Before we start

Lesson 2/42 | Study Time: 20 Min
Before we start


Welcome to the course! Before we start, let's get to know each other a bit better. Pin on the map your location or your favorite place and share your experience in digital teaching or your expectations from this course. Feel free to check others posts and comment.
To pin a location press on pink plus sign and type city name. Upload or search for picture and add some text :)

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Comments (62)

ABHISHEK PANDEY Student
2022 Mar 3 | 20:23

Hello all, this is Abhishek PANDEY from India

Ana Laitadze Student
2022 Feb 25 | 21:42

Hello!!!
I will introduce myself a little late.
I teach English at Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
I find online teaching a very interesting form of education.
I am happy to meet you all, share practical and theoretical knowledge and learn about new online instruments.

Satenik Arakelyan Student
2022 Feb 24 | 14:39

Dear participants and instructors, I found that till I am not introduced myself.
I am Satenik Arakelyan, a lecturer form Brusov State University (Armenia).

Heghine Manasyan Student
2022 Feb 23 | 22:53

Hello everyone !!!
Just figured out that I did not introduce myself so far :(
I am Heghine Manasyan, an economist (Dr.) from Armenia (Yerevan).
Very proud that managed to jump in, and happy to be among all of you !!!

Oxana Livitchi Student
2022 Feb 15 | 12:55

Hello, I am Oxana from Chisinau (Republic of Moldova), assos. prof. at Trade Co-operative University of Moldova

mariamrurua Student
2022 Feb 14 | 13:09

Hi, I'm Mariam, from Georgia, I'm a invited lecturer at Ilia state University Of Georgia.

Dinunts Arpine Student
2022 Feb 13 | 22:41

Dear Instructors!
Please advise what software is suitable for making video lessons, so that at the same time with the video there are accompanying texts, pictures, as you did.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 15 | 14:45

You can combine video, text, picture and sound in video editing software. There are a lot of free and paid options on the market. Some examples are listed in chapter 3.4.3 of the handbook. Course videos were edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Natia Mzhavanadze Student
2022 Feb 10 | 14:48

Hi, I'm Natia, currently joining from Tbilisi, Georgia. I'm a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, but I teach as an invited lecturer at Ilia State University Georgia. I'm glad to be joining the course.

Shogher Harutyunyan Student
2022 Feb 10 | 14:15

Hello, everyone, I am happy to join the course, although a bit late(( I am Shogher and I am a PhD student at Brusov State University. I love teaching and I hope this course will help me enhance my digital teaching skills.

svetlana sav Student
2022 Feb 9 | 21:52

Ola, I am Svetlana :) from Chișinau

Angela Călăraş Student
2022 Feb 9 | 21:36

Hello everyone! I am Angela Călăraș and I am from Moldova, Bălți

Angela Călăraş Student
2022 Feb 9 | 21:33

Hello everyone! I am

Ruzanna Avetisyan Student
2022 Feb 9 | 15:48

My name is Ruzanna and I am from Russia.

Siranush Temuryan Student
2022 Feb 9 | 14:43

Hello everyone from Armenia

Varduhi Hovsepyan Student
2022 Feb 9 | 11:33

My name is Varduhi Hovsepyan and I am from Vanadzor State University. Nice to meet you all. I am very happy to participate in this course

Aida Iskandaryan Student
2022 Feb 9 | 07:30

Hello, I am Aida from Vanadzor.

Gohar Dokholyan Student
2022 Feb 9 | 07:28

Hello, I am Gohar from Vanadzor!

Lilit Hovhannisyan Student
2022 Feb 8 | 21:24

Warm greetings from Armenia, Vanadzor :)

Maka Chechelashvili Student
2022 Feb 8 | 19:53

Hi, I am from Georgia

Iuliu Turcan Student
2022 Feb 8 | 11:07

Republic of Moldova

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:39

go go team Moldova!

Lilia Trinca Student
2022 Feb 8 | 09:13

Hi.I'm from Moldova.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:38

Hello Lilia, Great to have you with us!

