Anica's Page

School / Work Affiliation

Secondary Education EFL secondary school teacher, in service teacher trainer

Blog

http://anicapetkoskacven.blogspot.com/ nasiotklas.blogspot.com http...

Website

http://sharewiththeworld.wikispaces.com http://macnedstudentswikisp...

Skype Account

anica.petkoska

About Me

I first started using Internet for sharing knowledge (blogging) with two classes of K-9 students in April, 2005. http://nasiotklas.blogspot.com At that time my goals for teaching were the ordinary EFL classroom goals, when I only wanted to provide my students a new electronic learning environment that would be more motivating and engaging. I remember my students' enthusiasm for their first task and the 45% percent increse of motivation. Their assignment was to search Internet for the Global Earth Day images on Google images, upload two on their blogs, describe, compare and contrast them and post comments to at least three other classmate blogs.........Later I encouraged them to suggest topics, gather lists of websites that were relevant to them. I invited them to post different kinds of written work and make electronic portfolios. While doing so, I wanted them to think of the audience they were writing for and reflect on their learning.

However, my goals for my students and myself as a professional have changed, especially after

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