Week 10: Wrap-up

I like the models suggested for assessing teacher's technology usage in the class, both of them are quite meaningful and convenient -
State of Washington: Tiers of Technology Integration
University of Southern Florida: The Technology Integration Matrix
I believe I have reached Tier 3 of Technology Integration into the Classroom Indicators, or level Adaptation of Technology Intergation into the Curriculum, since I still have to encourage the students to apply technology tools for English learning purposes and facilitate in doing this with all possible means.
Everything that I learnt throughout this course is worth implementing into the classes I teach. Now I use Delicious to save useful links, I know how to make successful interative PowerPoint presentations, and technology-enhanced lesson plans (with Hotpotatoes exercises, listening activities, videos, etc). The students, in their turn, are learning how to exchange data with Pudlet tools, do WebQuests and make use of different search engines. I hope that I will be able to motivate the students to take even more interest in using technology for learning English on their own.