I started the week by reflecting on task 5 - by thinking of more details to the resources suggested as possible changes or solution to acknowlege the needs raised for the course plan.
Regarding that, during week 5 I posted in nicenet:
" The way vocabulary, grammar and writing skills are worked with can be improved. So, the issue I´m aiming at for this project plan is: the coursebook components has proved to have insufficient resources - further presentation and practice of vocab and grammar topics, and due to that - students who need extra practice feel a bit lost on where to find resources.
Technology related change suggested:
A. Related to need # 2 mentioned above: Create a delicious page for this level ("pre teens") and learn how to use the tools of tags so that for each of the 6 units I can add extra presentation and practice material to be used by students who need it."
As I noticed that nicenet is to broad for achieving this goal, I took advantage of these week topic - engagement and interactivity - to experiment on something to provide more practice of grammar and vocab. The power point presentation I prepared has this aim.
The process of creation gave me good idea of the role of the master slide, action buttons and hiperlinking. Despite the fact the last of 3 hiperlinks worked when I was working with the power point in my computer but didn´t after I uploaded the presentation to the class wiki. As an alternative I added the link. I found the sites provided for how to make ppt presentation a little hard to understand and it took me long to read it over and over. The final result reflects my effort and I'm sure I moved on in the proccess. But that's an area I might benefit to have some presential classes - how to use power points interactively.
Still regarding this aim of providing more practice of vocab and grammar, I'm aiming at experimenting with the use of webquests or any PBL tecquines. I´ll focus on that for the next weeks.
Whislt reading about the use of technology to enhance motivation and engagement I was motivated to notice how many resources there are - both using technology or not.
From this reflection I'll take with me for the journey - student's concentration span is short - 20 minutes or less. Thus constantly combining lecture time with either pair-work or small group work interaction. Also, the importance of bearing in mind what resources I'm using during lesson planning and classroom management to promote more student centered classrooms.
Wishing us all a wonderful and fullfilling week 7.
Regards,
Juliana
Whislt reading about the use of technology to enhance motivation and engagement I was motivated to notice how many resources there are - both using technology or not.
From this reflection I'll take with me for the journey - student's concentration span is short - 20 minutes or less. Thus constantly combining lecture time with either pair-work or small group work interaction. Also, the importance of bearing in mind what resources I'm using during lesson planning and classroom management to promote more student centered classrooms.
Wishing us all a wonderful and fullfilling week 7.
Regards,
Juliana
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