2011-10-03

Four Learning Blogs

1. http://nzjh1.blogspot.com/
2. http://nzjh2.blogspot.com/
3. http://nzjh3.blogspot.com/
4. http://nzjh4.blogspot.com/

Go Further: Iris 6 -week Project

Go Further: Iris 6 -week Project
Iris Chiu 10/03/2011
I am extremely excited about this brand new 6-week project because over the last month I have held multiple meetings with the principal and deans to discuss the various aspects of the project. Our main goal is to broaden our student’s global perspective through this unique 6-week challenge.
Long distance communication via video conferencing (time and equipments) for the purpose of correcting essays and giving student feedbacks can be very difficult and challenging. Thanks to I-EARN it has made communicating over large distances easier.
I would like to share with you my student’s learning experiences via these four blogs (http://nzjh1.blogspot.com/,http://nzjh2.blogspot.com/,http://nzjh3.blogspot.com/ ,http://nzjh4.blogspot.com/). I am very excited to be able to teach my students a variety of current events and news in English. I am utterly exhausted during this second week of school, but also calmly reflective and overwhelmingly renewed. This shows that I am exactly where I should be at this point in my learning and teaching career, with my Nan-Jung Junior High School students.

It has been fascinating talking and communicating with international students through the perspective of a coach. Certain things have caught my attention during these talks that might otherwise pass unnoticed. I feel it is my responsibility to document my experiences this year, no matter how tired I am. I am sure many of you reading this can certainly relate.

I am committed to this 6-week project and determined to see it through. At the end, I hope to learn more about and respect other cultures so that I can instill this knowledge upon my students and maximize the effectiveness of this project. If you are a system’s thinker, you’ll definitely want to stay tuned.