TESL 0150: Unit 4 - Using Technology
When I started the TESL journey about one-and-a-half years ago, I had no idea what I was getting into. The technology requirements of the fundamentals course were unexpected and overwhelming. By the end of the course I had engaged in different technology apps, sites, chats, conferences, video recording, and blogging. Blogging turned out to be one of my favorite outcomes of that course. I spent HOURS setting up the blog and the pages to make it look "nice". I labelled the posts; figured out how to include images, links, and videos, all while trying to string coherent thoughts together about what I was learning. I thought it would get easier after that. That has not been the case for me. I still struggle with the amount of content and realize that I cannot contain all the information that I am learning. The vast expanse of the TESL world is amazing - it feels like a universe and that I am a tiny speck in it.
So, I have been trying, once again, to pick out those small pieces that I can cling to that indicate to me that I am retaining some of the concepts that I am learning. And it turns out, I am.
At the beginning of the course we worked on concepts of copyright and I recently had the opportunity to show someone how to reference a quote for a company newsletter where credit was due and needed to be indicated. I like my learning to be practical and having the opportunity to do that allowed me to reinforce my learning. This week I updated the copyright on this blog to reflect what I think is a better form of copyright for the ideas and resources I am building in this process.
Through the process of evaluation of resources, review of lesson components, and learning about the concepts of creation and adaptation of materials, I find myself applying the concepts at work. My learning is being transferred. In the past few days I have been taking shareable content from a presentation and adapting it for use in our environment. I have spent several hours working with the material and having now transferred the data, I am working on:
While I am still becoming, this is a good reminder for me...
References
Seuss, Dr. (Date Unavailable) [The Lorax "It's not about what it is" quote]
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So, I have been trying, once again, to pick out those small pieces that I can cling to that indicate to me that I am retaining some of the concepts that I am learning. And it turns out, I am.
At the beginning of the course we worked on concepts of copyright and I recently had the opportunity to show someone how to reference a quote for a company newsletter where credit was due and needed to be indicated. I like my learning to be practical and having the opportunity to do that allowed me to reinforce my learning. This week I updated the copyright on this blog to reflect what I think is a better form of copyright for the ideas and resources I am building in this process.
Through the process of evaluation of resources, review of lesson components, and learning about the concepts of creation and adaptation of materials, I find myself applying the concepts at work. My learning is being transferred. In the past few days I have been taking shareable content from a presentation and adapting it for use in our environment. I have spent several hours working with the material and having now transferred the data, I am working on:
- Adding information, activities, images, video that will make it interesting,
- Finding ways to support knowledge transfer,
- Building in assessment,
- Addressing the objectives effectively, and
- Creating activities that will support the transfer of learning for the staff that I will be teaching about this topic.
While I am still becoming, this is a good reminder for me...
References
Seuss, Dr. (Date Unavailable) [The Lorax "It's not about what it is" quote]
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