Ana Pipia Student
2022 Feb 7 | 21:13

Hi.I'm from Georgia

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:38

I am from Finland :) Nice to meet you!

Nino Chachanidze Student
2022 Feb 7 | 15:03

Greetings from Georgia

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:36

Georgia is a wonderful place

Gohar Melkonyan Student
2022 Feb 7 | 10:39

Greatings from RAU , Russian-Armenian Univeristy, I am Gohar Melkonyan

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:35

Welcome on board! Hope you will like it here :)

Armenuhi Harutyunyan Student
2022 Feb 7 | 07:28

Warm greetings from Armenia, Vanadzor ! I am Armenuhi , nice to meet you all.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:35

So many great people from Vanadzor here :) Welcome

Seda Bezhanyan Student
2022 Feb 7 | 07:21

Hello, I am Seda from Vanadzor State University!

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:34

Welcome to the course. Lets have some fun!

Nino Chachanidze Student
2022 Feb 6 | 19:34

Greetings from Georgia country. I am Nino. Happy to be here.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:33

Welcome Nino :) great to have you here!

Ani Avagyan Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:56

My name is Ani, nice to get aquanted with you. I have passed quiz 3, but my progress is the same.
Dear Anastasia, what`s the problem?

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:33

Dear Ani, unfortunately, the progress bar on the platform doesn't work correctly. I have informed IT about this issue. For now please ignore it

Tatiana Turchina Student
2022 Feb 6 | 10:35

Hello, I am Tatiana, from Moldova. Glad to join the class.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:24

Hello Tatiana, Welcome to the class! Great to have you here :)

Ani Avagyan Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:53

Dear Anastasia I have passed quiz 3, but I don`t see the growth of the progress. what`s the problem?

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 8 | 15:32

Dear Ani, unfortunately, the progress bar on the platform doesn't work correctly. I have informed IT about this issue. For now please ignore it

Nino Sharvashidze Student
2022 Feb 4 | 19:41

Hello from Georgia. Glad to join the class too. New experience new life.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:29

Warm regards to wonderful Georgia!

Rodica SÎRBU Student
2022 Feb 4 | 12:25

I am Rodica, from Moldova and I am glad to be here... hope to expand my knowledge about digital teaching

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:31

Bună seara Rodica! You are in a right place for new knowledge :)

Ani Avagyan Student
2022 Feb 3 | 22:35

I am very grateful to you for this opportunity. I am very happy to participate in this course.

Ani Avagyan Student
2022 Feb 3 | 21:49

Hello I am Ani Avagyan. I come from Armenia. I would like to participate in this project as I like teaching. I work in high school.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:32

Welcome Ani! We here talk about university environment, but everything we talk about is applicable to school education as well :)

Nune Khublaryan Student
2022 Feb 3 | 20:53

Hello ! I am Nune Khublaryan and I am from Vanadzor State University, I am teaching the programmes “Data Type”, "Data Bases", "Operation Systems", "MySql", "Modern Programming Languages-1", "Cpp", "VBasic"... . I wait to learn something new and apply it during teaching

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:34

Hello Nune :) You have a good mood for the course. Keep it going!

Vitali Chiurcciu Student
2022 Feb 3 | 16:03

Hello! I am Vitali Chiurcciu, university lecturer from Comrat State University. I am looking for improving my competencies.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:34

Hello Vitali :) Great to have you here!

Birlea Svetlana Student
2022 Feb 3 | 15:42

Good day to everyone!
I am Svetlana Birlea and I am from Cahul State University.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:36

Hello Svetlana :) Welcome on board!

Biclea Diana Student
2022 Feb 3 | 15:28

Hi! My name is Diana Biclea. I am from Cahul State University "B. P. Hasdeu". I teach Math

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:37

Welcome Diana :) Great to have you here!

Evgheni Cutia Student
2022 Feb 3 | 15:14

Good day everyone!



My name is Evgheni Cutia, I am a university lecturer at Technical University of Moldova.
Can't wait to learn something new and apply it at my university work.



Thank you for this opportunity.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:37

Bună seara Evgheni :) Thank you for joining us. Hope we all have some fun!

