Dear friends,
To be honest, I found myself not a very active member of the class. Once or twice, I excused myself for being busy with other work, for being on business. But there is also one thing I know for sure: I love this class and I love all of you.
At times, I thought I would quit the class for many reasons. One of them was my biggest decision of changing my job. And I finally made it to say goodbye with the school I spent almost 15 years (included my student time there) with all my heart and soul to a new place where I think I will contribute more to the development of the local education. I will probably be working as the President assistant and director of international cooperation Center for a smaller school with about 4,000 students. I could see the desire of the leaders in making a good model of education with the true values that the students can benefit.
Overwhelmed with struggling thoughts, I hardly concentrated on my assignments. I did feel sinful sometimes when I tried to make some tasks done with not much preparation.
And now, though there has been dissatisfaction sometimes, I am very happy to know that I have all of you as my international friends who can could recognize immediately if I have a chance to see face to face. I also can "feel" your personalities through what you have shared. I do expect to see you all one day and I do hope to be able to invite you to my new school to visit and to share more with our teachers and students.
I, take this opportunities, would like to give my big THANKS to Robert, our guests and to all of you for what you have done in this class. I did learn a lot, not only new knowledge, methods and technology, I learnt your love to your career and I understood that we need to inspire our students with love and care.
The "goodbye" is just for today. I do believe that I will see you in very near future.
The
Friday, March 16, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Week 9: Learning styles
Hi,
One of the best parts this week was reading the final reports. My friends did great jobs with outstanding projects. More importantly, I could see how different projects worked in different contexts. I could also learn a lot from them and would try to carry them out in my classes.
I did my final report with very detailed comments from Ky Nguyen. Taking this opportunity, I would like to show my gratitude to him not only for his comments to my report. I still did not satisfy with my report. The idea of using Nicenet in my class sounds ok, however I felt that I did not make it clear enough to pass the message across to the readers.
This week, we were introduced with learning styles that gave me some ideas of how to engage my students with both my strengths and their strengths. Addressing learning styles could help me adjust my current teaching with better student-focused approaches.
Well, we are finishing the course. Too much to say but I do not know how to start.
The
One of the best parts this week was reading the final reports. My friends did great jobs with outstanding projects. More importantly, I could see how different projects worked in different contexts. I could also learn a lot from them and would try to carry them out in my classes.
I did my final report with very detailed comments from Ky Nguyen. Taking this opportunity, I would like to show my gratitude to him not only for his comments to my report. I still did not satisfy with my report. The idea of using Nicenet in my class sounds ok, however I felt that I did not make it clear enough to pass the message across to the readers.
This week, we were introduced with learning styles that gave me some ideas of how to engage my students with both my strengths and their strengths. Addressing learning styles could help me adjust my current teaching with better student-focused approaches.
Well, we are finishing the course. Too much to say but I do not know how to start.
The
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Week 8: If I had more time!
Hi,
I felt really bad this week as I had almost no time reading my friends posts and ideas. I was out of town most of the week for my trip to secondary schools to get ready for a new busy recruitment season. And today, I did not step out of my desk. I tried to catch up with others. The feeling of being left behind tortured me.
All what I could do during the week was to read Ky' final report draft. He did great job and I wish I could do as much as he did.
I also finished with my first draft. I still much dissatisfy with my work. I was a bit confused when putting what I have done for almost 7 weeks all together. It seemed time was going by too fast and I have not done anything remarkable.
I am much worried as the coming week will be much busier than this as I will travel to neighboring provinces to work with more schools on our recruitment. I am not worried about my posts and even my final report. I, instead, feel bad when having not much time reading the suggested materials and especially posts and reports from my friends. I will bring my ipad but not much sure how 3G works in other provinces which were claimed bad signal most of the time.
However, I am always ready for the toughest part of the game.
"See" you soon.
The
I felt really bad this week as I had almost no time reading my friends posts and ideas. I was out of town most of the week for my trip to secondary schools to get ready for a new busy recruitment season. And today, I did not step out of my desk. I tried to catch up with others. The feeling of being left behind tortured me.
All what I could do during the week was to read Ky' final report draft. He did great job and I wish I could do as much as he did.
I also finished with my first draft. I still much dissatisfy with my work. I was a bit confused when putting what I have done for almost 7 weeks all together. It seemed time was going by too fast and I have not done anything remarkable.
I am much worried as the coming week will be much busier than this as I will travel to neighboring provinces to work with more schools on our recruitment. I am not worried about my posts and even my final report. I, instead, feel bad when having not much time reading the suggested materials and especially posts and reports from my friends. I will bring my ipad but not much sure how 3G works in other provinces which were claimed bad signal most of the time.
However, I am always ready for the toughest part of the game.
"See" you soon.
The
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