Reflections: Week 6

In last week's blog I marked the week as a week of new discoveries and new hopes. The week was really so. I got something challenging and enlightening. Knowing something about alternative assessment, being registered with Web Quest, creating rubrics and the Nice net discussion all those things were really enjoying and illuminating. All these things have really helped me a lot to build up my confidence which will surely guide me to shape my future teaching model.

The present week is also as significant as  the past one. This is the week which has offered a lot about interaction in a large class room. This is indeed a vexing issue for me as I am to struggle a lot in the classroom as mine is a big classroom. Speaking truly, before this orientation I did not have a complete idea about the issue. Some times I surely thought over the issue but not in an organized way. Often I also did not come to a convincing solution. But after going through the articles and suggested links I got so many things, so many ideas about how to engage students in the large class room. I am simply impressed and overwhelmed and ultimately confident. Other participants' discussions were also encouraging. In fact, we, the participants, share almost the same class room setting. Lila's problem was indeed my problem. Her feeling and possible solution was also similar to mine.

Creating power point presentation was also a very good experience. Though I was not in the regular use of slides in my class room, I had a basic orientation of creating slides using power point. In fact, while I was doing my MA in TESOL, I had regular presentations which I used to do using power point or OHP. 

This week though I did not get much time to think over my project task. You know here in Bangladesh we have a mass movement against war criminals of 1971, the year of our liberation. This is indeed a movement against communal force, against conspiracy. This is a movement of the second generation of our country, a movement of the youth. So it appeared to me as a social responsibility which was a must to be carried out. As result I tried to attend the movement in different ways and at different times.However,  I, as Donna's direction, tried to make a plan how to develop it. I have not yet developed much confidence over it but hope to complete it in time.

Hope to read from you
Khayrul