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>>My Learning Reflection on Lessons """
These thing I Learned and recieved from computer
Application for English Teaching in this semester::
On semester, I will have studied from computer Application for English Teaching in the classroom . As most of Knowledge about Multimedia Technology in English Teaching. and grade computer classes as well as grade English. I know I have taught them a lot but I know that I must have learned more than years ago.
So, teacher gave we some question in the first period of the subject and they are:
1) List computer technology you have used in you study. What are the used for?
- Websie - E-book
- Elearning - Microsoft offic
2) List you favorite websites. How often do you use them? What can you learn from those websites?
>>http://www.google.co.th/
>>http://www.facebook.com/
>>http://www.youtube.com/
>>http://www.hotmail.com/
3)What computer technology will you use in your classroom? Why?
>>VDO conference - to communicate to studants via this materal.
>>Blog and 3G - to share the in fomation.
Then I learned the artcles about " Innovative Educational Technology in the Global classroom", " On the problems and strategies of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching ", and " Thinking on the Application of Multimemia into College Teacing".
Innovative Educational Technology in the Global classroom
From this article, Globalization and innovation are the important of Education-ESOL teachers, TESOL teacher. It's a part of development educational practice. This article said that "When creating a technology-integrated assignment,teachers should consider what they want student to learn from it in terms of both the technology and academic content." It means teachers should create and cultivate student's learning in a language classroom in order to make them interesting in some lessons. Teachers need to know how to use instructional technology to teach students who represent generations to come.
How to integrate culture in the context of globalization and provide ESOL teachers with various innovative learning modes.
- Integrating Instructional Technology into An assignment
- The ELL Case study (ELL = English Language Learning)
- Blogging
- Pod casting
- Creating a wiki
- Online discussion
- Implication
Tips for Integrating Technology in the Classroom.
- Take risks with new technology.
- Be familiar with the technology before introducing it to others.
- Make sure that instructional technologies carefully fit with course objective and outcomes, and that the procedures for implementation are clear
- Build a positive learning community.
On the problems and strategies of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching
The multimedia disc courseware can offer the students abundant information; the output of multimedia comprehensive English disc is far more plentiful than textbooks, and it displays vivid cultural background, rich content and true-to-life language materials,which are much nature! and closer to life. Not only could learners improve their listening ability,but also learn the western culture. Grasping information through various channels can eqeip the student with knowledge and bring about information-sharing among atudents and make them actively participate in class discussion and communication. Integration of human-machine communication and interpersonal communication leads to overalldevelopment of students' listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Thinking on the Application of Multimedia in College Teaching
First, the characteristics of multimedia in teaching and its importance
Interactive multimedia Technology is integrated with text, graphics, images, sounds and other media information, so that the logical connection between a variety of information, integration of a system, the Computer technology, audio-visual Technology and communication technology integration. Multimedia communicator and the receiver can make the Information exchange in real time with each other, it is high integration, interaction. multimedia technology in teaching more and more widely, it is gradually affecting the concept of education, change Education model. multimedia technology as an advanced modern teaching methods, compared with other teaching methods have the following important features:
(1) diversity. That is multidimensional Information media, handling diverse types of information, which is an essential feature of multimedia. (2) integration. Integration refers to the Computer as the center of the integrated treatment of a variety of information media, such as: the data, text, images, animations, sound and organically integrated with the results shown. (3) interactivity. can be understood as information disseminators and information to the actual recipient of the exchange of information. (4) Flexible sex. a courseware as a knowledge unit a node, each link into a network of knowledge nodes, learners can achieve their own actual conditions to the conversion of each unit. (5) image of nature, through images, animation, simulation , presentation and other means to achieve the key, difficult, abstract and other complex image of the contents of teaching. (6) initiative. to set up technology-based multimedia learning environment to the learning process has always been the center, student center, most conducive to play the initiative of teachers and students.
