Session 11: reflection

In this session, we have tried to create a Padlet wall and a prezi. Padlet is one of the tools that I like the most and I found that Padlet is very useful in lots of ways. Besides asking students to brainstorm ideas and post them on the wall, creating a Padlet wall which contains a lot of files is quite useful for teachers as teachers can show what students are going to do in that unit clearly. It is very important for students to have a clear picture about what they are going to learn and do in lessons. 

Wix also attracts me a lot. I've never known that creating a website can be so easy! When Paul said some teachers are 'forced' by school to create one website for their own classes, I do think that I am so lucky that I don't have to do it! :-P (But I do have a thought to create a class blog for my P.5 class and I am not 'forced' to do it!) Yet, if I have to create a website in the future, I can try Wix or Adobe Page. I am so glad to know there are such useful tools!

Prezi is also very useful. I admit that I am very 'outdated' because I just use Powerpoints as a presenting tool when I am teaching. While I was trying to create a Prezi in this session, I kept thinking how my students would react when they see Prezi. I guess they will be very excited to see a teacher using something new to teach them. As I am teaching in a primary school, it is hard for the young learners to make a Prezi to present some ideas by themselves. That may be more suitable for secondary school students because they have to do projects and presentations. If I teach P.6 students and time is enough, I may ask them to present their writing ideas in Prezi as a pre-writing task. But now, I may use Prezi to explain something to my students instead of asking them to make one. 

 P.S. Sorry, Paul. I haven't tried to use Nearpod in my lessons yet because I didn't have enough time to finish it before I taught that reading text. Hope I can have a chance to use Nearpod very soon! (As exam is coming after the Christmas holiday, I have to rush to do many things in class!!  :'( It's very sad!)