Week 10

It is sad to say it is my last post in this blog. Sure, I will continue using my 2nd blog I opened for my class work. I guess I will keep this one as a reminder of the wonderful 10 weeks that I enjoyed so much. Honestly, there were times when I felt so pushed with assignments that I wished the course were over even though I knew deep inside I will miss those days. And now the end has come and as I predicted I feel very sad. 

I feel very honored to have been selected to take the online course. It is a unique opportunity for teachers to update their teaching kindly granted by Oregon University. Some of the participants might have already been fortunate to study in the US, but for the others the course was like a door into the US educational system which everyone enjoyed tremendously.

Like everyone in my group I learned a lot of teaching tools that I am going to try and use with my students. At least now I have a wide choice of resources to choose from. As I posted in the discussion I didn't consider myself a "technically challenged" person when we started the course and yet there were many things I didn't know, like "Nicenet", "Delicious", "WebQuest", "Rubrics", "Wallwisher", "Bookmarking" and "ABCD objective". Most of all I was fascinated by "Rubrics" which gives a clear picture of the required  skills from the students to get a certain grade.

The course was evern more amazing than I expected. My wish for future particinats is to take it seriously and wholeheartedly because it is a wonderful way to update yourself professionally and use modern technology in the teaching practice.

I will miss you all!