WEEK 5

After checking week 5's tasks at Wiki, I have decided to start with reflections on week 4, which I find, let me say, a less demanding activity on my part, because I have been constantly contemplating about my teaching practices since the beginning of this course, so this page is just a vehicle to make what I conceptualize concrete. And there is another reason why I chose to begin this week with this post , because I think there is no better way or method than self-reflection to signify the core of "alternative assessment" , which is the focus of our class this week. No, of course this post is not the place to dig into "alternative assessment", not now, not yet. but instead a self-evaluation of the previous week.

Here it goes....

Week 4 was abundant in various materials to read and experiment with while teaching "reading and writing". especially Krajka's article was a window opening to a big garden of CALL practices, which broadened my horizons and opened my eyes to the effectivity of computerized reading materials through the reference articles it provided.

Lesson planing with a technology template turned out to be a fruitful task even though I didn't feel very proud of it after completing as I thought we had to limit the scope of the lesson with the materials on the recommended websites, and prepared it in the light of such a perception. but later I noticed that all of you felt free in choosing what to teach for this lesson. A little bit of misunderstanding but a sufficient outcome at the end, that's the consoling , thanks to Donna's constructive comments on myABCD objectives :)

As for the project task though, I may have messed it up ! :) I changed my project group then described a new group and their needs but could not focus on one specific problem to solve...

just thought far too generally. Thank God Donna understood me well again.

then....let me say ...week 4 was a real learning experience for me... how nice to be a student again , of a merciful instructor :) and how lucky.. to be surrounded by that many experienced colleague-classmates...

wish you all a very very productive week

Best

Sebnem