Natalia Vartanova Student
2022 Feb 3 | 14:51

Hello everyone. My name is Natalia Vartanova. I am lecturer at Ilia State University, Tbilisi Georgia. It is a pleasure to meet you, exchange experience, network. Thank you for this opportunity and efforts. Best of luck to everyone!

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:40

Welcome Natalia :) Great to have you with us!

Andrei POPA Student
2022 Feb 3 | 14:42

Good day ! My name is Andrei Popa. I am from Cahul State University "B. P. Hasdeu". I teach industrial management

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:35

Hello Anderi :) Great to have you here! Both Leonid and I are from the department of Industrial Engineering and Management.

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 6 | 23:25

Industrial Management Rulez :)

2022 Feb 3 | 14:37

Hello everyone ! My name is Natalia Grosu. I am from Chisinau. I work at the Agrarian State University of Moldova. I am very excited to learn about your training and to improve my digital skills in this course. Good luck to us

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:39

Bună seara Natalia :) Welcome on board! I hope you will like the course mastered by Leonid Chechurin.

Popovici Ilona Student
2022 Feb 3 | 14:08

Hi! My name is Popovici Ilona. I am from Cahul State University "B. P. Hasdeu". I teach ICT

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:40

Welcome Ilona :)

Mariam Matiashvili Student
2022 Feb 3 | 11:29

Hello,
My name is Mariam Matiashvili. I am providing lectures at Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. This is my second year of distance teaching, hope to improve my digital teaching skills.
Thank you for the course․ Good luck to everyone!

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:41

Hello Mariam, our warm regards to Tbilisi. What are you current best practices in digital teaching?

svetlana Student
2022 Feb 3 | 11:19

hello everyone,
I am Svetlana. I work at the State University of Physical education and Sport, I am here to impruve teaching methods.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:42

Welcome Svetlana! Glad to have you here :)

Henri Matinyan Student
2022 Feb 3 | 11:07

Good day! My name's Henri. It has been almost three years I teach at the State University of Vanadzor. Alike to the most cases, due to the Coronavirus we shifted to distance learning. The main aim of participating at this program is to gain new skills and knowledges.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:43

Hello Henri :) You are in a right place, hope you will like it here!

Magda Asatiani Student
2022 Feb 3 | 09:21

hi,
I am Magda from Tbilisi (Georgia). I'm teaching at Ilia State University since 2014.
We use different teaching instruments, including digital, online platforms... But pandemics changed our needs, and more advanced skills are needed. hope to gain some new skills.



see you.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:29

Welcome Magda! Greetings from snowy Finland :) Hope you will find what you came here for and Leonid and I will have pleasure to help.

Andrei Gheorghita Student
2022 Feb 2 | 23:43

Hello, My name is GHEORGHITA Andrei, I am PhD, university lecturer Faculty of AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND AUTO TRANSPORTATION, State Agrarian University.

Anastasia Chakir Student
2022 Feb 6 | 18:23

Hello Andrei, Nice to see you here! What are your expectations for the course?

Irine Guruli Student
2022 Feb 2 | 20:42

A belated Hello! my name is Irine Guruli from Ilia State University Tbilisi, I am about to complete my second year of distance teaching, look forward to improve my digital teaching skills. Thank you for this course.

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 22:09

Hello, Irine! Since you have been already teaching for two years, you are definitely not a beginner in the business. Hope you will find smth valuable in our experience anyway that will help to make your teaching even better!

Nicoleta Baghici Student
2022 Feb 2 | 20:20

Hello,
My name is Baghici Nicoleta, I work at University "Alecu Russo", of Balti. I am eager to begin this course and to find out as much information as possible. Previous courses were interesting and helpful. Thank you!

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 22:12

Buna séaram, Nicoleta! Great to see you here :)

Gayane Manasyan Student
2022 Feb 2 | 19:28

Hi! My name is Gayane. I work at Ilia State University. It is great to have a chance to communicate with all of you here. I hope this course is fruitful for all of us. Good luck!

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:33

Hello, Gayane :) Great to have you here!

