A 3x1 review consists of mentioning 3 things that you have really loved about this Master's Degree Module, and 1 thing that you consider should improve.
In order to indicate these things, I created a poster with Canva with the 3 things IN and 1 OUT.
All in all, this ICT subject has been extremely significant, meaningful and interesting, although I have to say that it required too much time, work, and effort.
What I have learnt thanks to this subject is that teachers require extensive, on-going exposure to ICTs to be able to evaluate and select the most appropriate resources. That’s why we have been doing an approach to different digital teaching resources during the semester.
And finally, to end this course with a bit of humor, let's take a look at this meme I generated with a tool called Image Chef.
I
have to warn you that this is going to an end... But, before I reflect on the
idea of what meaningful has been to me this subject, I would like to tell you
about the last challenge we did on 4th of May. I took part in my
first online conference, thanks to the invitation of my ICT teacher María Jesús
García @mjgsm, who allowed us to participate in MM10.
For
those who don’t know, MM10 is a course for teachers, from Moodle, in which
educators get together, so as to instruct, learn, integrate technology in daily
teaching, collaborate, exchange cultural aspects, be facilitators, etc. Moodle
is a free and online learning management system for educators and institutions.
It was designed to allow teachers to create their online classes and extend
their knowledge.
The
online conference was named Open Educational Digital Projects for CLIL Primary
Education, the main objective was explaining the audience the experience that
each one of us had concerning the ICT course from the Master's Degree in Bilingual Education, at Rey Juan Carlos University (Vicálvaro-Madrid),
including the learning diaries we created. Nelly Deutsch @nelliemuller was the
person in charge of the conference, the organizer. In fact, she organizes MOOCs
(Moodle and Second Life) and free online conferences among other things. The
audience was composed by all my colleagues from the Master's Degree and
educators around the world (France, Mexico, Canada, etc.)
I
have to say that the conference was not the first step we took. Two weeks
before the conference, we started preparing it. First of all, we had to complete
a presentation in Google Drive designed by my teacher, so that we prepare our
slide to support our speech, which was uploaded to Slideshare. In so doing, we
had to mention our learning diaries, and our Open Educational Projects (OEP: Matter in our world!). Moreover,
we had to name the way the audience can contact us.
Once
I had the slide prepared, it was time to prepare the speech itself. In order to
do so, what I did was go back to all the learning diary entries, and try to
compile the information provided in each post, in several sentences; therefore,
I focused on explaining the aim of each challenge, alongside its development
and what I learnt from it.
Then,
I was ready for the online rehearsal with my teacher and colleagues, which took
place on the 27th of April. In order to practice it, we met at WizIQ, which is
an online delivery learning platform intended for instructors, to deliver their
interactive teaching lessons. As a result, we practiced our speeches, as well
as the management of audio and micro settings.
And,
finally, he big day came! The
conference started at 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. approximately. It took place in
WizIQ, as the rehearsal. Nelly Deutsch introduced the conference and our
teacher, then our teacher gave an introduction about our master course. She was
in charge of allowing us permission to appear on the screen and talk. Due to
the fact that the platform included a chat, while we were talking, we were
encouraged to provide the URLs of the learning diaries of our colleagues
through it. Likewise, the chat was used to pose questions and comments about
our explanations. Besides that, we were spreading the world on Twitter
#moodlemooc10.
I
have to mention that unfortunately, I had problems with the sound so I could
not complete my speech. It was a pity because I have been preparing the
conference for a while but at least I could see my classmates work live and
stereo.
Here
you have my screenshot from the conference:
And
the video of the online conference which was upload to YouTube. Hope you like
it!
Self-
reflection
To
be honest, I was so nervous while waiting for the conference to start. However,
as soon as the conference started, I felt really comfortable. It was the first
time I participated in such an event, and I highly recommend it. By doing this
challenge, I could really realize the power of technology, since it brings
together people from all over the world, by a click.
Moreover,
it was extremely motivating, as we were able to present our Open Educational
Projects to the world, the projects we have been working on for months, and
what is more important, to receive feedback from it not only from the teacher
but also from our classmates.
I
learnt a lot from my colleagues, since I jot some notes down from catching
activities in their projects, which I hope I will be able to adapt and apply in
my future classroom. Taking part in this online conference made me think about
the idea of “shared knowledge”. Being able to share what you know with people
who is in the same position as you in just one click. Too easy to be true!
Finally,
I have to admit that taking part in this conference woke my curiosity up in learning
about how to use this platform called WizIQ, in order to deliver online classes
in the near future, and be able to join other courses and participate in more
online conferences. I really think that teaching this way students will work on
the skills that the 21st century demands, the likes of: capacity to present
yourself to the world, to be precise and brief, to try to convince the
audience, to make them be interested, etc; therefore, this will be a starting
point to develop such skills.
