Week 15

An innovated way to give feedback

 (Gabriela orellana)

The topic for this week has really called my attention especially because I have already lived the experience to have personal feedback through the technology and with the usage of the computer. In my opinion, this is a good method to get closer to the student to explain the details about their   evaluations.

In addition, it is important to take into a consideration that giving feedback through the technology might take more time for the teacher to be recorder and explain little by little the reasons why the students have a specific grade. However, with this methology  teachers will evoke any doubt or complain from the students at the time to receive their evaluation results, also it will help to the student to be clear on specific point in their task, and  even though teachers might have different manners to give feedback this would be the most appropriate way to do or to  release comments for the students . In fact, I hold the opinion that giving personal feedback to students through a video or through a recorded voiced can make students to have a better simplification of their performance, especially because the teacher is the one who is taking the time to explain systematically the results, evoking just giving feedback by writing hand. So, If I have the opportunity to give personal feedback to my students I would chose for sure the metrology of the usage of the computer.

Week 14

Letting students to express in the classroom 

 (Gabriela orellana)

My personal view about this topic is that letting students express themselves in the classroom is important because in that way teachers can easily identify the students who really have understood the topic, and the ones who really need to have a better clarification on it.  In addition, it helps teachers to make students to lose the embarrassed to speak in front of the class or simply tells others what they think about something.

However, the problem is that many teachers do not like to let students say what they think or what they have not understood, many of them just dedicate their time to talk and talk to the students without knowing if the they  are getting the idea or if the students are still bagging with doubts, or even  teachers might noticed that the  students’ face are confused,  and they still continue with the class as if nothing were happening  on students  learning process. When there are many strategies to use to make students  to participate in the classroom, such  as think pair  to share  which in  my opinion,  it would be  a good  way to make students to share their ideas and to make them feel comfortable enough to deliberate their thoughts. Moreover, Teachers may take an advantage to let students to release their opinions and discussions because at that time teachers can provide feedback to the students or help them to have a clear idea about any doubt. To conclude, it seems to me that letting students to participate in the classroom has many advantages.   

Week 12

The benefits of a project. ( Gabriela Orellana)

This article was very important for me because I learned a lot about this topic. the reading was of "Maximizing the Benefits of Project Work in Foreign Language Classrooms." The students learn according their experience and the environment help them because they develop their skills depending on real-life. Also, teacher guidance and teacher feedback is very neccesary to teach but the pupil too must put of their part like the responsibility and student engagement for achieve their goal. Moreover, the benefits of project work are big because students cope with the challenge of real life. Besides, it helps you to get familiar with the idiom and help S.s to develop their skills in different ways like speaking when they ask somes question and listening when they receive the answer or the personal feedback. Teacher are required to help students to look for the right information at the time to the researches. In my opinión, it is good to make a Project in the classroom because teacher can give feedback to students and support them at the time to creative their own ideas.