Welcome to greet our virtual students!
Nastya Blagorazumova, 10 years old, Chernogolovka Gymnasium
Moscow Reg., Russia. Winner in distance project "My Virtual
Home" in age group 10-13. Winner of International Distance
Heuristic Olympiad'97 in Nominations "Composition" and
"Research".
Boris Papinyan, 16 years old, Pereslavl-Zalessky Ginazium
Yaroslavl Reg., Russia.Winner in distance project "My Virtual
Home" in age group 14-16.
Ann Malanushenko, 14 years old, Nauchny School, Crimea, the
Ukraine.Prize winner in distance project "My Virtual Home" in
age group 14-16.Winner of International Distance Heuristic
Olympiad'98 in Nominations "Law" and "Presentation".
Vitaly Prusov, 13 years old, Kaluga School, Russia. Prize winner
in distance project "My Virtual Home" in age group 10-13.
Vladimir Yelizarov, 13 years old, Nauchny School, Crimea, the
Ukraine.Prize winner in distance project "My Virtual Home" in
age group 10-13.Winner of International Distance Heuristic
Olympiad'98 in Nomination "Law".
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Students
Papers "My Personal Experience on Course "Creative English"
Boris Papinyan
Pereslavl-Zalessky
My Personal Experience
It was my English teacher Mrs. Prokhorova who suggested me to
take part in the contest of projects "My Virtual Home". There
were two things that drew my attention: English and computer.
I'm fond of both English and computing. On the other hand, the
title of the project looked rather attractive, because I like to
event something. I didn't hope to win, but it happened. So I got
a chance to study at the distance course "Creative English".
The course comprised five lessons. Each lesson had two or three
tasks that I was to do. Though the tasks were not too difficult,
it took me more time than I expected. The main trouble was to
gain a computer. If I had had a personal computer at home, I
would have managed to complete the tasks in time and hadn't
bothered other people. Usually I work at school in our computer
laboratary. But on Saturdays the school is closed at 2 p.m. On
Sundays the school doesn't work at all. So on Saturdays and
Sundays I was searching for a computer. I kept on the proverb:
Where there is a will, there is a way.
My English teacher Nadezhda Alexeevna was rather helpful. Her
friends working for "Robotland" firm did their best to support
me. It reminds me Sunday, 17. It was already 10 p.m. when I'd
finished to do lesson 3. We were going to leave the office, when
a massage from "Eidos" center came. I wonder whether Galina
Alexandrovna, thecoordinator of the course, had been still
working?! She answered my letter about teaching English CD-ROMs.
I quite agree with her that to choose the one you need you
should define your language problems and not believe all the
advertising.
The fact is, studying at the course "Creative English" helped me
to define my language problems. I have never dealt with treating
and analizing a project. Now I know how to do it. It doesn't
mean that I can do it perfectly. I got aquainted with some new
words and expressions, the way of planning and structuring my
ideas. Surely, these skills would help me in rendering a text at
my English exam.
That stuff was worth of learning. At school we are taught how to
write compositions. But we are not taught how to create things.
The course "Creative English" provided the students with some
strategies on inventing things and expressing ideas. I have
never thought about the prossess of thinking. Some two years ago
I came across a very interesting book "How to learn foreign
words". To my mind, it was published by "Eidos" center. The book
proves the idea that we can conrol and develop our memory.
Studying at the course I had a chance to read projects of other
students. And it was the most exciting thing. Telecommunication
helps us to get in touch and exchange the ideas. I appreciated
the project by Ksenia Chelyadinova (Crimea) and the project
written by a group of boys from Gaylord, Michigan, USA (MR.
Vergeldt's Class Gaylord Middle School). I sent them my
questions on the projects. But I was sorry not to receive their
answeres. Using this ocasion I'd like to say that they are smart
and bright. I enjoyed their illustrations. If I had had more
time, I would have create cartoons and music to support my
project.
In addition to the time problem I would once more complain that
the end of the school term is not the best period to take part
in any contest as well as to study at a course. Top classes have
to consolidate the material in all subjects, are given a lot of
papers and privite studies. I study at classic school and we
take exams even in the 10th grade. On the other hand, the time
is really saved.
