The Final plan was finished and the discussion topic was not a new one but a good revision: multiple intelligences. Last week my collegue sent me her draft and I sent her the check list to have a look at my observations. I also sent her my draft and she called me the attention on some points I had not realised were not clear. This activity was very profitable and beneficial, I think for both of us. Thanks to María Cecilia I could add some information and restate some sentences in my Final plan to make my ideas more understandable.
The discussion discussion topic of this week was Multiple intelligences and there is a list of webistes in teacher tap I would like to revise for future projects at university. I have also read about ANVILL and I think it is a useful tool I would use in my online lessons.
I would like to add I found a colleague we studied together when we were university students in Ning! A marvellous piece of news!
I assure I have a lot of work to do after finishing this course!
Sunday, 24 August 2014
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
WEEK 8: NEW TECHNOLOGY TOOLS
This week I was trying different tools to prepare exercises for students and I wanted to try a new tool to make worksheets and I found a really interesting one: SMILE
All the websites are useful technology tools for teachers to make their lessons more attractive and appealing to students. I save the websites in delicious and in my FB, too. I assure that I will employ this material for my online lessons next year. In oroder to learn to profit from them I need time to explore these websites and make a trial with each of the options and possibilities.
For nicenet discussion I found a tool that is not mentioned but I helped me fulfill the task: Puzzle
I copy this information from the Blackboard because I want to revise the websites after finishing the course:
All the websites are useful technology tools for teachers to make their lessons more attractive and appealing to students. I save the websites in delicious and in my FB, too. I assure that I will employ this material for my online lessons next year. In oroder to learn to profit from them I need time to explore these websites and make a trial with each of the options and possibilities.
For nicenet discussion I found a tool that is not mentioned but I helped me fulfill the task: Puzzle
I copy this information from the Blackboard because I want to revise the websites after finishing the course:
Make exercises online to print out
- Tools for educators - word search, bingo, crossword puzzles, and board games: http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
- Lanternfish - flash cards, bingo games, matching, multiple choice exercises to print out: http://bogglesworldesl.com/
- Easy Test Maker (paper tests):http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx
Make exercises to use online or offline on a computer or to print out
- Hot Potatoes - download this program at http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ to use it on your computer. It's easy to use and lets you create matching, cloze, scrambled sentence, and multiple choice exercises and crossword puzzles. You can get help online or download this how-to PDF.
- See some interesting exercises at http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=technically-interesting-hot-potatoes-pages
- Crossword Puzzle Games - create crosswords to save and use on a computer or print out: http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html
Make exercises online to use online:
- Web Poster Wizard - free website for teachers and students to use as part of a course. It uses a very plain format, but it's very easy to create something with text, one graphic, and links on each of 4 pages:
http://wizard.4teachers.org/ - SMILE- a variety of web-based activity generators. Requires a free registration. Click on "I am a new user" on the opening page in order to register. The applications here are quite interesting, but they take more time to learn to do. http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/mimea/smile/v2/index.php
After finishing this course I will come back to each of these reflections in this blog to revisit all the websites. I think this course is a must for teachers who want to implement technology in their lessons.
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
WEEK 7 MALL
This week I would like to make reference to an article I read and I think it was the most innovative -at least for me. I coined new terms such as MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning), Mobile learning or m-learning (a subdivision of the elearning movement), PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants, MobileLearn software programs and moblogging (an amalgam of mobile and weblogging) between others.
Emerging technologies Going to the MALL Mobile Assistive Language Learning is an article by George M. Chinnery University of Maryland Baltimore County. He describes the characteristics and research on MALL Applications.
Main ideas:
1. MALL Applications can be face-to-face, distance or online at a self-paced or calendar based.
2. A language learning environment is important to develop.
3. The focus must be on the learner ahead of the technology.
Common Features of cellular phones:
1. Internet access
2. Voice messaging
3. SMS text-messaging4. Cameras
5. Video-recording
All these features enable communicative language practice? Moblos provide opportunities for language creation and collaborative activities by removing time and place boundaries and adding authentic and visual content.