Interactive multimedia Technology is integrated with text, graphics, images, sounds and other media information, so that the logical connection between a variety of information, integration of a system, the Computer technology, audio-visual Technology and communication technology integration. Multimedia communicator and the receiver can make the Information exchange in real time with each other, it is high integration, interaction. multimedia technology in teaching more and more widely, it is gradually affecting the concept of education, change Education model. multimedia technology as an advanced modern teaching methods, compared with other teaching methods have the following important features:
(1) diversity. That is multidimensional Information media, handling diverse types of information, which is an essential feature of multimedia. (2) integration. Integration refers to the Computer as the center of the integrated treatment of a variety of information media, such as: the data, text, images, animations, sound and organically integrated with the results shown. (3) interactivity. can be understood as information disseminators and information to the actual recipient of the exchange of information. (4) Flexible sex. a courseware as a knowledge unit a node, each link into a network of knowledge nodes, learners can achieve their own actual conditions to the conversion of each unit. (5) image of nature, through images, animation, simulation , presentation and other means to achieve the key, difficult, abstract and other complex image of the contents of teaching. (6) initiative. to set up technology-based multimedia learning environment to the learning process has always been the center, student center, most conducive to play the initiative of teachers and students.
http://eng.hi138.com/?i300986_Multimedia-College-English-Classroom-Teaching
>> An Articles telling blog in ELT ...^^....
An Articles telling why do we have to use blog in ELT with reference
This article takes a look at blogging, which is becoming increasingly popular as a language learning tool. It gives an overview of blogging websites, suggests why you might want to use them, and gives some practical advice on setting up blogs for use with your own classes.
What is a blog?
A blog (short for weblog) is a frequently updated website that often resembles an online journal. It's so easy to create and update a blog - it requires only basic access to the Internet, and a minimum of technical know-how. Because of this, it is one of the easiest ways to publish student writing on the WWW. It's almost as easy as sending an email.
Nowadays, blogs can also display photos and some people are using them with audio and even video, but this article will concentrate on the basics, showing how a simple text-based blog can be used to great effect with your English language learners.
Types of blogs used in language teaching
Aaron Campbell (2003) has outlined three types of blogs for use with language classes:
A blog (short for weblog) is a frequently updated website that often resembles an online journal. It's so easy to create and update a blog - it requires only basic access to the Internet, and a minimum of technical know-how. Because of this, it is one of the easiest ways to publish student writing on the WWW. It's almost as easy as sending an email.
Nowadays, blogs can also display photos and some people are using them with audio and even video, but this article will concentrate on the basics, showing how a simple text-based blog can be used to great effect with your English language learners.
Types of blogs used in language teaching
Aaron Campbell (2003) has outlined three types of blogs for use with language classes:
- The Tutor Blog is run by the teacher of a class. The content of this type of blog can be limited to syllabus, course information, homework, assignments, etc. Or the teacher may choose to write about his or her life, sharing reflections about the local culture, target culture and language to stimulate online and in-class discussion. In this type of blog, students are normally restricted to being able to write comments to the teacher's posts. A great example of this is Aaron Campbell's own 'The New Tanuki' http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com/
- The Class Blog is a shared space, with teacher and students being able to write to the main area. It is best used as a collaborative discussion space, an extra-curricular extension of the classroom. Students can be encouraged to reflect in more depth, in writing, on themes touched upon in class. Students are given a greater sense of freedom and involvement than with the tutor blog. A very good example of what has been done with this type of blog is Barbara Dieu's 'Bee Online' http://beeonline.blogspot.com/) and 'Bee Online 2' http://beeonline2.blogspot.com/
- The Learner Blog is the third type of blog and it requires more time and effort from the teacher to both set up and moderate, but is probably the most rewarding. It involves giving each student an individual blog. The benefit of this is that this becomes the student's own personal online space. Students can be encouraged to write frequently about what interests them, and can post comments on other students' blogs. For examples, see the links to learner blogs from the class blog and tutor blog examples above.
Of course, teachers who decide to use blogs often use a combination of Tutor or Class blog and Learner blogs, with hyperlinks connecting them.
