As part of
an online course called Tools of Engagement, I viewed a 4 minute video
called 7
1/2 Habits of Highly Successful lifelong Learners. These are the three habits
that resonated with me.
View problems as challenges
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| I think I can! |
I teach an
online course about using technology in second and foreign language
classrooms. As we all know, our
relationship with technology is frequently a love/hate relationship. When things go smoothly we luxuriate in the
many ways technology makes our lives and our learning easier. On the other hand, when problems arise, we can
get very frustrated.
Viewing problems
as challenges is a good way to look at these occasional frustrations. We have various ways of meeting tech
challenges. One is to go carefully through
the steps we used and, perhaps, write them down. Sometimes our own error then jumps out at us. Another way to meet the challenge is to Google
the problem. Usually someone in
cyberspace has encountered the same problem and posted a solution.
Create your own learning toolbox
Create your own learning toolbox
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| Fill 'er up! |
My learning
toolbox is the Internet. Networking with
other professionals through social networking sites like Ning, Yahoo groups and
Twitter keeps me up to date on the future of education. Free, online webinars are also essential
tools in my toolbox.
Teach/mentor others
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| How about this way? |
Since
retiring from f2f teaching of English as a Second Language, I have been able to devote most of
my time to the online course mentioned in #1.
I truly enjoy continuing to learn and sharing what I learn with future
teachers. In the field of educational
technology, things are always in a state of "perpetual beta" and I
realize that full-time students and teachers often don't have time to explore
educational tech as much as they would like.
For that reason, I feel that I can make a contribution to the next
generation of teachers by doing some of the groundwork myself and then pointing
them in the right direction so they can each choose whichever tech tools best
meet their individual needs.
2 comments:
A very informative item hold posting such kind of information on your blog.
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I like how you have organized your blog. From the start, you engaged me to keep reading your comments. I am a Teaching Assistant and doctoral student, and looking at many of the TOEP blogs through the lens of a "student" and an "educator. Great ideas for when I eventually lead my own class. Thank you!
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