Week 7 Post 1

Regarding the use of mobiles in teaching and learning I must say that in my country this is still an issue. 

Until last year it was almost forbidden, each classroom had a box in which students had to put their mobiles and they would pick them up before going home.

We are now undergoing a transition, as authorities and teachers are discovering mobiles can be friendly and useful tools to enhance teaching and learning. 

I'm very happy and excited about experimenting using mobiles to teach and improve learning. I will keep a thorough register of these experiences to share with colleagues and help demonstrate that mobiles are wonderful tools, and I hope this will be an important contribution towards including them in our teaching practices.

Week 6 Post 3




A lot of work and thinking done towards solving my Final Project puzzle. As I'm not currently teaching I'm writing a Project Plan to implement next year, starting hopefully late March or April.






As a begining step I sent e-mails to the Director of the National English Department, the National English supervisor and my own supervisor at Uruguay Educa portal to make them acquainted about my Final Project and ask the corresponding permissions to put it into practice. All of them are very interested and ready to help. We already scheduled a meeting for next week, to exchange opinions and discuss some details.

As I got my supervisors' permission, I asked the on line learning platform manager to open a virtual classroom, through which I will implement the on line course I'm planning. Managing and tutoring in service teachers in this virtual classroom is the NEW technology for my project: using a learning platform and delivering an on line course. I hope the virtual classroom will be ready soon to start uploading materials, getting ready the weeks' profiles and tasks, designing the different forums, etc.

I also started to write the Plan following the given template. I'm currently working on developing the plan timeline, distributing the course's content and tasks. As soon as the timeline is ready and the platform manager gives me access as a teacher I will be able to start developin the necessary materials. I'm really looking forward to this moment to come.