We Have Ended Another Term! But Our Innovations Will Never End!

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 Hey guys! It's me, Muhammed again. 

    We are giving a small brake now. But before lying on our beds and opening Netflix, we should evaluate this term. This course, along with the other technology course, has been one of the most fun courses that I took. Its strength is the innovative approach to our boring classrooms. The course helps us to explore new tools and and get familiar with the technology as future English teachers.

 

This image is created by Google Gemini (Nano Banana Pro).

    The course itself is a mix of good interactive tools and concepts, but with some practical questions. My favorite task was creating an instructional video. While creating it, I really had fun. I cannot name a "least favorite" task, as I think every assignment had a value. However, the biggest weakness of this course can be the  classroom ideals and the reality of the state schools. While the activities were engaging and fun, it would be really hard them to implement in a state school due to the technological device restrictions. But all of them would make really good and engaging homeworks and projects. So still very beneficial.

    I think this course, along with the other tech. course, greatly contributed to my professional development by introducing me a lot of qualified tools and digital resources. To make it even better, for future third-grade students of this course, I would suggest more practical lessons. I would suggest more working on the tools, exploring more of them and experimenting them in the classroom. Teacher can ask students to bring computers and test tools in the class, rather than just looking at a presentation. Overall, I am leaving this course feeling better equipped and excited for the future of language teaching. 

    But my dear readers, this is not an end. I will keep posting great materials and useful ideas here. We will work on ELT more!

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