October --Second Week Tasks

Dear teachers,

I sent you the tasks on 10 October 2013 to your email. Unluckily, there are quite a few people that could not be reached through the email addresses they gave me. I do hope that this post will reach you all. 

In the mean time, please post both your self-introduction and response. I am waiting for your post up to 28 October 2013.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at Anik.Wulyani@vuw.ac.nz. 

Good luck,
Anik Wulyani

P.S. I would never recommend texting me back or calling me.

Wellington, October 10, 2013

Each month there will be a checklist of items required for the month. This will include readings, posting ideas in the group blog, and assignments related to the final projects.

You may consider downloading month’s the articles and other files onto a flash drive or your desktop, to read at your leisure. For those who have limited or inconsistent internet connections, this is the best recommendation. This month's checklist includes the following:

1) Post a self-introduction on the course group blog (bloggingamongteachersa.blogspot.com or bloggingamongteachersb.blogspot.com) on Oct 14th at midnight, Pacific Standard Time.

2) Read the introductory article "Less Teaching, More Learning"  (http://www.kaganonline.com/free_articles/dr_spencer_kagan/294/Teach-Less-Learn-More)

3) Visit the two links on the introduction to Project-Based Learning (PBL): http://www.gsn.org/web/pbl/ and http://www.bie.org/

4) **OPTIONAL** view the videos of what PBL is and an example of the project. 

a. http://www.bie.org/videos/video/project_based_learning_explained

b. http://www.bie.org/videos/video/learning_to_act_as_women_and_men

5) Post a response in the form of essay (250 to 500 words) to the article by answering the related questions by Monday, Oct 28th at midnight (PST).

The questions are:

1. Do you agree with the idea of ‘Less Teaching, More Learning’ or/and Project-Based Learning (PBL)? Please provide reasons why you agree or disagree to the idea.
2. What might prevent the idea to be implemented in the Indonesian teaching and learning context?
3. What might support the implementation in the Indonesian schools?
4. If you have other opinion, please do not hesitate to share it with all of us.
   
   

Hopefully this addresses the question of how to proceed when you visit the blog. As usual, if you have any problems, questions or confusion, please do not hesitate to let me know!

Good luck, and we look forward to "meeting" you online!

Anik Wulyani