Week 3. Blog Creation

Students were given the opportunity to create their blogs using a general guideline:

Blog Creation Guideline (click here to view)

Students were even sent a screen print sample of the different aspects they will see when setting up their blog. 

Example

Students were also given the task to also complete a Print Screen after posting and commenting.

Prnt Scrn

Week 2. Reflection

This week was quite interesting or I must say exciting as we embraced technology. Again we were faced with a challenge, this time it was the inability to project on the whiteboard. We were then saved by Miss Taylor.

Information wise we continued to collaborate as we communicated our understanding of the different learning theories and learning on a whole.

The 21st Century skills that were displayed this week were amazing!

• Information, media, and technology skills
• Learning and innovation skills
• Life and career skills

The trainees and trainer were able to accomplish via power point presentations and blog creation.

As a result, my thought for this week: Linking Technology with learning and learning theories is of paramount importance in the 21st Century Classroom. Whoopie!

Week 1. Reflection

In Monday's and Wednesday's class the students appeared to have been interested in what were to be offered to them in the EDET course, based on their questions, responses and overall participation. However, there seemed to be an unclear understanding of the course outline.

1. Is the Course Outline difficult to read?

2. Did the lecturer not explain the course outline elements? Yes / No, Why?

3. Were the trainees and lecturer open minded to the format of the course outline and other course information documents?

4. Was the course outline and/or any of the documents explained? Yes / No, Why?

The above questions baffled my brain as I reflected on the presentation of the Course Information especially the Course Outline.

As a result, I may have to reflect on the answers to these questions and revisit my strategy in presenting the Course Information.

On the other hand we had FUN!  The trainees participated among themselves, collaborated well in their pair groups or working groups after individually thinking on their own on constructing different responses to the activities given.

We used the Following teaching-learning techniques/strategies:

1. Think - pair - share

2. Brainstorming

3. Concept Mapping

4. Making Connections

5. Whole Class Discussion

6. Small Group Discussion

7. Question and Answer

8. Individual Work

9. Group Work

10. Cooperative Learning - pair groups, working in groups

11. Act - it - out: Role Playing, Miming

12. Demonstration

13. Thinking - out - loud

14. Summarizing - Oral Expression

16. Reflection - Written Expression

Despite our ​​problem of connecting to the Internet, the challenge of being unable to access ABIIT Moodle website, all in all I think our first week went fairly well. However, I do believe there is so much to cover in such short space of time this EDET course that we will have to survive on In class and Out of class interest and determination to cover as much of the information as we can.

My thought for this week: Catering for the different learners in the classroom with their varying learning styles with the proper use of Technology and Media in Education today, this is the way to go. Yea!