What kinds of technology training have you received in the past? From these workshops or classes, which skills do you continue to use? Why do you think some skills "stick" with you, while others are quickly forgotten? If you know of a "best way" for you to learn and remember new skills, describe this process.

I haven't received much training as I have never had the opportunity to be in a course which involves learning about all the skills I have tried to develop so far. I had the opportunity to be in an 8 hour course of learning how to use the Internet to teach English. Another opportunity I also had was an e-tutoring course, where I could develop ideas to use in CMC (platforms) systems in order to be able to do on-line tutoring. It was a very useful course and I learned to appreciate all the options we have on-line to use with our students.

A way that I think helps me keep the things which I learned from my courses is by doing it, that is to say, if I learned to use the Internet, I have to look for places which can be useful for my students, take my students to the language laboratory, pilot them and then see whether they could work or not and see how useful the activity was for my students. If I learned to e-tutor my students, create some activities which could help them be directed from the computer so that they can work from the laboratory (or if possible from home) so that they can see how useful the computer can be as a tool.

With this, I think I just can sumarise that for me the best way to keep things with me when I learn something new is by "doing" them, try as much as possible to develop the ability and keep practising so that I don't forget it quickly. I could also say that when I don't practice that what I have learned for some time, obviously I forget and when I try things again, it takes me longer to remember and sometimes I even get discouraged from doing the thing I wanted simply because it took me too long to do it.

That's at least what happens to me. What about you all?