Hi everyone!
We start rolling, and here is the place for your weekly reflection and self-assessment on your performance for the work on the course. You have to analyze your feelings, what you have done, what you liked and what you did not, what you have to do in the future, among other reasons that you will see reflected in the following quotes:
"Teachers who write are even more effective in this instructional role because they actively reflect on their writing experiences and processes. Teachers who write bring expert knowledge (of content and language) from tacit to conscious awareness and thus more effectively engage both insider (teacher) and outsider (student) in the teaching exchange.”
“Because it is a personal and private communication, a journal allows the student to honestly reflect and speculate on her/his daily classroom experiences and monitor her/his own learning. For the teacher, the journal becomes a valuable tool for ascertaining the student's prior knowledge and understanding, for identifying any alternative ideas a student might have, and for monitoring the student's progress in the learning process. Keeping a journal is a time-honored way of documenting one's personal thoughts. Styles of journal keeping include the personal or general journal and the content-specific journal. Using a journal … is a strategy for both the teacher and student to gain insight into the student's understanding and learning process.”
These are but some examples of reasons to work on it.
