Week 9

Almost there, only another week to go!

I may sound pleased – and I am – but at the same time, sad because this brilliant community of worldwide educators led by Donna is soon to come to an end and nothing will ever be the same.

The truth is that we’ve connected as teachers of English, some more closely than others, and I wish I had the chance to get to know you in person – at least some, to be reasonable, the ones closer to Portugal. Though Donna is so far away, I would really like to meet her to congratulate her personally or a follow-up with the same group of participants in one, two years’ time… As the word cloud above clearly shows, I am deeply grateful for the opportunity provided by the UO, by Donna’s omnipresence and words of encouragement. Also thankful to you, dear participants, you have been the heart and soul of this group!

Week nine is almost over and while MI and  LS have long been of my interest, I confess I feel a bit disappointed for not having managed to access some of the suggested links. The nicenet discussion is done and so is my final project, my biggest concern for the last days. And how relieved I feel – relieved for having finished it on time and for having managed to complete the tasks with the students - and so well – active learning via photography! I am really proud, and so are the kiddos and their parents. Couldn’t have been better, really! Hope the same happened with your projects and classes J By the way, I was thinking about downloading all documents, hope there is no problem about that.

Before we part ways, I have one request if I may…

In the first week, I had asked to tag your countries on the map, but there are only 8. It’s so easy:

1. place your cursor on the map

2. on the left hand side you’ll see some icons – click on the one that looks like a pen

3. click on edit

4. place the cursor on the map and double click to tag your country – you can choose the icon, leave a link with info to your country or simply write down your name.

5. In the end Save Tag / Save. Done!

 And again, thank you so much.