Week 3: Reflection on bookmarking and aural/oral skills

Warm greetings, this is week 3 already. It’s amazing how we get a chance to learn and re-learn about interactive tools that can be incorporated in the EFL class.

This week’s tasks were very easy for me, for I have used delicious before, I am familiar with the use of Blogger, and I had the privilege of reading an excellent action plan by a former participant of this course. Her report shares some similarities with my own teaching situation; besides, the participant comes from a Latin-American country, so I realize we have so many things in common, unfortunately, not the good ones. Limitations with technological connections, especially that. 

This week has been very challenging for me, my wireless Internet connection keeps breaking down, I have connection for only a few minutes, 5 or 8 minutes, it gets disconnected, and it takes me a couple of hours to get another 5 or 8-minute connection. It is really a nightmare.

I wish I could have a better connection, but I live in-between two cities, that is, in the borderline. So my community has no support from either major of the cities, and basic services such as electricity, water, phone connection, or internet connection, are not the best quality.

All in all, I keep learning and getting enthusiastic with ICTs, I’ll keep using and incorporating new tools in my class.

See you next week!