Week Five: A hard Week
Really it was one of the toughest weeks so far for me,
not because we were assigned to do a lot of things but the reason was that I
had very little time to do that. This week, I was invited to attend MATE & IATEFL Marrakech 1st ICT Conference from 08-11 February, 2012, jointly organised by IATEFL (http://ltsig.org.uk/)
MATE (http://mate.ma/) and British Council, the conference
was a great opportunity to meet with teachers and educational experts from different
countries and to share experiences on how technology be used for the benefit of
English language learning.
Since
I was aware of time constraints, I struggled to partially do some necessary assignments
early this week. I wrote about rubrics,
project-based learning (PBL) which was a must to be done in the half of the
week but I managed complete the Rubrics task about which I get warm words of encouragement
from Jodi. During the second half of the week, I managed to trek in the conference
commitments and complete the task of Project Task – Solutions. However,
later, I found no way to finish the remaining tasks of the course as I like it as
it should be.
I came home
today afternoon. I feel very exhausted because I spent the whole night driving
home--Marrakech is about 1000 km far. Nevertheless, I made up my mind not to
sleep until I jot down my blog reflections.
I am hoping to
have the least losses!
Oh wow, Sidi, you have had an intense week. I'm impressed that you took the time to post after driving 1000 km. That's dedication!!
ReplyDeleteIn one way or another, we are all dealing with LIFE while doing so many other things. Work, family, unusual or unexpected events. Everything can be so good, but we just never seem to have enough time. I know I'm feeling the time right now, too!
Jodi
Hi Sidi,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Week 5 was different. We got introduced to major ideas and strategies that need much readings and work like PBL, Rubrics and alternative assessment tools.
Anyways,I hope that it was fruitful and successful.
Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
Regards,
Nihmat
Hi Sidi,
ReplyDeleteI know this is an OLD post of yours, but I realized that two of my colleagues here were at the MATE conference! Donna Shaw and Deborah Healey (who is the one who created the Webskills class and many of the materials) were there.
Jodi
Hi Jodi?
DeleteYes, I knew Deborah Healey was at the confernece. I could regognize her name in the list of guests,but unfortunately, I did have the chance to meet with her then. I wish we'll meet next conference.
Sidi, Morocco