Week 5- Reflection


This week has really broadened my horizons!There is no doubt that new ways to assess learners are required since the process of teaching and learning is in constant change because learners change and teachers as well. Learning to create my own rubrics was very helpful.Assessing my students oral tests/book reports and written assignments by using RubiStar has become more motivating because it is not difficult to create a rubric, and students understand better why they have  received a specific grade.

Reading about Project-Based Learning and Webquests was very interesting too.Creating projects is something we are always trying to do at my school so that leaners become more motivated to learn English.Working with authentic materials for projects really makes students get more engaged.Using Webcasts is a great way to encourage learning in my opinion,because students are guided to explore internet.

This week I also had to reflect on how to solve the issue I had described previously during this course.Because using blogs to teach/learn is something I have been doing and enjoying a lot as a learner,I decided to use a classroom blog to motivate my students.I hope students get motivated to practice more reading and writing by using a blog.

Thanks.
Érika