 Submit a Reflection Paper in relation to the trainings you attended/participated in the

New Normal Condition and/or before the Pandemic COVID – 19 and other
Variants/viruses threatening quickly spreading worldwide
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MY REFLECTION

In my fifteen years of teaching I have attended many seminars,

trainings and workshop conducted by the Department of Education and TESDA.
The topics/theme are usually related to my field which is Home Economics. I
think majority of my seminars and trainings were done before the pandemic.
And now with the new normal condition, I only have attended three webinars
which were done online.
I guess there is a big difference between seminars/training done
online and face to face condition. In the face to face seminars we can have a
close interaction with the resource person or the speaker as well as with the
participants. We can always ask question to the speaker and let him re-
demonstrate again a certain process which is unclear to us. We can observe and
have a hands on experience. We are always involved in the activity and so the
retention is very high because we can apply John Dewey’s learning by doing.
Aside from that this face to face seminars afforded me to go many places here in
the Philippines like I was able to go to Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro City and
Tagum City. Also I was able to experience staying in a cozy hotels and eat free
sumptuous meals provided by the sponsors of the trainings. I was able to gain
new friends and it allowed me to unwind from my daily routinely work at my
station
However with the webinars that I have attended in this new
normal condition, although it is with less effort because I just had it in my home
with the use of my gadgets and internet connections, there are still
disadvantages on it. First, is that I think it’s not effective especially with the
topic that we had on the different applications in the computer, I couldn’t follow
instantly with the instructions of the speaker and so I became confused and did
not learn anything so what I did I study and learn it again on my own. So I think
when it comes to learning skills, those webinars are not effective. But when it
tackles only theories, we can maybe grasp the information easily if we are just
that attentive and make sure to take down notes. Also, another disadvantage of
that is sometimes, I could not help but be tempted to multitask during webinars
like I would do household chores while I was in the meeting because no one was
watching me since I was just at my home. So this hindered me to jot down
notes and learn what the speakers tried to discuss. I guess it’s just a matter of
self-discipline. One thing is that it would give us hassles especially if there is a
sudden internet and power interruption because our gadgets will turned off
automatically and there would be a big problem if you stop right at the moment
when the speakers have something very important to say or instruct. We just
have to wish there will be no problem like that when we are having our
webinars.
But with the condition that we have right now, we have no other
choice than to let ourselves be left behind with the time. We should adapt and
accept the new normal way of having trainings and seminars. We just have to
pray that someday this present condition will soon pass and we can attend face
to face trainings and seminars and everything will be normal and not new
normal.