Why blog?
So, why should you blog with your students? There are many reasons why you may choose to use weblogs with students. One of the best reasons is to provide a real audience for student writing. Usually, the teacher is the only person who reads student writing, and the focus of this reading is usually on form, not content. With weblogs, students can find themselves writing for a real audience that, apart from the teacher, may include their peers, students from other classes, or even other countries, their parents, and potentially anyone with access to the Internet.
Here are some other reasons for using blogs:
- To provide extra reading practice for students.
This reading can be produced by the teacher, other students in the same class, or, in the case of comments posted to a blog, by people from all over the world.
- As online student learner journals that can be read by their peers.
The value of using learner journals has been well documented. Usually they are private channels between teacher and student. Using a blog as a learner journal can increase the audience.
- To guide students to online resources appropriate for their level.
The Internet has a bewildering array of resources that are potentially useful for your students. The problem is finding and directing your learners to them. For this reason, you can use your tutor blog as a portal for your learners.
- To increase the sense of community in a class.
A class blog can help foster a feeling of community between the members of a class, especially if learners are sharing information about themselves and their interests, and are responding to what other students are writing.
- To encourage shy students to participate.
There is evidence to suggest that students who are quiet in class can find their voice when given the opportunity to express themselves in a blog.
- To stimulate out-of-class discussion.
A blog can be an ideal space for pre-class or post-class discussion. And what students write about in the blog can also be used to promote discussion in class.
- To encourage a process-writing approach. Because students are writing for publication, they are usually more concerned about getting things right, and usually understand the value of rewriting more than if the only audience for their written work is the teacher.
- As an online portfolio of student written work.There is much to be gained from students keeping a portfolio of their work. One example is the ease at which learners can return to previous written work and evaluate the progress they have made during a course.
- To help build a closer relationship between students in large classes.
Sometimes students in large classes can spend all year studying with the same people without getting to know them well. A blog is another tool that can help bring students together.
Where to start
There are lots of sites where you can set up a blog for free, but perhaps the best known and one of the most reliable and simple blogging tools to use with students is Blogger (http://blogger.com). It takes only fifteen minutes from setting up an account to publishing the first post using this valuable tool.
The teacher sets up the tutor blog or a class blog. With a Class blog, students will need to be invited to participate by e-mail. Learner blog accounts can either be set up beforehand by the teacher, or done at the same time with a whole class in a computer room. The former gives the teacher more control of student accounts, but some advantages of the latter is that learners are given more choice (of username, design of the blog, etc) and a greater sense of 'ownership' of their new virtual writing space.
Tips for managing learner blog settings
- Use the 'Settings' in Blogger to add yourself (under Members) as Administrator of the learner blog. This is invaluable if students later forget usernames or passwords, and can also help if inappropriate posts are published
- Make sure you change the setting and turn the 'Comments' feature on. This will allow the others to respond to things the students write on their learner blogs.
- Also in 'Settings', you will find an option to receive an email whenever a student publishes their blog. This will save you time regularly checking learner blogs to see if any of your students have posted. Another way of being informed of this is to use the 'Site Feed' function (discussed further below).
Keeping students interested
Many teachers who start to use blogs find the novelty factor is enough to create student interest in starting to use them. However, blogs work best when learners get into the habit of using them. If learners are not encouraged to post to their blogs frequently, then they can quickly be abandoned. A failed experiment. Here, the teacher in the role of facilitator is vital for maintaining student interest. Here are some ideas to how this can be done:
- Respond to student posts quickly, writing a short comment related to the content. Ask questions about what the learner writes to create stimulus for writing.
- Students should be actively encouraged to read and respond (through the commenting feature of the blog) to their classmates.
- Writing to the blog could be required, and it may form part of the class assessment. Students should be encouraged to post their writing homework on the blog instead of only giving it to the teacher.
Some ideas for activities
- Mystery guest. Invite another teacher or someone from another school or country as a mystery guest to your blog. Ask the students to engage him or her in dialogue and guess their identity.