The main advantages of studying at a distance course are as
follows:there's no need to leave your home and school; the
course material can be easily transformed and printed. Besides,
studying at the course cost me nothing. I've got no father and
my mother can't afford to pay my extra education. I'm deeply
greatful to "Eidos" centre for organization this contest and
course. I would like to thank my English teacher Nadezda
Alexeevna Prokhorova, who inspired my love to English and
computers. Thanks are also due to "Robotland" firm for sending
and receiving E-MAIL massages.
Planning my personal educational goals, I look forward to taking
part in contests on programming.
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Malanushenko Anna
Nauchny Crimea, the Ukraine
In 1998 I took the first place in the competition named “My
Virtual Home” made by Distance Evristic Learning Center “EIDOS”.
So I have got a possibility of distance English course “Creative
English” free of charge.
Because I have computer at home and I am good at it, I didn’t
need to use paper and pen (also my writing is so “good”, that it
will be unwise to write something on paper for help to myself).
All my works I showed to my school English teacher, and it helps
me much: first, teacher undestood he didn’t teach English
grammar much, second, teacher began to teach me personally and
correct my mistakes on course tacks, and in third, it was good
for my English ball.
Distance learning has it's good and bad lines, and here I will
try to show them. Unfortunatelly, I'm not a psychologist, so
I'll try to show only main pluses and minuses of distance
learning.
Teacher cannot check pupil's knowledge level, in fact; there are
no garancy that pupil make his work with himself only. It is
necessary sometime, when a pupil by some reason can't or does
not want to study himself, but needs for a good estimate of his
distance teacher. Sorry to say, I don't know, is it usually or
not…
It's hard to teacher to check most hard and not so hard themes
for learning without visual contact with pupil.
Pupils learn to work personally, without any teachers. Also they
learn to work with computer.
We have some more time to make lessons in distance school than
in usual school, actually it means more "thinking time" for it.
I'd like to continue my distance learning, because it will be
good for my knowledge, I think.
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Nastya Blagorazumova
Chernogolovka Moscow Reg.
My Experience in the Distance Course of Creative English
When I was five I came to the unusual School of Free Development
in Chernogolovka. And now for five years I'm on friendly terms
with its Director Andrey Victorovich and Galina Alexandrovna.
They sent me a Project "My Virtual Home" and I became the winner
in my group. The main prize was this coarse "Creative English".
I learned how to set capacious questions. I learned many new
words like "advertisement" or "disadvantage".
As I haven't got a computer at home I did all my answers in the
copy-book.When I came home after dinner I made my work.
I think the pluses of distance school are: to this school can go
many pupils and there are no many classrooms and money. I can't
think of any minuses.
In future I want to study Creative English in distance school
and I want tolearn how to do something with the computer.
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Vitaliy Prusov,
Kaluga
Creative English
As soon as I took part in the project "My virtual house" and
occupied the third place I became a student of the distant
course "Creative English". I did not know at that time about a
system of distant teaching, it was very interesting for me.
During my work I learned to work with English keyboard, to work
with graphic editor, I got to know many new English words, I had
a good opportunity to repeat English grammar.
We can see some stages in my work: I executed the first lesson
in Russian(I used a paper for it) and I thought that I could
correct the faults in my work; I executed the second lesson just
in English but I used a paper(I worked with a paper first) I do
it because I did not know how to write a review, my Russian
teacher explained me how to do it she gave me a plan of a
review; I executed the third and the fourth lesson in English
and on computer.
I did all the lessons after school and these lessons took me
different time, for example the first lesson took more time than
the others because I needed to paint a picture.
Now I can compare a distant system of teaching with a usual
system.Certanly a distant form of teaching has more
advandages,then minuses.It has desavantages :the programm can
have computer virus, most students can study only at school.
The distant system of teaching have many merits, but we
enumerate some of them: the education passes very fast, every
student has his own teacher, we can correspond with the children
from other towns, countries, we can read and estimate their
works.
Certanly distant system has many other advantages but the main
advantage in my opinion, is that we study to work on computer.If
I have one more possibility to study in another distantcourse I
would accept it without any doubts. And I would like that more
people all over the world have an opportunity to study at the
course like this.
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