The year 2011 was a remarkable turning point in
my professional and social life.
Before 2011 started, I had been attending Shapingthe way we teach English webinars which were held twice a month
(Nov-March).Through them, I got acquainted to Adobe connect and learnt about
some good strategies in teaching EFL. It also introduced me to a ning for the
first time where I could manage my own page, start discussions with other
members, follow and participate in other discussion threads. It was my first
certified online course.
At the very beginning of January 2011, I joined Baw,
one of EVO online sessions. It's a 5 weeks
course held from Jan 9 to Feb 12 . When I joined Baw, I thought it will be just a basic course of how to
use the internet in teaching. I thought I might find something which I have
missed learning about !!! It seems I was a complete newbie, who would have
missed a lot if I hadn't joined Baw 11 !!!
I've always been interested in using the internet to
develop my teaching practice, but it was only downloading worksheets, some
games, cards, ideas to use in class. But I have always felt there are lots more
to learn and explore !! I couldn't know where and how to get to these hidden
places on the internet !!
I was like in a closed house but some rays of the sun
got in through the small openings in the closed windows, but I couldn't open
the windows, yet I feel little warmth of the sun outside. Baw 11 opened for me
all the doors and windows of that house. During the course, I was like amazed
of all the windows being opened to me, getting more sun light and warmth into my
place but still I couldn't go out a lot. I was enjoying the warmth of the sun,
but still not confident enough to go out and explore the outside world more by
myself.
After finishing Baw, I thought I would lose this
company and thus lose all the warmth and sun light I have been enjoying and
learning from, so I decided to get out in that world and explore what I learnt
from Baw and even discover new places (web 2.0 tools) and at the same time
enjoy the warmth of the sun (support of many online friends). When I had to take this first step by myself , I thought I would
get lost alone in such a world or lose interest after some time being alone. But I found
my self surrounded by my Baw friends and many other online friends, getting
closer to me and helping me learn and enjoy it much more.After some time, Baw coordinators even invited me to be one of the Baw 2012 team of moderators !! WOW !!! I'm getting ready to open some windows for others sitting in closed places to help them enjoy the wonders and warmth of the 2.0 world !!
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