Week 2 made me think...

Week 2 is coming to an end. It has  been extremely busy for me but still enjoyed all the new things I have met. Beginning with the various search engines. I need more practice to become more familiar with them and benefit from them.
The ABCD learning objectives made me stop and analyse if I'm doing it well in my groups. I need this stop every now and again, I think it is an essential part of being a responsible teacher, to stop and ponder whether I'm doing it right, what I can improve, whether I know the needs of my students and the process that is going on in their minds. Reading all the messages about ABCD and writing mine made me do this important step.
Writing about my school and one of my groups also made me more conscious of certain facts. One thing that I promise to myself is that I will not complain when one of the gadgets fail to work at school and I will think of my colleagues who work in much harder conditions. I'm going to focus on how to solve the problem instead of blaming the maintenance men. :)

I have started to think about my group I described in Project step 1, and what I can do next with them. It requires constant concentration and empathy to make them work. Perhaps I drew quite a dark picture of them, I'm not sure. They are loveable people, but I would love to overcome the obstacle that they have because they are not open to the world. Last year when we had a language assistant from Italy helped to broaden their minds but the assistantship lasted for 10 weeks, which was not long enough. OK, now I'll continue thinking...