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!
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!
Hi Tatiana, I was reading your blog and I have been thinking about the theme this week that has to do with metaphors and how they are used to express a view about the internet and digital technology. I notice that in your blog post you say Дорогу осилит идущий to mean A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. That is a good way of looking at this journey of ours in the MOOC. I was wondering if the Russian is a little different than the English idiom. I studied Russian many years ago in university and I can sound out the words and with the help of google translate, I think (tell me if I am wrong) that the Russian saying is more concise. It looks like it means literally, You go on the road by walking. Is that what it means? If so, I think it is even more descriptive of the MOOC process since we truly learn to travel on this road by the action of being on it and traveling on it. It is not only that it is a long journey to our destination but that it is the act of walking that is in some way even more important than the destination. What do you think?
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