Dear Friends,
I’m thankful to you all for having set the ball rolling. It becomes easy for me to join in the discussion after reading your contributions and postings each time. I realize I've never been one of the first ones in any of my assignments so far. When it comes to technology I normally take a back seat. I must admit in this course designed to enhance our Webskills I’m one of the back benchers. But I’m someone who is keen to learn and grow.
When I look back I feel this third week has generated a mix of emotions in me. I quite enjoyed reading the three articles on CALL and while browsing the various websites I found quite a few [including the ones on Real English] that I've decided to add to my favorites on the delicious site. My God !! opening up the delicious account was a huge pain. It might appear a simple task for most of you but for me it’s been quite the toughest task so far. I tried and tried and couldn't decipher the letters which we are supposed to type as an evidence that we are humans and not robots.
Paradoxical as it may sound, Delicious has so far been quite unpalatable for me!! But hopefully I’ll soon acquire a taste for it and will not have to struggle for too long.
Going through the Reports I must admit some of them are pretty impressive. I become aware of my inadequacies when I compare what a fine job some of them have done. The same feeling overwhelms me when I see and read some of the blogs and discussion posts of my fellow participants. But the silver lining to this tinge of envy is, it’s a learning experience for me after all.
Reflecting and blogging is an interesting exercise and now that I've got the hang of it I wonder why I didn't attempt blogging so far. I still have to add the links to my delicious site. So I better hurry up. See you again next week, for I certainly don’t plan to come up with any more additions this week.
Shaila
Hi Shaila,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the completion of the third week, and "getting the hang of it", as you said. Things are difficult before they become easy, so I'm sure you (and we all) will be much more comfortable with technology after this course.
Hello Shaila
ReplyDeleteThe same difficulty I too faced when creating delicious account. I couldn't add links for some time and even I used to copy the links and paste it in delicious but now it enthralled me so much to make a lot of bookmarks and share.
You know, because of 14 hour power cut daily, it's very difficult for me to complete my work on time. I guess I am the last one to complete and submit my assignment this week.
Anyway trying.
Regards
sagun
Hi Shaila-
ReplyDelete2 things. 1, I've come to understand that there is a lot of learning in online environments that happens by hanging back and reading what others are up to. This kind of learning is very valuable as well. The hard part from the online instructors perspective is knowing if someone is learning by watching, or not just showing up. So some evidence of learning must be given eventually.
2, Not every tool is going to be useful for everyone. I know that going in, and my main goal is to expose you to a number of ideas or application out there and you can then decide which ones are suited for you. By knowing about them, you are empowered to use them...or not.
Keep up the great work!
Robert
Hi Shaila:
ReplyDeleteI like your blog and we are working according to our own rithm,and following each task according to Oregon time.I understand your position in front of del.ici.ous, and topics in blog, but step by step all of us could reach our final goal to learn, share online professional friendhip and be students learning how to use technology! Go ahead, let's work together!