The ETAC Course has been a miraculous experience for me. Before I had joined this programme I hardly ever thought about my ICT skills and their use in my classroom. During the programme when I learned the use of blogging, pod casting, digital microscope, discussion forums and much more, I realized that what I knew earlier was not at all sufficient. There was a whole world of technology out there waiting for me.
I learned the use of peripherals i.e., digital microscope, printer and scanner on my own.
There is a marked change in the way students think and communicate with me. Now I hear my students saying:
- I have enjoyed the term more because of the variety of ICT integrated lessons.
- You are the only teacher who has given us website addresses for games and revision practice.
- Can I e-mail you if I have any questions to ask?
- Wow teacher, you play the same games we do. (When learning about oxides of nitrogen as a pollutant, we discussed about NOS used in car racing and in the computer game called Need for Speed Underground)
At the end of this term, I asked students if they recall some lessons in which they learned and enjoyed a lot. There came a good list of experiences which was much longer than the list I got in the first term.
In short, this programme has taught me how to learn on my own and help my students learn how to learn on their own. I have really changed...
Have you?
3 comments:
we have a lot of similarities in our thought towards etac learning.
lets make a van diagram.:-)
Enjoyed reading your blog.
My feelings exactly.I was never a technical person. My head mistress convinced me to opt for this course and i did. I am amazed at the IT skills i have acquired over the past few months. I see a tremendous change in my self and my approach towards integrating IT in my lessons.
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