Hong's Reflective Journal

In this module, I learned about project-based learning and rubrics as well as alternative assessment. Besides, I was given tools to create my own rubric to assess learners' performance. It was so intriguing and productive when we discussed enthusiastically and raised some concerned questions.  Firstly, regarding project-based learning, I strengthened my knowledge when I read Hoan's reflection on the difference between doing project and project-based learning. I was surprised like him when I realized that my students and I did projects more than project-based learning, where I required them to do the project in limited scope and duration with content they have learned. However, doing project-based learning requires learners to address real-world problems and driving questions that can't be googled and have no single right answer. They have some input into how they answer these driving questions. They learn lessons from reflection on their learning through discussions, format...

 In this module, I learned about different websites for developing reading and writing skills and how to make a technology-enhanced lesson plan. Firstly, I was introduced to some useful websites to improve learners' reading and writing skills such as  British Council Writing ,  Purdue ,  Breaking News English , and  Many things . They were experiences by my classmates with very positive feedback. Besides, they suggested some other interesting ones, including  News in Levels ,  ReadWriteThink ,  Write and Improve with Cambridge ,  National Geographic .   I was quite interested in the website   Learning A-Z   suggested by Huệ Dung and Bùi Hà because it provided a huge source of reading materials for kids and young learners. I need to pay a membership fee if I want to use it for a long time. I will consider it to teach my son vocabulary and reading skills.  Most people prefer  Quill   to teach writing, but I found i...

  In this module, I learned about different websites for developing oral/ aural skills and how to use social bookmarking sites. Firstly, I was into reading my classmates' discussions because they were useful and versatile. I collected a variety of websites for my teaching listening and speaking skills and saved them on my social bookmarking site. Here are some sites that I was interested in and had the intention to use in my classes: +    Flipgrid  which is like an app to support learners to make a video for their talk and provides tools to check their pronunciation by themselves. +    Podomatic :  which is suitable with camera-shy learners, or with topics that require answers longer than 10 minutes +    TED-Ed : which provides various  educational videos and discussion questions to enhance students' listening and speaking skills through engaging and stimulating content. +    Voicetube Links to an external site. which is a glob...