A Cruise Experience

It all started during Week 2. We had to accomplish various tasks: from participating on search engines discussions to posting your second reflection.

My first stop was at the Nicenet Discussion task. I went through the suggested readings and started my journey towards the world of  finding search engines. I was fascinated with Noodle Tools and the way the information was organized, just by thinking about your goal you could have access to a wide variety of search sites. I decided to explore  Sweet Search and share my experience with others, a great search engine for students but definitely not for images. I was very happy to get feedback from Yana on other sites for images: Yahoo and Flickr,  and I started using them already to prepare the weekly vocabulary flash cards and worksheet for my students.  I also found great comparisons and suggestions on using different search sites. I started categorizing the sites that work best for me into a table. Well, I have to admit that it was really hard for me to get out of this discussion task, I wanted to answer many of your comments (it is addictive), but I soon realized I didn`t have much time and I had to continue the journey.

My second stop was at the ABCD of Writing Objectives. I enjoyed taking the practice suggested and the readings. I write objectives for each of my classes, and even though I knew and used this framework before, I haven`t considered it for a while. I think it helps us to focus and to be more selective when choosing classroom activities and planning assessment. 

My third stop was at the Project task 1. It seemed quite easy to describe my population, setting and goals, but it was difficult for me to make decisions on which group or course to choose.

My last stop was at my reflective blog. I explored some of my classmates` blogs and kept on learning much more from their experiences and suggestions too.

Now that my cruise experience is over for this week, I  now can take a rest and get ready for my next journey.