About me

During a training in British council Tunisia

 English Hour radio programme@ RTCI

I'm Hayfa Majdoub, an English language teacher, and a technician in ICT integration in Education, innovative and creative educator. I was selected to take part in the Tech Age Teachers program 2014, that I successfully completed. I teach secondary school students aged from 15 to 18 years. I like my job,  eventhough it is tiring. I have been teaching since 2005, all in public schools. I'm a lifelong learner,  dedicated to my professional development and putting in practice what I learn, adjusting it to my classes' social and cultural background. I like exploring Web 2.0 tools and  integrating technology in my teaching. I spend my free time surfing the net looking for ELT articles, blogs, and CPD videos. I don't miss an opportunity for a training whether online (Moocs, webinars, online conferences...) or face to  face. I participated in the RSECON5 and Tunisia TESOL Second International Conference as a speaker. I also participated in the Forum of Innovative Educators organized in Tunisia in partnership with Microsoft and Youth for Science Foundation (Y.S.F.) with a project  that was classified in the Top 5 projects and got the prize of Innovative Pedagogy awarded by (Y.S.F.).  In 2015, I mentored an English tech Club, the N.H.S. Club 2.0 to cascade some of the tech skills I acquired during the tech age teachers program to my students and at the same time to develop their English language skills.

Onenote a Free Solution to Create e-Portfolios

    I have been hesitating which tool to choose to make my e-portfolio. I've tried different tools made for the purpose but I was not convinced, either because of a user interface not visually attractive, or by their complexity. And I tried OneNote, a microsoft desktop app also availabe  as an online app.

"EUREKA" That's it... That's the tool I was looking for to create the e-portfolio, as if it was tailored to my need. I wanted to make something simple but at the same time that looks beautiful and tidy. As I was short of time (I had to respect a deadline) I couldn't afford to learn how to use a new software. Easily customizable, with OneNote,   I could easily create my e-portfolio thanks to an intuitive user-friendly interface. I created sections, pages, and uploaded my content. I much appreciated the fact that the content is placed in canvas that are resizable and draggable to optimise the user experience. I shared my work to OneDrive. Of course, that's not everything about OneNote. Something that particularly caught my attention as a teacher is the fact that it is possible to collaborate with other people and the list of the tool assets is not exhaustive. I'll have the opportunity to expand on it in other occasions.

While writing this post I discovered that I could embed my Onenote Notebook through OneDrive. That way anyone who reads my blog post could  have access to my e-portfolio without signing in.