Learning objectives

First I want to mention that the examples of Wim and Alexander did help me to start. After a writers "block" and a Dutch kick in the ass I start.

I have considered that when I want to get fun in working on the internet. I've just got to explore and try to use several tools. I start to use MSN, place the fotographs in a folder. I did not manage to get them in a folder on I google. And I have to admit it's also fun to follow what computers can do. Ok what people want that computers do in order to people!

Still I wonder how it will be to be an teacher in an open, digital environment. I think it will become more and more a habit to teach and learn this way.

I also want to discuss with you all how we use the input of students. When we use input of students, it means that we ought to be flexible in building the program and sometimes go with the flow!

Week 4 + 5

* W'll gonna work out the pro's and cons about the e learning. Grete suggested in readings. I started to read Gilly Salmon. I think it's a good suggestion to read all different books and papers

* I've made a start off building a course, but I ought to consider more how I can use it by
E learning. I've given the same sort of programm tree years ago but of course the environment was different.

* The reading and making a paper will be the main task for me this week.

* Have a chat with Wim and Alexander 5 of may (Liberation Day in Holland).

Week 6

* Exercise and practice with tools every week a bit.

* Develop a curriculum plan. Based on an example give by the teachers.

* Search literature about Exclusion, Social participation in Europe, Unemployment in Europe.

* How do I to make this program international. What is the suplus value?

* Think about the way To give correct feedback to the other students.

* What will be the subject of the trigger. What do I want to show? Where do I want to use the trigger for?


Week 7

* Ask Pieter or Remmelt (collegues) to help me to make a trigger.

* Again practice with tools.

* Read Mcdonell

* ..........................

Week 8

* Reconsider about my own course structure made at the end of April.
Is the structure logical. Has every lesson a good structure? What do I want that the students do and learn every lesson.
- Subject
- Introduction use dfifferent tools
- Discussion
- Survey of the meeting ( students or teacher)
- New assignment next week
- ................................................

Week 9

* Have I developped my computer knowledge?
* What do I know about e learning?
* Which tools I prefere to use.
* Do I have enough theoretical information about the itemms of the program?
* What do I ought to ask to get the students to get involved into the program?

* Construct the program and make an examination assingment.

Mark

Reflection and go on with the course

Last Thursday I have given an first reaction on five days on Bergen. I already told that I Thursday started to teach.Now afew days later I react to the questions Anne Karin mentioned. Tree good things about the course:
* The main thing for me is to learn to translate methods of teaching in regular way to internet teaching and vice versa. What can I use in Vir class and in what way instruments/ tools are usefull in daily life. OK internet is also daily life....
* It's very important to realise that I want that students will behave like active students instead of consumers.
* Again I wake up and think more about the usability of (the tool) reflection. I realise more and more that reflection is a good instrument when the student is on his own. The student has to take his reponsibility for the learning process.
* At the end of the course I realize that I am a student!
* So I realise and experienced where students go through when starting this way of learning.
When I'm on course I give attention to what's happening with them. I think that it will help them to get further and do the things they want to inquire. (Be friendly, how can I help)

About the course:
I think the course is more technical than ment to be. How to use the tools makes me scared about teaching. I realize that I haven't had a good thoughtfull thinking about this subject in preparing this course
Unless that Anne Karin as a teacher and myself as a student do not agree about it. I think that being an E student it must a an condition that student need to know al lot more about computertools.

About the next weeks:

-The main thing that I will try is getting pleasure back and getting curious about E learning. It will help me that i.m gonna search on Virr class en try to practice a little bit with all the tools placed at campus week. I assume that that will help.
- I'm also gonna search on internet about social participation.
- I'ts gonna be a busy time. I'm gonna negotiate with my manager about hours and other ways to support me to get the final day for delivering. And when i don't make it in time. There is a second chance! I must make time to relax.
- At this moment its important for me that I make a start with a reasonable plannning. At this moment I lost overvieuw.

