Sometimes details don’t allow to see a whole picture. I am very glad that in the readings I came across “Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever” by Chickering and Ehrmann (http://polaris.umuc.edu/~cschwebe/gsmt800/7principles.htm). This reading reminded about thoughtful use of technology based on educational principles of good teaching practices, and not for the sake of technology itself.
I have thought of making a Webquest, because it’s a kind of tool I haven’t used so far. Sо, this week I have gone through some background reading at Webquest.org (http://www.webquest.org/search/index.php) and sample webquests at Zunal (http://www.zunal.com/index-matrix.php?Curriculum=109&Grade=104). I also thought about the resources for my Webquest and the tasks to go with them. A lot of science and technology-related resources may be found at http://sciencestage.com/resources, http://www.esa.int or http://nasa.ibiblio.org.
Then I feel necessary to integrate some communication tools like a discussion forum and a reflective blog. The platforms may be the ones we have been using in our course. However, there are also some concerns about using Blogger and other Google tools, because I personally experience problems with access to Blogger and Picasa. I hope these problems are temporary, but they need to be taken into consideration when deciding on the choice of tools. I looked through our university educational portal at https://www.do.ektu.kz and found that there is an opportunity to have a forum discussion, and this is accessed from university locations free of charge. It allows attaching files as well. So, this may be an option for class discussion.
Well, this is where I start. I expect spending the following week formulating the task and refining resources for the webquest. There are no classes so far, so this is going to be one of the first technology enhanced tasks for my students in their second year of ESP, and the first in their Translation course in September.
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