The first week of the course was quite "hectic" for me, opening a blog, writing comments, checking the nicenet discussions, trying to follow the tasks from both nicenet, wiki and sometimes google sites, and checking my mailbox to see if there is something from Donna, and then checking the week1y assignments again worrying about something forgotten plus the usual lesson planning for the school and "extracurricular activities" for a full-time energetic 4 year-old little monster:) at home. To be honest, even though I am good at multitasking, this is actually not what I prefer to have in mylife. Such a rush absorbs all my energy, leaving a terrible headache behind. So the first thing I learned from last week is an urgent imrovement in my organizational skills.
Having not dealt much with academic studies since the end of my master's education, last week was also a kind of polishing my knowledge concerning the content area. Again, I have started to question my classroom implementations, instructions and assessment methods. For a week, I have been thinking about the ways to improve my classes and to integrate technology. I find such a beginning very fruitful and have already increased my expectations from this course.
As for comments and discussions, the best thing is to be able to communicate the same language equipped with common terminology and ideas with people from all around the world. Each day I can see there is a lot we can learn from each other. For example, today, I have read Bin's project work plans and already excited about his classroom implementations because LARGE classes are a problem at my university, and his project is inspirational for my work setting as well.
This is how I feel about the first week. What about you?
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