I also made an MSN Account; mark.gerthvanwijk@hotmail.com

Later on I replace an other photograph. My wife and daughter are on a holidaytrip to Drente ( where the dutch moor is (also) beautiful). They have token the fotocamera with them.

For now on.

5 days in Bergen

So I've been 5 days in Bergen. Starting te become an e-teacher. It's thursday in the afternoon and I'm at school, teached several groups. Yes, I do enjoy teaching as an ordinary teacher with a pen, paper, DVD. Later on I'll enjoy E teaching.
It has been intensive interesting days. Bergen is a nice place to stay. Unfortunably we has been al lot of time in the classroom. Luckily Anne Karin en Grete Oline showed us several beautifull places of Norway. I will never forget Ligra with its beatifull view.
Well, when I look back to 5 days in Bergen. The course was interesting but also overwhelming. I learn a lot about computers, about E teaching, the meaning of E learning. How te be an E guide and how to use several tools and skills. The tools and skills confused me a bit but i'm gonna try to use some of them. A reflection about myself I don't have to know all the tools at this moment.
About working with computers. Almost everything is new. Igoogle, flickr, add files in the right construction ( tree),. We'ved surfed around a lot. One of the main important things I've learned is that I ought to "read"my screen. It will help me to te get used to programs and be the boss of the computer. At the end of these five days, at the airport I realise that I'm a student not a teacher. That gives me peace in mind.
Thougts:
* Make a lecture in about 10 minutes (not to long). Think about triggers and questions.
* E learning is different but als simular to regular teaching.
Be sure that the learning proces is a safe place for students and think how you can create a safe atmosphere
* Be a guide in the learning proces.
* Ask in a friendly way
* Get used to use Icons to express feelings.
* Ask students about their feelings and be interested. In Dutch we called behave like an OEN!
O Open
E Honest
N Curious.
* Give students a good reflection about their work. Be an example in your reflection to them. Reflection is important. Poor students in Haarlem the next weeks....

When I look back at 5 days in Bergen. It realy changed my way of thinking. Well I can talk more about tools and even about the ones I still don't understand. I don't think that this is interesting for the reader. I've gone thrue a part of the process students do. Doubts, insecureness, lack of knowledge, exploring, fun, nice food, proudness, beatifull sights, Friendly people i've had it all.

Yes in Norway I started to be a blogger and will become an e - teacher.

Bergen the third day of the course E learning

As in an paper diary I just started to write.

One of te main things of today is that I don't want to have the image that I'm against computers. I'm not lucky when I build up this image. It's not thrue. I have any resistance, but for me it got more tot do with the lack of knowledge. So that's what I'm gonna change! I am convinced about myself that I can work as an e- teacher, when we talk about the way of asking questions, motivating students, be a guide and so on.

I think that more of my time have to go to know the system and work with the system. More and more I see E learning as an extra, important, part of educating people. But at this moment I think E teaching is an comperative way to regular education. Important. And as society changes so fast, education platforms will also change fast.



In the morning we practice with the way two E teachers had given their reply to students. We've had a short discussion and confirmed to each other that we want to give our reply on another way. At the teamside w've practiced and give an reaction to the way the teacher react and your own way to react to the same student.



Other discussions and items to think about:

* Always find a balance to active and passive learning even as an e teacher.

* Be aware of the function of reflections. ( I mentionedby myself that I ought to demand more than I do.

* Aswell for teachers and students it's important to see this form (with a target) as an organic proces.

* When you start a chat make sure you know the students. for example by printing their CV's

* Prepare to the chat. For me that's an important issue beacause I'm quite good in improvise a lecture when I've got students in front of me.



In the afternoon whe've had a lecture how to use it's learning. The tempo was very high. I think that this tempo is even high for students with a lot of knowledge of software. As Anne Karen told us; even a student can take over and explain to the others. On the other hand when no one is taking over ?What will happpen?

