Week 6 reflection

Dear Donna and colleagues,

Week six was really a great week for me because I discovered many things in it. These things will really play a great role in my teaching career and the one f my colleagues. Through them I will be able as my friend Kiran mentioned in his Nice net post replace the ‘’Chalk-talk’’ method by the new techniques. And among these things are:

Teaching large classes: teaching large classes is something that is so challenging as most of my colleagues know. When teaching a large class, there are always some disadvantages to be encountered like the boredom of the class and the lack of contact between the teacher and the students etc. I indeed teach large classes and had some of the techniques that I shared with my colleagues in the discussion but also I gained a lot of techniques in this week about teaching large classes.

On the other side, came using technologies to enhance students’ engagement in the class: within this I was asked to create a PowerPoint. It is really something that I have never done before. I know about PowerPoint, its purpose and how it is used but never tried to create one. This week’s tasks really pushed me to create my first PowerPoint slide. It really took me a lot of time thinking about how to create it and choose the right template for it but with the article and the additional resources I came out with something that I could share with my colleagues.

Looking forward to sharing more with you,

Brahim Abdoulaye Thiam

    Mauritania