WEEK 2 : WEB SEARCHING AND SETTING OBJECTIVES

         Dear Deborah, Sandra and coursemates,

         This week has been very busy and fruitful for me. I learned a lot of new things starting with Searching the Web.
         I've been using Google so far and have been happy with the information and materials I come upon. Deborah's tips and Noodletools opened my eyes to the bottomless ocean of information of the Internet and the importance of defining the exact topic. I didn't know where to start from having so many resources in front of me. I was confused with all those entries, nevertheless, I decided to try something unfamiliar to me. Unfortunately, I wasn't successful with my searches. I concluded for myself that I'm quite inexperienced and need some time to concentrate, develop and improve my searching skills. Otherwise, I wouldn't be helpful enough to my students. I'll go on exploring search engines to see which ones will suit my needs most of all. It's worth spending time on activity like that until I examine it thoroughly. The experience I achieve will help me in the future to save time and find appropriate materials more successfully. I am going to share my experience with my students and colleagues at school. They will definitely benefit from that as their main search engine is Google. Furthermore, I should be able to advise my students to use the web more effectively.

     The other topic which surprised me immensely / positively, of course / this week was, the new for me,  approach to setting an objective. What I am used to is formulating objectives which happen to be long and wordy. Sometimes I myself find them not very clear and accurate, not to mention the students. Now, from the sources given to us by our tutors, I came to know about and was able to practise setting objectives using the A.B.C.D. method. I have already found the right way to compose objectives concise, accurate and exact for my students at the same time clear for assessing the task. I am certain that will bring to better performance of assignments and higher results in gaining knowledge in the class.
        Another interesting idea to define objectives with the words standing for SMART was offered by Hassina. Thank you, Hassina, it is very pleasant when you learn something from a friend. I also learned a lot from the postings of the colleagues in Nicenet.
        Thanks to Deborah, Sandra and everyone in the group.
        It has been an enjoyable week for me. I am looking forward to the challenges of next week.

       Best wishes to everyone,
       Zlatka