This project is to demonstrate the use of audio recording in class. I chose to make an example lesson about self introductions. In a previous blog post, I created an assignment for students to make a PowerPoint to introduce themselves, their school and their city and country.
This recording is an example introduction I would like my students to create for the assignment.
The SAMR model was developed by Ruben Puentedura about teachers integrating technology in the classroom, reflecting on its purpose and using it for higher education.
You can listen to Ruben Puentedura talk about the SAMR model. Or watch this introduction video for further explanation.
At my current school I have limited use of technology for my classroom. I teach ESL at a public school in Korea and can not test the students or give them homework. Extra work that involves projects with computers would not really be approved of by my school. However, I can visualize assignments for the future that I could do at another school with different circumstances.
I think this sort of technological integration is not happening at my school because Korea has a different approach to education that still continues to evolve. My public school has a limited budget. Standards are higher at schools with more money and teachers may have more opportunities to use technology there. In addition, ESL is not seen as a core subject in public schools even if it is important. I am from a native English speaking country and I was hired to speak fluently in class. The focus is more on interacting with me than with computers or tech devices.
Many of my classmates demonstrated the use of online programs for activities in their classroom. A previously mentioned website Storybird.com can demostrate the “modification” stage. In modification there is significant redesign of the lesson with technology. Using this program, students can easily compose their story by typing it and saving it, easily illustrate it with a few clicks and then share it. Another classmate demonstrated using an online comicstrip program for students to write and illustrate their own short comics. Seeing the comic displayed on a screen made it a lot more fun that doing it on a piece of paper.
I have realized from taking this class that there is an abudance of online programs already developed for classroom purposes. If you have an idea for class, search it!
I created my own website as a teaching portfolio for students and parent contact.
http://jessicaehmke.wixsite.com/teach
(*WARNING* May not be finished…!!!)
Here is a list of expectations for students using media devices in my classroom:
Some of the most useful tools that I have learned about in class so far are screencasts and movie-making. Screencasts can be useful for demostrating things to students that are online, especially for a flipped classroom assignment (it has been a personal teaching goal of mine to do more of those). And I have always wanted to have the students make movies. That would be a fun project and worth the time. In ESL class, students can write their own dialog, record it, then edit it with Moviemaker. Boom. Movie made. Or they could make music videos… It’s a valuable modern skill to have nowdays.
I have also found the presentations of my classmates to be highly insightful.
Storybird.com is a pretty amazing website. You can write, illustrate, and share stories. And the stories look nice. Using this website gives the stories a published storybook look with fairy-tale pictures (if that’s the style you chose).
I’m also finding that networking with other professionals on Twitter has been a source of great information as well. So many great links and interesting articles to read!
For our EDUC 932 assignment we had to make a stylish syllabus. I used Piktochart
You can use the templates or create your own, then drag-and-drop text boxes and pictures to make posters, newsletters, business advertisements, and so on.
It took some time to learn the tools, so take the tour and get started!
Here is the syllabus I created for my 5th and 6th grade ESL class:
Try it out!
This assignment was to create a lesson for students to do multimedia work, then present a sample student presentation to demonstrate to the class. For my presentation, I planned a lesson for students to make an introduction about themselves. At a former middle school, the students had pen pals from another country. Some of the students made presentations to introduce themselves, the school, how to get around the city, and some interesting things about Korea. I wanted to try this with my 6th graders.
I teach English at a public elementary school in Korea in a suburb of Seoul, called Suwon. The students do not have a high level of English. So, I had to provide them with key sentences to use in the presentations. They can make their own sentences in addition to the key sentences. The purpose of this assignment is for students to understand and complete the key sentences provided, take pictures or use pictures online to illustrate slides, create a presentation, and demonstrate presentation skills.
I have made this assignment simple because my students have little or no presentation experience.
Presentation Assignment Sheet and Rubric
In the article, “9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn” the author talks about his education and training in the 1980s for a world that was thought to be preditable, but became outdated. Since then, he has adapted to the modern world with online skills. He has chosen to homeschool his children, (or “unschool” them, as he calls it) to prepare them to adapt to an ever changing world.
Here is his list of 9 skills children should learn:
At first I thought maybe this guy was “out there” with his “unschooling” idea. But I really liked this list and agree with his ideas. And, I respect him as a parent too. I have considered homeschooling my own kids as well. There are definitely benefits to formal education, but it does “box in” the mind, so to speak.
Some of these skills are taught in school, but not in a completely independent way. This approach would foster more self-reliance, self-motivation, creativity and free thinking skills to name a few.
The topic of this article really blends parenting and education.
Take a look. What do you think?
Coding can be fun for students! I completed a simple learn to code activity that can be used in class.
Here are a few easy coding activities with a Star Wars, Minecraft or Frozen theme:
My first attempt at a screencast:
At the end there is a certificate of completion:
Try it out! It’s fun!
EDUC 932 : Creative Teaching Techniques & Use of Multimedia 