Yes, time goes by very quickly. However, as Einstein states” time is relative”. Throughout the semester, with lots of assignments and deadlines, I was longing for its end and the holidays and it seemed that the time had stopped and wasn’t moving. However, now it seems like it was yesterday when I wrote my first post as a part of this course assignment. Though, today I am not writing the second one, but the last one.
Every time I use the word “last” I feel sad even when it’s about the assignments. However, in this case I know that it’s just the last post for THIS course, as I am going either to continue using this blog as more personal one or create another one, where I will share my thoughts and ideas not only related to teaching and learning, but also my other interests and worries…
I am really very glad and thankful that I had the chance to take the “New Technologies in TEFL” course because now I feel more informed and updated. Nowadays, it’s difficult to imagine any sphere of our life that doesn’t have anything to do with technologies. And, as I have mentioned several times in my previous posts, technology is developing way fast and we indeed have to be very attentive and cautious so as to be informed, not lack behind, walk by this road along with others and not feel ashamed.
Now, after taking course, I may be surprised to know that someone doesn’t know about Google apps, second life, Digital Media, Blogs and many other technologies yet. However, three months ago I didn’t know much about them myself!
I have indeed learnt many new things. I am not sure whether I will implement all of them in my classes in future however I am sure that I will try to implement more than the half of what I have learnt. And I have already started using myself many of those “new technologies” that this course has introduced to me. The whole course has influenced on the way I live and think now. The articles we read, the in hand practice that we did on each technology we covered influenced my daily routine greatly.
Now, when I open my notebook, besides going to iGoogle, I also go to my Google calendar, I search for new and interesting links, get informed via RSS feeds, think of creating a personal blog and think more creatively, I hope. I would prefer having this course again, but not to learn the same things once more but to learn more technologies, as I believe there are lots of other opportunities that nowadays technology provides us with, however, we, at least I, may not be aware of.
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