The lecture goes further.( I thought by myself he is a very aimable, technical educated man) And because of the fastness of the lecture I forgot to ask : How do you check your students when you work on it's learning?



So when I resume the day: digital world starts to fascinate me.

+ In a digital way I'm not so far as my collegue students. But I think I develop quite fast!

+ I don't have to work out the whole issue, before I'm gonna guide. The subject will help me to get further.

+ I've learned several technical issues.

+ In Autumm I'm gonna start to follow English lessons.



Till now on

Mark

A latest reflection for today

I was too fast by sending the story. As a last reflection I'm always tell my students to read their own story before publishing. Next story I overread again.

In Bergen Norway. I'll become a blogger

Today Sunday 18 april.

It was the second day off the course. We started in the morning with an reflection on the day before. For me was the main thing about the first day that an E teacher is something quite different as I am as teacher in front off the students. At school i can be the lecturer and as an E teacher I have to be a guide for the students to find their way to usefull information. And as a result off this way of working as an E teacher I ought to reflect on my way of being a guide. How is my way of responding, asking questions and so on. Be an E coach. As an regular coach I can use some real plays ( The play of the four elements for example) to get in contact with a student.
As an E coach I wanted to fnd other ways.Like asking that I've seen no messages or activities for al long time. "Can I help you wth anything? But I've forgotten the start of a course. Be aware that it is one of the teachers tasks to create an environment which is save. The cafeis a good place to ork on safety.
An other important queston is th question of the way of giving feedback to students. Be aware of starting positive. That is a way to motivate. I shall try to explain more than I do now when students give their (take home) exams.
Ok I'm already at day 2. Reflections at day one and go further with day 2. Because off small difficulties with my computer I havent listened good enough at my fellow students. Still I as thinking what did I do wrong. After quiting with this way of thinking and told about this way of thinking I stopped with the computer and listened to the others. From now on I shall blame the computer when things gone not in the wright way.
With the five off us we discuss about the way students and teachers can put I'ts learning into daily live. For me it's very important that I shall say to myself that I'll go to It's learning twice or three times a week. Otherwise it's possible that I become very involveld with students and program. Become a sort of an addict...
An other interesting discussion: On what do you reflect? This question will be a part of me for some time. No at this moment I've no idea what some time will be.
Talking about reflection. One question triggered me during the day. What has happened to me( read students). For myself I recognize thatI think that I ought to know everything of the programme. But there's hope for me. I recognize this thougts and during the day I said to myself : you don't have to have all the knowlegde. ( Something about conditioning wrong thougts?)
We've had a lecture and Anne Karin told us about mission, vision, objectives an curriculum plan. I have to reed it once more before I can say anything usefull.
Later on the morning we've practice with aspect of It's learning. I shall practice more. John Hiatt sings; Have a little faith in me. I shall sing; have faith in myself when the subject is a computer.
After again a very nice lunch we've practice with several tools useable for it's learning. I think that the subject makes which tool I will use.

At the and of the day we've been to Lygra. Again a asthonishing view over the water and the hills. A good cup of soup and after dinner a nice walk to wake up a little.
I'm aware of the length of my story. But at this moment it's usefull for me.

And what tomorrow brings ....

My first day Bergen

I'm not used te tell about myself. álways think that i'm not thecentre off te earth. So why shallI write about myself. But when I replace telling about myself in reflecting on myself it's different.
This morning we started with the course. At first we all told our experiences with e- learning and motivation for teh course and our expectations about the course.
At first i wanted te say that was glad that we were gonna start. Last week I was getting a liitlebit stressed. Will iI manage this course and my cuuriculum is'nt ready. I thought it was nessecary to have. done it already. In this kind of situations it's better for me to do than to wait. I'm allways saying when people m do their own way off thinking: laugh and smile about it. It's no worry.
In the morning we talked with the five off us about ideas off the courses. For me it's nice to regocnize thati can talk with my coolegue students about their ideas. Give's me a good feeling and tells me not to worry. I'll go further describing my ideas about participation.