Recent Reflections

Well, learning is fun!!!!!!  I have just attenden a great Congress, many topics about language learning and teaching, more than 10 session agreed:   Learning is FUN.  It does not matter if it is here or there, English, German, Italian or French. Motivation and autonomous learning should be part of students attitude in the classroom.

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These readings made me reflect on the importance of the "old" elements:  planning and evalaution. The purpose of the protfolio should be well designed, the steps to be taken by the students clearly defined and the evaluation procedures, even the self-assessment, must show order and make sense to students and educators. It is necessary to introduce and motivate students to be familair with  portfolios since companies and employers are going to be demanding it too. It is very practical to have  a "life story" in a CLOUD, CD-ROM or in the own WEB page, as many already do.

Portfolios show the development, intelectual and personal growth of students and profssionals, as well. They encourage students to be better , to show their skills, knowledge ,and abilities in order to obtain recognition, a grade , and even a position.

Portfolios also show the organization, plan, capacity and quality of the school and teacher, it allows people to be part of the teaching, gudiance process, the teaching activity and the evaluation- product final result. It is a tool to make teaching and learning a transparent process.

So many ideas and concepts.  But the most remarkable are PASSION AND REFLECTION.   A portfolio could be the way to express feelings, own thinking process ,and of course, the learning-mastery process and final result.  It is the practice that leads to the mastery , how in love, interested in the subject- process that leads you to reflect and incorporate the new ideas in your life.  That is learning!!!!! Show the mastery of a concept, knowledge as part of your own life.  How to achieve this, well there are many digital gadgets that are part of our life, they have been helping our students  to communicate, share, learn, and reflect. Because everytime they share a picture, an idea or an event they are refelcting on its importance in their life.
 A portfolio as a picture of a person, the new CV, the new way of communication and expression of emotions, and finally KNOWLEDGE.  A portfolio gives indpendence and increases self-esteem; it also encourages the INTRINSIC MOTIVATION needed to implement and incorporate concepts and ideas to our life. It will keep a good record of the steps taken in life, the development of the mastery, and the evidence of any acquire ability and the grade of proficieny.
In short, a portfolio could motivate students to learn within their own terms in a positive and friendly enivornment .

I have seen the videos (2 of them) I can tell how in love Dr. Barret is.  I think tthat is the real key to learning, as she mentioned herself in the video.  Once you (the learner) reaches that point every thing is possible. I compare learning to my  students with falling in  love, you call the person, look for her/him, do whatever it takes to be close to him/her, and so on. The final and only objective  is to be "learned" /  "recognized" by this special person.  Well, I will continue with the thinking process, let see if I can come up with something more academic. So long!!!!

Hi, I am Rosa Nelly. I am teaching at Tec, Campus Monterrey. I have beem here since 1992, but I must tell you, every semester is a new experience, like the first time.