Week 6  Reflection : Interactive Teaching & Large Classes, Create an Interactive PowerPoint,  Final Project Step 5 : Implement Technology Change in my class.

Week6 is coming to an end. The weekly milestones are running past the Webskills vehicle. Inside it, my eyes are so fixed on my computer that I am hardly conscious that the driver is going at about 300 miles an hour. Reading, synthesis, writing, technology skills are improving fast too. I am amazed at how course-mates are so fast and creative. Fortunately I happen to follow the pace and rhythm.  I glad almost all of us are on board.

One of the week 6  ingredient topic is Interactive Teaching and Large Classes.  Readings  are as challenging as instructive. Great techniques on student-student and student-teacher  interactions to keep everyone busy learning . A lot learning though which will help teachers and students lower the levels of frustration, accusation and rejection experienced in our Large Multi-Level Classes.

Another ingredient topic  i.e. Create an Interactive PowerPoint  is for me full of dry pepper and tequila. It is the first time I have had so huge a challenge on completing a task. A completely new technology tool  I grappled with  in a desperate combat that I eventually only partially won. Something special I learned is that slides have to be concise, interactive, illustrated, numbered, informative, and not be read like a book. Glad I have made it. I still need to improve my skills on many aspects of it.

 Final project Step 5 : Implement Technology Change in my Class, in my opinion, alludes to the Final Project Development, the WebQuest Development, the PowerPoint Creation and Mastery, the Alternative Assessment/ Rubrics Creation. They are all underway. PowerPoint which has been my Top Star Topic this week, totally overshadowed my WebQuest activity which is in standby and dormant position. I hope to start waking it up tonight after the week’s deadline.

Best of Courage and Luck to All.

Foli.