Final project - test of GoAnimate

Well, ispired by Timos Almpanis, I decided to try GoAnimate.com as a tool for my final project. The free version. It was really easy to handle, but I also encountered a number of hurdles:
1. the free version offers a rather primitive outcome: only up to 10 lines in the dialogue, and up to 150 symbols in each line.
2. with such a limitation, I failed to convey all context I wanted.
3. difficulties with placing my animation - it is written on the site, that the film can be embedded into the blog, but when done, nothing happens. Moreover, the search engine on the site cannot find it. The only possibility is to publish it on FB, which I don't really feel like doing at the moment.

So, I've got the 1.5 minute animation, but I cannot share it. Total loss of time.

http://goanimate.com/videos/0vHoma6YPyXE?utm_source=emailshare&refuser=0DjHJwt0XMBA

Probably this link via my other email will do. Patience is necessary, as it takes some time to load.

I would appriciate any critical feedback: is it too primitive for the final artifact? Does it show I've covered the course material?

Thank you for watching!

Appriciations after Week 1 #edcmooc

With the Week 1 coming to its end, I would like to express my appriciation:

First, certainly to the professors. Especially for the idea of organizing the hangout to share their impressions with us. Their collaboration and enthusiasm was really catching. I was pleseantly surprised to find out that they do read the students' blogs and fora, and are ready to give their feedback and clarification when needed, also in their blog (http://edcmoocteam.wordpress.com/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog - I am among the followers, as many others). As I read in  Jane's blog, "It makes  a diffference  to see the  real live human beings behind the whole thing" (https://elearningmoocedinburgh.wordpress.com/ ).  Nicely put, isn't it? She expressed exactly what I feel about seeing the professors live, speaking to us.

I would also like to thank the people who organize the tweeter chats on Saturdays. Tweeting together at the same time, gives a person the feeling of community. We can share and compare our impressions, which gives new direction to our reflections and helps to formulate vaigue, tentitive thoughts.

I also express my gratitude to students who share their ideas and work: videos they've created, plans for the final project, resources they have found useful and want to recomment to others. Without it, learning together wouldn't be possible!

My last but not least thanks go to amiable students who answer questions - even those questions which may seem primitive at times. Without it, technology could trash over people. Nevertheless, due to your cordiality and readiness to lend a helpful hand, the course looks possible to manage. And a human being remains stronger than machines.

So, thank you all very much! Let's enjoy our Week 2 together. 

Introduction #edcmooc

Hello,
my name is Tatiana and I am a teacher at a private language school. I have been in profession for over 10 years now (I teach mostly English, sometimes Russian as a foreign language, and theoretically I can also teach German) and I prefer adult students of intermediate level and above.

Why am I taking this course? Because modern times seem to demand from everybody beeing competitive: too few students for too many teachers. To find your way on the market, you need to constantly develop your professional skills. Technology is becoming indispensible in all spheres of our lives, and in education as well. Lifelong sustainable learning is also the characteristic of our reality.

I am doing this MOOC course both for experience and for learning - as most of people, I guess.
I do not expect much. The results depend solely on the person: if you participate in discussions, do readings, reflects and share these reflections, then the benefits can be significant. If you do just the least demanded, your results will be scarce.

My other expectation is to try and master technological tools for socializing, such as FB, Twitter, Blogger - I am not an admire of these devices, so I will have to get acquainted.

Many participants expressed their concern about the creating the final artifact. I am not the exception: I have no idea how I will cope either. Nevertheless, "Дорогу осилит идущий" or in English A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
That is why I say: Bon Voyage!