Last week, I created my Webquest page on Zunal aiming at reading comprehension development. I’ll add some more websites URLs and youtube videos for vocabulary and reading development, try creating a rubric/checklist for students’ assessment.
As a teacher of English with a few years of experience, I have taught some large classes. I think it’s an interesting and helpful topic for me get more experiences in teaching large classes. It’s right teaching large classes is particularly challenging. It’s said in Rick Finnan and Donna Shaw’s article that “To teach is to engage students in learning”. For me, to create a student-centered class in not easy at all, but it can come to a success only if the instructors know how to best use techniques and appropriately apply technologies into their teaching.
As discussed on the Nicenet, I plan to use technology tools such as PPT, Webquests and organize collaboration and small group activities that can keep students involved in large classes. Moreover, I won’t forget to pay attention on designing the lectures with a variety of materials that include photos, pictures, visual aids, stories, different tasks to do. Using Think-Pair-Share, ConcepTest, and Minute paper in large classes is a good idea mentioned in Rick Finnan and Donna Shaw’s article.
Take a look at my Webquest page at http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=108966 for details and I highly appreciate your comments.
Best,
Phuong-Mai
Hello Phuon-Mai
ReplyDeleteYou are right! Working with large classes is a big challenge.I have a little experience working with university students, but teaching large classes is also new for me.So I agree that this topic is interesting and useful.
Good luck with your projects, I am sure that using all those technology resources you are going to keep students involved in class.
Take care,
Santiago
Hi Hello Phuon-Mai
ReplyDeleteThanks for making a commenton my blog.
I really like reading yours as well, as you could see I have added all blogs in the blogroll in mine so I could easy access them and read from you all.
This is a life a learning and there will always be something to learn, I usually say that we might keep ldoing even after dying, we do not know what is waiting for us there. you know! (with all due respect to all cultural beliefs)
might not stop learning not even after death, so all these new things are of course interesting but as you said there are lots of technology educational tools for us to try out.
I have learned a lot from all and keep doing it and most importantly. I will never stop doing it.
Thank you once again for your ideas and sharing ans knowling fully that we will keep in touch as the end of this course is around the corner.
Take care!
Javier