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Week 4

Hello everyone,

Sorry for this late posting but you will have a very long weekend ahead of you. Even though we do not have classes both on Monday and Tuesday, you will continue with your assignments and posting as planned. 

For this week, I would like to clarify once more the purpose of the Penzu (online journal). It is a program that you are being introduced to, so you can also use it in your classrooms in the future for writing purposes. It is a also a good tool for assessing the process rather than the product. As a teacher your should be more interested in learning about how your students are learning and how they are applying the new knowledge and the skills. So the online journal will be a good opportunity for you as students and teachers to note down your personal thoughts about the whole process when you will start preparing for your final project. Consider it as your best friend, to whom you will confide your difficulties or your achievements or any concerns that you might have. You are required to make an entry every week but you are more than welcome to write more often. You will not be sharing the entries yet but I will ask you later during the course to share them with me. 

With regard to the blog post for this week, you will be writing about Cooperative Learning. I have shared the videos last week and I was told that not everyone had the possibility to watch them. Please watch both videos and that will be your food for thought. I am also sharing some materials with regard to Cooperative learning  so you can also use that as a material to reflect on. 

There is another program/app that I would like you to be introduced to. It is called the Padlet. It is a great tool for sharing and collaborating (the underlying principle for Cooperative Learning). Since you are all going to work for a project, I would like you to learn more about Project Based Learning. Research for this topic and share your research on the Padlet. It is advisable that you read what are the benefits of using PBL in the classroom and what is the latest research in relation to PBL. The links for the Padlet are attached here and on the Class website as well. I have already shared the first material with you. There is no need to use the Dropbox this week.

Padlet Group A

Padlet Group B

A list of resources that will also help you to decide the topic of your Projects. Please you have to write the topics as soon as possible, otherwise you will be left with only a few weeks time to prepare.

Web resources

If you have more questions, please let me know.

Enjoy the long weekend and Happy Holidays.

Best,
T

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