WEEK 1

REFLECTION

🙂Using a digital portfolio is a great way for teachers to document their learning growth and to show off their accomplished tasks and earned badges. It is also a perfect way for them to review their digital notes at a future time. For the current MOOC I am using Google Sites. It's my first time seriously experimenting with this tool but I've already loved it.

Similarly, students can create their own digital portfolios where they can track their progress and display their accomplishments. This helps them be more reflective and self-confident since they take ownership of their learning. In her enlightening blog post here Shelly Sanchez Terrell, one of our moderators, shared amazing tips and resources on free tools which enable students (and teachers) to document their growth.

🙂Adding stickers to a photo can be quite challenging. For the first task, MOOC participants were asked to add a selfie with three emojis or stickers that represented them. We were provided with a Twitter tutorial to learn how to add stickers and emojis to images we post on Twitter (using the mobile application). There was one more Facebook tutorial to learn how to add stickers and emojis to images we post on Facebook. Not only can using stickers on a photo add great fun in a class, it can also promote writing or speaking skills for EFL learners. Another handy use of stickers when you or your students post a photo online may be to cover students' faces.

🙂Sharing where you live and some information about where you live on Google MyMaps was one more interesting activity in our week 1 of the MOOC. This type of activity can be implemented in an etwinning project between partners. It can also be used in a class with students sharing the places they have visited. This activity helps members of a group of coparticipants get to know each other and fosters collaboration.

Here's the MOOC participants' shared map 👉🏼