercises , the discussions , the activities , I also tried to analyze how you had built this course . Everything had been well thought out , planned : the course started little by little with a few exercises which were preparing us for our project and became more intense and demanding as the weeks went by to reach a climax during the week 5/6 and to lead us towards our own improvement and our capacity to implement new activities with new tools with our students.
The idea of the blog which was used to analyze our progression , our discoveries or to share our doubts and improvements was very appreciated and it help me see how our colleagues worked and felt .
I advise all the teachers who are interested in learning new web tools and in living a new experience to follow the course.
Here is the link of my favorite websites which I will keep on completing day after day and that I shared with my French colleagues : https://delicious.com/cbostoni
Here is also the final project I wrote and changed my approach to teaching English to my students:
https://sites.google.com/site/seanswebskillswikifall2013/final-projects
To finish , I will say again that I missed meeting the people I worked with , I missed the real contact but I also know that I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to be accepted in the course .
Last but not least , I also want to thank Rachel Schneller , the American consul in Toulouse , France and her colleagues Aurelie Delaissez-Forstall who supported me in a friendly way all along the course.
I hope to see you all one day in France or in Oregon !
Hi Christine,
ReplyDeleteI am very grateful for having been a part of this wonderful educational adventure. I must agree with you that I also missed the real contact with the people during the course.
I hope we can still keep in touch, maybe even talk online some time, since we both live in Europe and we don't have to think about time zones.
All the best and 'see' you soon!
Maida
Thank you Maida for you nice and friendly post !
DeleteI will be pleased to keep in touch with you in the near future .
Best wishes and I wish you a wonderful Christmas season !