More learning
.........more about more web tools for engaging students in learning!
This week took more
momentum towards my learning more about more web tools that will help me in
engaging students in learning tasks.
The links provided in
the reading section were really wonderful .Those links introduced me to different kinds of
web pages having useful instructions, tips , case studies, reports and projects
about the effective interactive use of technology and techniques, especially
the use of PowerPoint as an interactive
teaching and learning tool. I have learned a lot of useful tips and minute details about
the use of PowerPoint in the classroom teaching. My visit of http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/largeclasses/usingtechnology.html
was an enriching experience.
For the first time I have come to know about making interactive PowerPoint. It was a new discovery for me when I read the articles/materials on using PowerPoint and improving PowerPoint to engage the students and motivate students to actively participate in the classroom learning.And then making an interactive PowerPoint and posting it to our Wiki was also a great learning experience for me. I learned to make it. This EXPERIENCE is going to make a big change in my classroom teaching.
I learned more about how I can use engagement
triggers and tasks in my classroom teaching. I have learned now how to use cartoons,
photographs, images, pictures, video clips, etc to make my class
interactive. I learned more about short pair activities and group
activities to be used in my class. Knowing more about ‘Think-pair –share’ and
its extended activities like ‘write-pair-share’ activity was really
interesting.
Week 6 was a really a great week in the sense that it helped me to anayse the techniques that I use in my class and some of the new techniques that I learned from the websites which were provided by the instructors and choose which ones would be suitable and useful to my class.
There is no limit for joy and wonder.........during this week. It should be only experienced..... learning and using technology and techniques to engage students in their learning tasks!
Hi Sasi,
ReplyDeleteReally this week is the great opportunity to get the knowledge of engaging students and interactive lectures in large classes.And as you, using power point will bring me change in my teaching strategies.
I love your blog you have made clear about the power point and engaging students.
Regards
kalpana
It's a great pleasure reading your week 6 reflection, Sasi! Your enthusiasm for the weekly material and learnings is apparent. How wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy that the Webskills course supported you in making your first interactive powerpoint (PPT). You are right that your teaching has been changed as a result. The more comfortable you get creating PPTs, the more you discover about using this tool. You'll just keep getting better, and your students will benefit greatly.
Thanks for a great blog post!