- Project work. A blog is an ideal space for developing a project, especially if the project is a shared one between several classes or even classes in different countries.
- International link-ups. Contact another educational establishment to see if they are interested in a joint blogging project. Students can write about their lives, culture, interests, etc, and be encouraged to read about the other class and respond by writing comments.
- Photoblog. If you plan on using photographs in your blog, there are lots of tools available to help you. Flickr (http://www.flickr.com) makes publishing photographs to blogs easy. If you want to make photographs central to the blog, however, it is better to use a blogging tool such as Buzznet (http://www.buzznet.com), which is a photo publishing tool and blog rolled into one.
Pitfalls to watch out for
- Unwanted comments. To avoid unwanted comments, you can always restrict comments to people in the class or to registered bloggers.
- Correction. It is difficult to use a blog for correcting students. Student written work can always be corrected before posting to the blog, or you can do class correction sessions using work published in the blogs.
- Privacy. By their very nature, most blogs are public. Anyone with access to the Web can find and read a blog, and write comments (if this feature has been turned on). If privacy is an issue, then you will be better off using a blogging tool that allows different levels of access rights. Live Journal http://www.livejournal.com is a good choice, and is particularly popular with teenagers . Live Journal allows the setting up of a closed community, which could be restricted to the members of a class or to a wider circle including other classes, parents, etc.
Advanced feature
The easiest way to keep track of a lot of learner blogs is to use the 'Site Feed' feature. You will need to use another piece of software called a newsreader or aggregator to read site feeds. Using a newsreader means your e-mail in-box won't become cluttered with posted messages from students publishing their weblogs. One of the most popular, free web-based newsreaders is Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com.
The BBC and British Council are not responsible for the content of external web sites.
Further reading
Blog-efl. My own blog with information and comments for teachers of EFL/ESL interested in using blogs http://blog-efl.blogspot.com
'Weblogs for use with ESL classes' Campbell AP (2003) http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Campbell-Weblogs.html
If you have any suggestions or tips for using blogs in the class you would like to share on this site, contact us.
References:
Campbell AP (2003) 'Weblogs for use with ESL classes'
>>Exercise ^'''''''''''''''^
Acronyms >>
Directions: Find words or phrases sanding for the following acronyms with short
1. IT
>> IT stands for Information Technology
2. ICT
>> ICT stands for Information and communications Technology
3. CAI
>>CAI is short for Computer-Aided Instruction
4. CALL
>>CALL stands for Computer-Aided Language Learning
5. WBI
>> WBI stands for Web-Based Instruction
6. CBI
>> CBI is short for Computer Based Instruction
7. CMC
>> CMC stands for Computer Mediated Communications
8. TELL
>> TELL stands for Technology Enhanced Language Learning
9. MUD
>> MUD is short for Multi User Domains
10.MOO
>> MOO is short for MUD Object Oriented
Direction: Describe the following terms.
Synchronous Tools
Synchronous tools enable real-time communication and collaboration in a "same time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect at a single point in time, at the same time. Synchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to engage people instantly and at the same point in time. The primary drawback of synchronous tools is that, by definition, they require same-time participation -different time zones and conflicting schedules can create communication challenges. In addition, they tend to be costly and may require significant bandwidth to be efficient.
Asynchronous Tools
Asynchronous tools enable communication and collaboration over a period of time through a "different time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect together at each person's own convenience and own schedule. Asynchronous tools are useful for sustaining dialogue and collaboration over a period of time and providing people with resources and information that are instantly accessible, day or night. Asynchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to involve people from multiple time zones. In addition, asynchronous tools are helpful in capturing the history of the interactions of a group, allowing for collective knowledge to be more easily shared and distributed. The primary drawback of asynchronous technologies is that they require some discipline to use when used for ongoing communities of practice (e.g., people typically must take the initiative to "login" to participate) and they may feel "impersonal" to those who prefer higher-touch synchronous technologies.
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