Heghine Melkonyan Student
2022 Feb 2 | 00:52

Hello everyone. I am Heghine Melkonyan from Vanadzor State University. I passed 2 courses with connect project. This will be the third. I like and often use digital tools in my classes. I am happy to have the opportunity to communicate with my colleagues from other countries in the professional field. Fulfillment of expectations for all of us, including our esteemed professor Mr. Chechurin!

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:15

Great to see you again, Hephine! :)

Arina Danielyan Student
2022 Feb 1 | 20:39

Hello everyone, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. First of all, thank you for giving me such an opportunity to introduce myself. My full name is Arina Danielyan. I am from Vanadzor, Armenia. I have been teaching at Vanadzor State University after H. Toumanyan for twenty years. I am PHD in Philology, Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Philological Faculty. I am very excited to learn about your training and equip myself with new knowledge and skills.I look forward to meeting you and be a part of this project!

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:17

Welcome, Arina! Our best greetings to Vanadzor :)

Heghine Ohanyan Student
2022 Feb 1 | 17:09

Hello everyone!
My name is Heghine. I am from Vanadzor State University. This is a good chance to enrich your professional skills.
Thanks to the organizers of the course․

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:20

Barev dzes, Hephine! ...Thanks a lot to Elena, who made this project reality and to Anastasia, who spends huge amount of time on making the course the way it looks now, in terms of contents and appearance. And thank you for your trust )

Natia Poniava Student
2022 Feb 1 | 14:55

Hello everyone! My name is Natia and I work at Ilia State University.
I hope to learn a lot and share this experience with my students.
Good luck to everyone!

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:21

გამარჯობა, Natia! Welcome :)

Shalva Berianidze Student
2022 Feb 1 | 14:25

Hello everyone, I am Shalva, invited lecturer at Ilia State University. I hope to complete the course successfully and use the gained knowledge for Ilia State University's students and academic staff.



Good luck to every participant!

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:22

გამარჯობა, Shalva :) Hope it is going to be fun for all of us.

Shalva Berianidze Student
2022 Feb 3 | 12:08

That's awesome!

Nino Student
2022 Feb 1 | 11:18

Hello everyone ! My name is Nino. I work at Ilia State University and I am in the course to improve my skills in digital literacy . Good luck to everyone :)

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:24

გამარჯობა, Nino! Nice to have a chance to be in one course with you. მადლობა :)

George Pkhakadze Student
2022 Feb 1 | 10:32

hello everyone! my name is George and I work at Georgian Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University.
I'm glad to be involved and improve my digital skills in this course. Thanks to the organizers of the course․

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:25

Hello, George, great to have you here!
Thank you for your trust, მადლობა :)

George Pkhakadze Student
2022 Feb 3 | 15:14

:)

Maia Rogava Student
2022 Feb 1 | 08:01

Good morning everyone.
My name is Maia and I work at Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia).
I'm thrilled to be in this course, hope to learn a lot and share bits and pieces of my experience with everybody.
See you on Thursday.

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:26

Gamarjoba, Maia! Welcome! And your point is very good: we are here to share what we are good at :)

Foca Eugenia Student
2022 Jan 31 | 20:54

Hello, everyone! My name is Eugenia and I teach at Alecu Russo Balti State University (USARB). I am very happy to improve my digital skills in this course.

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:29

Buna séaram, Foca! Great to see you here :)

Stella Martirosyan Student
2022 Jan 31 | 18:38

Hello, everyone!!! My name is Stella and I teach at Brusov University. I am happy to use this opportunity to enhance my professional knowledge.

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:30

Barve dzes, Stella! My best regards to Brusov and the pink city ))

Stella Martirosyan Student
2022 Jan 31 | 18:36

Greetings from the pink city!!!

Gayane Kanaryan Student
2022 Jan 31 | 18:35

Hello everyone!
My name is Gayane. I am from Vanadzor State University. It's a good chance to participate in this course.
Thanks to the organizers of the course․

Prof. Leonid Chechurin Teacher
2022 Feb 2 | 19:31

Barev dzes, Gayane, so nice to welcome colleagues from Vanadzor :)