Term 2 at our University starts in March. Naturally, I could not wait till then. I called my MA group and asked them to come to the University. (I could have used corporate e-mails but it did not seem to be a good idea as during the vacations nobody is particularly interested in checking them).
When they came, we made up three groups of 'treasure hunters', distributed the topics and assigned the task -to find interesting, relevant information not included in the textbook.
They are to come next Friday to discuss the findings and make (oral-first) presentations. By the way, Deborah's rubric for assessing oral presenataions is excellent. I intend to use it for assessing these presentations). Next stage will include creating the blog or WebQuest ( they will need clear instructions for this) and posting the group assignment on it. This will be assessed by the rubric which I have been trying to upload on the website but in vain!
Dear Manana,
ReplyDeleteI am always inspired by you, your blog, art of writing and impressive layout.You have showed how we can go for and manage alternative. Like you I have also told my participants to open their accounts in blogger.com.
Thank you,
Mahamud
Dear Manana,
ReplyDeleteI just love the idea of "treasure hunt" which is a well known thing to my students.
I feel that your project is on the right track. I however seem quite lost.
To finish, I would like to agree with Mahamud, you have a very nice writing and yes, I have also asked my students to open their accounts in blogger.com. This is a huge challenge for me since my students are mostly teenagers, but I need to keep my hopes up right?
All the best,
Tatiana
Dear Mahamud and Tatiana,
ReplyDeleteThank yo uvery much for visiting my blog and commenting on it.
Like you, I also think that blogging can be used as one of the most involoving ways of engaging students in on-line interaction at the same time developing their interpersonal skills.
Manana