W2: Technology in the classroom

Multimedia in English Instructions 多媒體輔助英語教學

Date: 3/3/2012

Instructor: Chin-Wen Chien 簡靜雯

Topic: Technology in the classroom

Task 1: KWLA

1. Use of the adapted KWA reading worksheet as the way to know what are our interests and background knowledge.

2. Ask Ss to write down the K and W column. After semester is over, we can evaluate if we will attain the goal of this course.

Task 2: Find out the technology products on campus

1. 4-5 people form a group and look for the technology that used @ NHCUE for ten mins.

2. Ss can take notes, take pics or draw your observation on a piece of paper.

3. Share what you observed.

• Cloud Classroom
• Mobile Learning Classroom
• 讓「傳統的」PowerPoint充滿活力

lecture with power point

Seamier with computers 

language lab

overhead projector

Cloud Classroom

Task 3: Create your own language classroom

My 

Evelyn's

Rita's 

Ning's 

Jigsaw Reading: I have had Perfect Coursebook, why do I need technology?

Technology tools are used to complement and enhance regular course work, like using data collection when teaching extinct animals, webquest as grammar assessment, podcast as a supplementary listening 

practice. 

Team mem

Chapter 2, Word processors in the classroom

Who to use?

For teachers: prepare, create, store, and share materials

For Learners: practice writing skills, grammar and other language points, present work, e-profile

Skills that teachers should learn:

• insert images and links 
• text wrapping
• screenshot
• creating forms (drop-down mecums, text entry fields, bottoms. making collection of basic exercise+web-based interactive materials)
• TrackChanges: document tracking or versioning (format change, word order, deletion, inserted comments)
• using Markin

Word processing activities for learners

1. Creative Writing : 

• Tools: dictionary, grammar, thesaurus, spelling. 
• Advantage: broaden Ls' vocabulary, more aware of errors, self-correction, the ability to model/share/produce texts, more interactive
• Argument: encourage sloppy writing, give too much support, poor grammar and spelling
• Suggestion: turn off spell-checker, focus  on process of writing rather than the final written product 

2. Language Practice: blanks, sentence recording, adding titles to paragraphs, grammar activity

3. Noticing activity: notice the structures for younger learners

4. Dictation: Learners input(type) the text as they listen.+TrackChanges

5. Collaborative writing activity

6. Presenting work: word+power point=ePortfolio/presentation package 

Notices:

1. Ss should have basic word processing and file management skills.

2. Encourage Ss to save documents in a consistent way.

3. Try to identify computer-related vocabulary that is likely occur. (understanding)

Considerations:

1. mixed technological ability

2. ***performance anxiety: not putting too much pressure on Ls to perform too quickly(Patty Hong)

Reflection: 

This week we focus on finding the technologies at school. As we know, technology has been used in college for decades. Most instructors use power points or other word processing program to complete their teacher. Ss also encourage to learn this kind of skills to follow up. However, I found some of freshmen are unable to use this effectively and efficiently. This problem may be tracked back to their high school. Some high school has very few computer class, or the teacher seldom used technology as the teaching materials so that Ss are not familiar with technology. However, technology has been seen as basic skills in university.

In chapter two, we know some simple but useful ways to both teachers and learners. But there must be more accessible online resources we can used in class. 

Words I learned in this Chapter:

1. paradoxical: (a.) seemingly absurd or self-contradictory:
2. ubiquitous: (a.) seemingly absurd or self-contradictory:
3. envisage: (v.) contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event
4. incorporate: (v.) take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include
5. deviate: (v.) depart from an established course
6. transportable: (a.) able to be carried or moved
7. necessitate: make (something) necessary as a result or consequence
8. evocative: (a.) bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind
9. motivational: (a.) the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way

Nice quotation 

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions, they become habits.

Watch your habits, they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

                                  ── Frank Outlaw ?

注意你的思想；他們會變成言語。

注意你的言語；他們會變成行動。

注意你的行動；他們會變成習慣。

注意你的習慣；他們會變成性格。

注意你的性格；他會變成你的命運。