Some times dreams come true!!!!!!!

Dear all,

WITH the end of week 10 my adventure of gaining knowledge with UO  AEL Building_Teaching  Skills  Winter course 2014  passed very quickly. Our course ends . It was the most wonderful journey I have ever had . I came to the final destination at the end of week nine and now am standing in a moment of tranquility to recall this unique experience ,this new chance I passed through and sum up the knowledge I gained from the ten stations I encountered on the road of my journeyas follows :

1.  Week one even I was a little late,my emails were in the spam ,but thanks to D. Donna for re sending the emails , I got three benefits : I got to know new friends ; I participated in the discussion to choose appropriate rubric to be used to evaluate our works on this course ; and learnt about rules for successful discussions .

2. In week one , I acquired knowledge about blogging ; why blogging is important in relation to the teaching - learning process ; how to construct a blog for learning purposes ; and the differences between types of blogs . I created my own reflexive blog and this was really an extra ordinary experience in my life .

3.  Practical tasks started with week 2 .It was fruitful week in which I learned many things related to the use of academic search engines and writing objectives according to the ABCD style and the importance of sharing the objectives with my students .

4. Week three introduced a delicious topic of Delicious . I created my Delicious account and learnt how to have my own archive for my favorite web sites organized in tags . Another topic of this week related to the use of technology for teaching – learning aural /oral skills . The two reading articles provided for this topic opened my eyes to many technological things and how to use them in our classes.
5. Week four presented the topics of writing/reading web sites and technology-enhanced lesson plans. The tasks were to explore these sites and share with the group a technology-enhanced lesson plan . I did and mastered both tasks .

6. On the station of week five , two important activities were introduced ; Project -based learning ; and Web Quests . I read and compared several PBLs and learnt how they develop the ideas of inquiry , search and collaboration , and require students to work in teams . I also gained a clear idea about kinds of Webquests .I created one and I am going to carry on working on it to be better.

Farewell really hard ( week 9 )

Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.I will always remember the unforgotten fruitful discussion we had on the nicenet,really incredible moments  .......best of luck to you all.

A word of thanks goes to the stunning lady our instructor  D. Donna Shaw for her unlimited help and support ,really no words in the whole world could give this stunning lady her rights  ,she is really incredible woman who deserves all our respect also our visitor in the discussion D .Jodi Weber ...thanks for supporting and giving help

Week 8 {Hitch your wagon to stars}

Dear Donna, colleagues and Jodi,
What an amazing week,hard one but exciting .
We  had Mrs. Jodi for her second visit to our Nicenet discussions.
Our discussion was about technology tools,Technology offers solutions to a diverse set of instructional problems,but it needs careful planning.
planning is key to successfully implementing innovative components into using technology, and this is especially true of e-learning courses ,using technology require planning, adopting new teaching strategies, rethinking and reevaluating assignments and interaction, and redefining what's done in and out of the classroom. Ideally, there would be a discrete set of rules, a sort of checklist, to teaching with technology, but unfortunately there are too many variables. The tools, tips, and recommendations in this guide should provide us the necessary
background to ask the right questions, formulate complete answers, and plan accordingly.As a teacher I should ask my self
How will students connect to the Internet? This greatly influences the speed at which students can download pages or video clips.
How can I ensure students achieve a comfort level with the technology? Keep in mind more experienced students may be able to provide additional resources and give support for me and/or their fellow students.
How can I design my tool for my learners, what is the nature, purpose, the goals for this tool...these questions I think need time to be planned well.
The teacher should be here as Facilitator who guides and directs by asking questions, exploring options, suggesting alternatives, encouraging students to develop and interact. Overall goal is to develop capacity for independent action, initiative, and responsibility.What we are focusing on students' needs and goals.I will try after finishing this course to give my colleges a training course of all what I learned here.This is at least what I can do to improve our teaching in our school {move to improve}
After reading and exploring ,these are some of the sites I am going to usein my classes in the near future.I am still exploring ,I did not finish.
First I created this padlet for my class , http://padlet.com/wall/5b4yao60um
I hope it will improve their writing skill.
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ I will use it for making different exercises, It's easy to use and lets you create matching, cloze, scrambled sentence, and multiple choice exercises and crossword puzzles.
http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspxhttp://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx I signed in and I am going to make my tests ,why simply its easier ,quicker with a little effort.
http://bogglesworldesl.com/picture_descriptions.htm I am going to use this site for improving my students writing skill ( a mazing)
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/nativeplayback.jnlp?psid=2013-05-30.2036.M.333CA6296CC86D7221128FDCEDAC21.vcr
I usually use this site to down load worksheets, flashcards ...etc
http://www.mes-english.com/
 Changing needs time, A lot of teachers refuse of implementing technology tools because they think they need special IT background ,nothing comes easily if we try hard we will succeed in implementing the suitable technology tool for our students, but if we refuse to change ..then we are afraid of facing the changing which will happened sooner or later as the world is changing .We all know if we don't make mistakes we will make nothing .

The second task was creating a new technology tool ,I created my Padlet http://padlet.com/wall/5b4yao60um ……and named it "Move to improve" to beginners and young learners and I will collect in it different activities, articles , games, and active exercises I am going to create or created before for the writing skill.