Week 2 Reflection

I vividly remember the first time I explored information about the ABCD model, there was nothing on my mind. Besides referring knowledge to the teacher, I also searched a lot of information on Google to help me understand more about this. However, after discussing with my teammates today, I have had a deeper understanding of this model and how to make my learning objectives more effective and accurate. 

Actually, I can gain a great number of ideas from my group. Different individuals have their own objectives that are designed based on the ABCD model and their students' backgrounds. Before starting to write a learning objective, all members of my team gave a very detailed and straightforward class description for us to understand the context and general information about students. We are able to identify the different factors of the Framework and apply them in developing objectives as well. First of all, thanks to Hai Duong's learning objective, I take a lesson for myself and my friend that we should be careful when considering writing an objective for the whole lesson instead of an exercise in a lesson whose mistake we found in her assignment. Besides, I acknowledge that while pondering about degree, teachers can use many factors to deliver "how well" of students such as time limit, range of accuracy, proportion of correct responses required, and/or qualitative standards, etc. Additionally, Phuong's sharing encourages me to think about the question "Should we always include an estimated number or proportion in the Degree section (e.g.: at least 80 % of accuracy)?". In our opinion, we should mention this in order to ensure the purpose of students' achievement after the lesson and have a clear objective. Another question raised in her section is "Is it advisable to change the position of A, B, C, or D flexibly?" By cooperating with each other and receiving the suggestion of our teacher, we understand that we can change four features in a different position providing that we ensure the purpose of an objective and logical sentence. In addition, Nhung also gave many creative ideas about their objective. However, she made small mistakes about the selection of the proper condition (C) and the unclear degree (D), then, based on our advice, she could create her second version for the objective. The last objective of Van Anh is quite good, all A, B, C, and D parts are comprehensive and explicit; hence, we just gave feedback about choosing suitable verbs and sentence expressions.

Furthermore, during class discussions after break-out Zoom, I have broadened my horizons about searching engines that support teaching and learning. Some websites are quite similar to Google in terms of interface, and ways of operation; others that focus on slides, pictures, and academic learning are distinct from Google. Teachers can take advantage of utilizing these websites instead of relying on merely Google. 

From my perspective, this module plays a crucial role in my teaching journey because I have more search engines assisting in teaching the second language and cultivating skills to build a learning objective. Honestly, before learning this lesson, I just wrote objectives spontaneously without taking any framework into consideration. Correctly determining and implementing an objective helps not only teachers but also students understand the tasks, content, knowledge, and goals they need to achieve in each lesson.

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Week 1_ Reflection

Since learning Module 1, I have gained a huge amount of knowledge and experience in developing the blog. Thanks to the valuable feedback from my teammates and other sharing, I discover both the strengths and weaknesses of my first post on the blog. I would like to share with you, my teacher, and my friends what I have learned, what needs to change after the initial lesson, and my emotions about the lesson. 

During the group discussion, all of my teammates exchanged ideas and blogs with each other. There is some useful knowledge I can get from that. First of all, it is crucial for me to identify the type of topic and determine the audience as well. It can be seen that I have done well in my blog because my blog is a "tutor blog" where I share effective techniques and methods in teaching a foreign language and the audiences are ELT teachers. Second, an array of questions are solved thanks to my friends' support. For example, my blog is too formal and long to draw the audience's attention. I should narrow down and focus on general ideas to convey ideas, and the language in the blog should be more friendly and comfortable. Besides, abbreviations in blog posts are completely acceptable. Furthermore, my team also recognizes that the first post on the blog's home should be a warm greeting. A warm opening post likely stimulates readers to get the feeling of being welcomed in such a relaxing friendly environment. Last but not least, making a decision on selecting suitable videos and photos is essential. All of the virtual tools (charts, pictures, illustrations) are chosen based on the content and attractiveness. 

After the discussion section, our teacher also encourages the class to share other performances with each other. While listening actively to my classmates' opinions, I merely wanna say "OMG". I see their enthusiasm and the professionalism they invest in their blog. For instance, the way they start to welcome audiences to introduce themselves on their personal profile is intriguing. Actually, I believe that I will have myriad chances to learn from my friends in the future. 

I'm grateful for having opportunities to discuss with my friends and gain skills and experience from them. Now, I have more ideas about making a blog more effective and charming. In addition, I would like to say thank you to our teacher because of the related materials and resources she supplied on the Canvas platform. Without the teacher's suggestion, it is impossible for me to have a deep understanding of aspects of blogs (the types of blogs, their importance, how to create blogs, and typical samples, etc).

I am willing to go on to get information and explore technology more with the next modules. Thank you for spending time with me. Hope you have a wonderful day with love. 

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