Week 4: Reflections

We keep on with the great work!

This week I've known about and explored many different webpages I had never heard about reading, writing and vocabulary.

I'm still amazed at the amount of resources we can find online, and even more when sharing with people from different parts of the world!

Regarding the Lesson Plan based on technology, it wasn't that difficult for me to do it. In fact, I used a plan from a class I had last week. At my workplace, we're making lots of emphasis on technology, we have one computer in each clasroom and the idea is to use them in almost every class.

I'm really thankful to all my classmates and our instructor. I'm learning a lot form everyone!

Week 3: Belated Reflections

Here I am! Better late than never says a famous idiom :)

As the picture says: we don't overcome problems by avoiding them.

Last week was a difficult one for me in terms of technology and I couldn't complete all the asignments. I have to recognize that was pretty frustrating for me. In fact it was kind of hard to get back into business this week because I was a little depressed for not being able to accomplish all the objectives of week 3. I'm really responsible, and usually very strict with myself, so not completing a task was not an easy issue to accept for me. However, I'm not the kind of person that gives up, and I always face problems and challenges, that's why I'm here again!! Ready to continue with this amazing learning experience.

Week 2: Reflections

What a week!

Lot's of new, useful and very interesting webs to explore. And they keep on coming!

As I already said on a post in Nicenet: I have never thought there were so many search engines!

I'll start using some of the ones I didn't know. However, this will take long! as I think it's better to try one at a time, explore it deeply an then continue to another one.

I'm really grateful for this oportunity I'm having of sharing ideas, opinions, resources etc with all of you.

Regarding this style for writing objectives, I have to recognize that I didn't know it. Nevertheless, now that I'm aware of it, I find it really useful, pragmatic, concrete and easy to follow and understand.

However, I must be honest: during some time I'll need to have the explanation next to me while writing the objectives.

Every week that starts is a new opportunity to learn new things from my classmates and our instructor.

Every week that comes to an end, it's a new reason to be grateful for the chance of taking this course and to cherish my enthusiasm.

Teaching Blind People

I'm creating this post to share with all of you a simple research I conducted last year to give a presentation in a Conference here in Montevideo.
I already shared it on a comment in Csilla's blog but then I thought taht more peolpe may be interested in it. 
At the Institution I work, we have two blind students integrated in regular courses, it has been a gerat challenge and also a great opportunity to keep growing as a profesional and as a person.
The presentation was only a guideline, if you want to know more about it, just ask! and I can share more information. The person in the videos is one of the students that I interviewed; as you will see, apart from being blind his on a wheelchair. I asked for his permission to use the videos in the presentation and he allowed me to do it.

Teaching English to Blind People on Prezi

World Teachers’ Day

Reflections - Week 1

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

Søren Kierkegaard

This week has been really interesting for me starting with the fact that it is the first time I take an online course.

Although I really like technology, and I consider myself kind of a technophile, I was still a little reluctant about having an entire course through a computer. I thought one to one interaction was going to be lost. However, this first week of the course has already shown me I was on the wrong track.

So far, we have had a great interaction through the discussions and I'm sure the blog will also be a great tool to exchange our points of views and grow from one another.

Regarding directly to this blog, it was my first time creating one. I had already manage an academic blog but it was shared with my co-workers and I wasn't the one creating it.

It has been a really nice experience and I will continue improving it, so I will appreciate any suggestions you can give me.

Good blogging to everyone!

About me

My name is Diana Vidal and I'm 26 years old. I'm from Uruguay, a small country in South America, between Argentina and Brazil; usually known because of soccer, "mate" (what I'm drinking in the previous picture), "candombe" and "murgas".
I was born in Colonia del Sacramento. It's a beautiful historical and touristic place in Southwestern Uruguay.

 

 

In 2006 I moved to Montevideo (Uruguay's capital city) to study and work. I've been living here since then, leaving my family and friends in Colonia; however, I go there once a month.

I became an English teacher in December 2007 and I started working in a bi-national private English Institution Alianza Uruguay - Estados Unidos, where I've taught children, teens and adults, especially in basic and intermediate levels so far (A1 and 2, B1 and 2 in the Common European Framework).

I'm also studying Linguistics at the University, working as a volunteer in the Latin American NGO Techo and actively participating in activities of the Catholic Youth. Last year I was participating in a young "murga" (check out the link I added in the first paragraph), singing, but I had to stop doing it because I started to have problems in my vocal cords.

I live with my beautiful cat Mimi, which I adopted at the beginning of 2012 and I have a boyfriend called Mauricio.