My Reflection on Week 7

As usual every week has become a busy week. This week also I was busy in many professional involvement. The main task of the week was readings and its reflection writing. I went through the article by Dimitrios Thanasoulas and Glori Chaika. But I prefer Thanasoulas's one. I went through and through but finally only reading the theory doesn’t mean interactive it needs implementations in communicative way. I tried to generate the ideas of what why and how learner autonomy. Focusing on how aspect I came to the conclusion that with the help of technology tools it is easy and faster to have learner autonomy which is a quick catalyst of learning. Working on project task and having project partner has become new great fun. I am unable to do anything on wall wisher or padlet. Hope we will be successful in our project until its deadline.

Waiting for your comments & feedback.

Thank you.

Upendra Babu Dhakal

Gorkha Nepal

Practical Sixth Week

Practical Sixth Week

This week remained the week of my professional development. I was so busy in my career in different ways. One I had to take care on this web skill e learning course where I have to learn and share my experiences. This sixth week was focused on Interactive classes and Interactive power point. Teaching large classes is challenging. But using Technology in large classes is great ideas for interactive classes where we can enhance learning by engaging students actively. I was thinking how power point becomes interactive but as created my own power point slides and came to close of its meaning.

There was a mega event of the English teachers or fellows in Kathmandu Nepal called 18th International Conference of Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association. More than 800 participants got chances to share different presentation and 250 presenters presented their best sharing on ELT. I got a golden opportunity as I was carrying out task on power point I came closer to it. Now I am clear on power point and can carry out similar power point presentation.
By the end of the sixth week I have known many ideas on language teaching and learning through web skills course and my participation on NELTA Event. .In the sixth week, I have known what interactive and standard power-point is. Similarly, I knew the concept on teaching different methods on large class.

I am eagerly waiting for your feedback.

Upendra Babu Dhakal

Gorkha Nepal

Reflective Week 5

Though, I was busy with some professional tasks, week 5 has brought new surprises in my life. I have got the opportunity of reading the articles on rubric, alternative assessment, project based learning and web quests. Replacing my traditional way of teaching, I found them quite interesting and interactive to learn by sharing through this vast learning circle.

The article on alternative assessment gave me insight on the use of alternative assessment while evaluating students work. The reasons of my likes are: it fosters the learner-centered classroom; these methods give learners opportunities on their linguistics development and their learning processes. As the features of it are solely based on students’ performance and evaluation, it provides enough opportunities for the students to participate not only in their learning activities but assessment as well. I think incorporating alternative assessment with traditional forms of testing will be quite useful and effective in ESL/EFL class.

Another task, I went through was web quest. Going into it, I felt little difficulty but finally I was successful in having the URL. But still I have done nothing more than that I have created the URL. Project -based learning, is my next achievement of the fifth week.

This week as a project work, I dealt about the problem that I am facing in my class room along with the possible solution. Finally, I have learnt  a lot from this web skill course. 

My   Experiences and Achievement   in Web skill-Week 4

This week was a very busy week for me. I had to involve in many activities for our different  professional  purpose.  In Nepal, we have our common home for all English Teachers called Nepal English Language Teachers Association ( NELTA ) and in all districts we have our branches. NELTA Gorkha is one of our branches and we are in its 7^th year. It was Yesterday we completed our Annual General assembly with a two day secondary level teacher training. The AGM has reformed a new Executive committee loading me the responsibility of Treasurer. Before I was a member and I had to manage the things for the AGM / training. This has led me to the professional platform.

Secondly I haven’t been able to go thoroughly for the tasks and the project. However I have addressed some issues   that we have been facing in our class such as restriction on mobile phones, fear for the SLC exam, experience in technology, internet facility and power cut. Addressing the issues I have learnt how to overcome the problem such as managing additional computers with internet connection, start   technology   enhanced  acitivities  and  starting  different  login accounts.

Thirdly I have tried to plan a technology enhanced lesson plan. And, some  how it may not be so fruit ful that It  a very first start for the technology . This week has provided me a lot of links for learning and future use .Delicious really has been delicious.

 I am alittle late so forgive me if I  di it  it is meaningless .

Week 3 In Short

Week 3 a New Encouragement and Access to the New World.

The very beginning of the third week took  my some hours to go through the different posts posted by my colleagues and their valuable feedback and comments.Reading and writing the reflection on different articles gained knowledge and skills both.This week I am glad in the matter that Prem Phyak our Teacher who has contributed with outstanding article for the the learning log that I came to know through this week. Although I have gone through Aleyda Linares, National Pedagogical University, Honduras Project Report on "Plan and conduct action research, which involves a change related to technology use in your classroom' for my task I also have touched others too. So I felt a comprehensive week 3 in one hand.

 I was little confused and bewildered in dealing and working on delicious . First I had no concept of delicious. I was thinking delicious is similar to blog where we can see our posts.So I easily created the account and started to see it as a blog. What I was wrong with it was my trial to post like in the blog. Some times I went wrong with my delicious URL too. This reminded me with psychological learning theory of Trial & Error. You guys can see the proof of my saying/quote 'Your last mistake is your first teacher'. Now I am perfect at delicious where I have collected some useful links.

Thirdly I want  to express my opinion on commenting and feeding back that one person following different persons in the net is better  so that everyone  can be in touched with everyone.

Thanks for your kind comment.

Upendr Babu Dhakal

Gorkha,Nepal

Week Two in Web skills Winter 2013

 My Week Two in Web skills Winter 2013
This week I was not  so comfort. I had to face power cut for three days. That's why I could not log in my computer and see everyone's postings.As I have been using google search engine for searching everything Now I am clear there is more than this Google only.Objective exercise on ABCD model is so nice. I appreciate this ideas because if we always develop our lessons in such forms, some how materials to be used, activities and expected outcomes/behavior and time limit etc are all illustrated in a single sentence.This is the most valuable achievement for me.Everyone's comments and feedback also have led me into my progress.
Thank you instructor Donna and Thank you all.
Upendra

Week 1 in Web skills/Blogging

Success in Week 1/Blogging
Greetings &Cheers!
Facing so many problems and struggling them I am here to post my experiences of my first week on Building Teaching Skills Through Interactive Web Winter term 2013. As the saying "Child shows the man as morning shows the day" the course has developed a new skill on me. Now I am proud of the course and the course provider.I am a teacher and many discussion forums have been working and arguing on behalf of language teaching and use of technology.As I created my blog and went through the blog links of my e-participants, I am clear on blog and its application in our class.I have deleted all the misconception on blogging from my mind. It has encouraged me on better use blogging in the class if possible. For me, I use to say, "Your last mistake is your first teacher". This quote gets lots of space to be illustrated. Comments are much valuable than what the original post is. So from this very beginning I learnt that our home post is what we have already learnt but the comment and the skills of commenting or discussing is the outcome of the courses not only web skills but  also the others too.
Next interesting thing of the week is setting Ground Rules which I call House Rule in my work place.Our instructor didn't burden us with her strict monopoly. She tried to gather information from all the participants and made us feel easy. This is democratic learning, encouraging learners and participatory/collaborative learning.I have felt much happiness that I have no words to express my pleasure.
Finally I want to express my sincere  respect and honor to my Instructor,assistants and fellow colleagues and thank to the course provider. Waiting for next discussion and collaboration.
Upendra.