Bad Week 4

Review of busy Week 4:

I was very excited about learning some new things in week 4 but things did not go as planned because of my being too much busy in preparation for the celebration of Tihar (Dipawali) festival (http://www.onlinediwaligiftstore.com/diwali-celebrations-in-nepal.html), one of the greatest festivals of Hindu. I couldn’t spare time for writing, however I managed to read some of the texts suggested by friends of Nicenet.

I know this cannot be excused but the fact is the same as I said. If it’s not OK, I’m ready to quit. I am feeling guilty of myself. I was so busy in some works (like cleaning of my institute, making some plans for the school where I am exam co-ordinator, publishing my newsletters, teaching my English language students, etc.) which I couldn’t avoid at any cost. I tried my times to write on Nicenet but I left incomplete owing to busy schedule.

Where I spent a little of my time:

Multimedia Storytelling (Language Arts, Art, Film) by Tacy Trowbridge

It gives an opportunity to strengthen their communication and it also gives skills by exploring multimedia storytelling for grade level 6-12. With the objectives like telling a story through a combination of words, sounds, and images; using a storyboard to outline and plan; and performing before an audience.

He has also suggested to use these helpful iMovie resources to make movies:

(http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index.html)

(http://www.atomiclearning.com/freeimovie.shtml)

I also read the text, 'How do I write an instructional objective?' which I think we had done a bit before.

I also knew about 'What is K-W-L?'

Know - Want to Know - Learned

K-W-L is an introductory strategy that provides a structure for recalling what students know about a topic, noting what students want to know, and finally listing what has been learned and is yet to be learned.

What is its purpose?

The K-W-L strategy allows students to take inventory of what they already know and what they want to know. Students can categorize information about the topic that they expect to use.

I read instructional methods also.

In short, I kept reading whenever I got a bit time and wondering from where to start in a proper way.

It was not a satisfactory week at all.