Week 7

Dear colleagues,
I hope you are doing well, and you autonomous teachers with autonomous students! It is interesting to be autonomous, isn't it?
This week, the padlet creation was the most difficult task to do for me. I asked Russell for help and finally I succeeded.
The discussion was intersting with the provided readings. What is a pity for me me is that in our area, mobile phones are not allowed in classes because some students, instead of listening to teacher to interact, will sit with their phones and  send messages to others or they get connected to internet and watch films or listen to music! The thing that should be considered as a learning tool about technology integration in classes is just a tool for entertainment for our students. I hope that in the near future we will be able to help them understand the importance of their phones as far as learning is concerned. And that our headmasters will let us use these mobiles devices so that the students become really autonomous learners.
I am happy this week because I was able to do all the assignments, and I do think that I am not the only who feels satisfied to have been able to finish.
Best regards,
Bénéwindé

Week 6

Hi colleagues,
I am again put in front of my incompetences. I haven't created the interactive powerpoint because I have never used a powerpoint before to do something. For the other assignments, I did them but for the project I will wait a little bit again to find the right technology use for my class. I have seen your PPT on the course wiki and I feel very frustrated because I am not able to have mine right now. I read the pdf about ceating interactive PPT but I still don't know how to use it to get mine. Perhaps I will continue reading the instructions so that at last I will will be able to create it.
Best,
Bénéwindé

Week 5

Hi colleagues,

How are you doing? What a week! It 's now that I see the challenge in front of me. I have to keep up with this training because I have started. Thanks to God and to you all ffor your support, I am still part of the team, a special and dynamic one! I am learnig more than I am sharing in this training. When you are not used to something and suddenly you want to do it, it is not easy at all. But I am hopeful and think that I will get the best part of that.

Take good care of yourself.
Best,
Bénéwindé from Burkina faso

Week 4

Hello dear colleagues

As you may have noticed,  I did nothing this week. On Monday after 5pm (our local time) I came back from school and downloaded the websites for the assignments to read first before doing the different activities. Two days later I finished my readings and I came back on Internet to start my comments. Unfortunately the network wasn't working well and I couldn't post anything. And to make things worst, I fell sick, unable to sit in front of the computer and work. Today is the deadline and I haven't done anything to post. I am writing here to tell you that I didn't resign; if it is possible I will continue with the following weeks as everybody. I will do Week 4 assignments for myself so that I will understand the upcoming assignments.
Take good care of yourselves and "see you" soon online for Week 5 assignments!
Best,
Bénéwindé, Burkina Faso