Activities using cellular phones:
1. Vocabulary practice
2. Quizzes
3. Word and phrase translations
4. Access to live talking tutors
5. Vocabulary instruction
Benefits:
1. Portability
2. Less expensive
3. Simplified and flexible student-learner communication.
I have also read about Learner autonomy and we have share information on Padlet (a tool similar ti Lino). Finding a partner was not so easy for me. I am still waiting for one.
Learner autonomy
Emerging technologies Going to the MALL Mobile Assistive Language Learning is an article by George M. Chinnery University of Maryland Baltimore County. He describes the characteristics and research on MALL Applications.
Main ideas:
1. MALL Applications can be face-to-face, distance or online at a self-paced or calendar based.
2. A language learning environment is important to develop.
3. The focus must be on the learner ahead of the technology.
Common Features of cellular phones:
1. Internet access
2. Voice messaging
3. SMS text-messaging4. Cameras
5. Video-recording
All these features enable communicative language practice? Moblos provide opportunities for language creation and collaborative activities by removing time and place boundaries and adding authentic and visual content.
Activities using cellular phones:
1. Vocabulary practice
2. Quizzes
3. Word and phrase translations
4. Access to live talking tutors
5. Vocabulary instruction
Benefits:
1. Portability
2. Less expensive
3. Simplified and flexible student-learner communication.
I have also read about Learner autonomy and we have share information on Padlet (a tool similar ti Lino). Finding a partner was not so easy for me. I am still waiting for one.
Learner autonomy
Friday, 1 August 2014
Week 6: Creating Student-centered Classes and Interactive PowerPoint
This week I was reading the articles about the use of interactive PowerPoint. I have always done linear presentations with this tool. Reading the article POWERPOINT BEYOND THE BASICS
Making interactive, non-linear slide shows and enhancing formatting I discovered that I can use powerpoint to create non-linear interactive stories for children. I think I can include this tool in my lesson plan. PowerPoint is not a new technological tool for me; I have included it in my lessons and in my presentations when delivering a speech or presenting a piece of work. I have also tried Prezi. But I have never prepared a non-linear story or game for children. I think I can use it to prepare extra material for my students in Base Esperanza and the primary school teacher of School 38 can downloaded and show it to students in case there is no conection. This is the advantage of using PPT -you do not need internet and you can still use it. In this way, students would not miss the class.
There were some other articles about using Powerpoint:
Presenting With PowerPoint
Making interactive, non-linear slide shows and enhancing formatting I discovered that I can use powerpoint to create non-linear interactive stories for children. I think I can include this tool in my lesson plan. PowerPoint is not a new technological tool for me; I have included it in my lessons and in my presentations when delivering a speech or presenting a piece of work. I have also tried Prezi. But I have never prepared a non-linear story or game for children. I think I can use it to prepare extra material for my students in Base Esperanza and the primary school teacher of School 38 can downloaded and show it to students in case there is no conection. This is the advantage of using PPT -you do not need internet and you can still use it. In this way, students would not miss the class.
There were some other articles about using Powerpoint:
Presenting With PowerPoint
Creating Interactive PowerPoint Presentations for Teachers and Students
These articles are really profitable to work with students at university and for refreshing how to make good and attractive presentations when presenting a project or a research.
There are some other articles that are very nice tutorials to create good PowerPoint presentations:
I do not like the Top 5 Alternatives to PowerPoint because the only fruitful alternative I can see are Prezi and Google Docs Presentations -the other links do not work. Prezi is a tool I have already known so I wanted to tried SlideRocket and ZohoShow. The first one does not work and the second tool is only mentioned but no website is in the article.
In a nutshell, I enjoyed reading and watching videos about the uses of Powerpoint because I learned it is a remarkable educational technological tool for teachers and not only can it be used for presentations but also for creating quizzes and stories.
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