This is my first reflection on our first week at Mushiref Model School. Our first week was very good, on the first day we met the principal and the vice principal and they welcomed us to the school. I think that we are very fortunate to work with an administration that is very supportive and helpful and understand what we have to do.
During this week the school opened the Arabic center and we helped the teachers in the Arabic centre. In the Arabic center there are different sections such as computer section and audio section. In each section students will practice different skills such as reading, writing and spelling. Working in Arabic center showed us how different resources and technologies can serve educational purposes. For instance, in the Arabic centre there are DVD players for students to listen to a story and read it from a book. Moreover, we have seen students using these resources and how excited and motivated they become because of a game or watching a story on a DVD and how they can learn a lot from these resources.
In addition, during the first week the school was expecting the Minister of Education to visit them so you can imagine how busy they were.
Additionally, we met our supervisor who is an English teacher and we told her what we are planning to do and on Sunday we will meet with her again to go over the details and to start working on the electronic book. Our supervisor is a graduated from SWC so she understands what we have to do. I believe that, we are lucky to work with someone who has a background of what needs to be done and understand the process of how it should be done.
I think that this week was very beneficial and we enjoyed it and I hope next week we can start to work on our project.
