WEEK 8: A step further with the final project

          This week, I have submitted the first draft of my project. I know that it is not perfect . It will require some more work. This is why I agree with the idea of peer review. The feed-back of my partner will allow me to improve it.

I have also enjoyed exploring the different tools presented to us this week. I started by creating a website on Google sites: https://sites.google.com/site/niangthierry/

 It is a basic website with a page for each class of mine. I intend to use it for Just in Time Teaching. I'll post assignments for students to do before the lesson. This will allow me to adapt the objectives of my lessons. I will also use it for home work, which will allow my learners to continue the learning experience at home.

          With Tools for Educators, I have created a worksheet about irregular verbs. It requires students to match irregular verbs with pictures. I uploaded it in the Google Site I created this week: https://sites.google.com/site/niangthierry/1btsfc3/

          I will use it with my first year students in Finance and Accounting. Since they don't like learning lists of irregular verbs by heart, this activity will allow them to learn with fun.

I have also tried Hot Potatoes. This program definitely won my sympathy because it has all the tools for creating exercises and tests, from simple gap filling to complex video based exercises. The teacher can choose to print his exercise on a sheet or edit it as an .exe file to be played off-line. He can also create a webpage with his exercise to play online.  I created a drag and drop exercise to be done online. It is a mathching exercise about numerals. The link is provided in my Googl Site: https://sites.google.com/site/niangthierry/1btsfc3 . It is a good way for engaging beginner learners and motivating them to learn numerals.

          Finally I have had the opportunity to read  Jeff Magoto. His posts about ANVILL, a new web based tool for teaching led me to explore that tool. I think that this tool is good for teaching speaking and listening.