Transcript Educational Technology Best practices in an English classroom DR

Educational Technology
Best practices in an English classroom
DR. CHRIS GREER
BRITTNEY MANOWSKI
JESSICA DUN
TRICIA LEWIS
GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY
WebQuests
Very useful inquiry-oriented
activity for K-12 education
Can be done as a group activity
or as individuals
WebQuest.org is a great resource
WebQuests
Introduce new activities
Provide information about the activity
Allow readers to understand the thinking process
Accommodate visual learners
Best if used as a supplement with other activities
Students can visually see how their ideas relate to
other ideas
WebQuests
Pre-reading or after-reading activities
Instructions
Processes
Evaluations
Theories and ideas
Interactive PowerPoint
Common uses of Interactive PowerPoint
Presentations
Learning new information
Reviewing learned information
Student assessment
Example
Other uses
Virtual field trip (Example)
Interactive stories
Digital Storytelling
Combines the art of storytelling with modern
computer applications
Allows hands-on interaction from students, can be
a highly effective learning activity
Promotes creativity as well as
collaboration among the students
Needed
Relatively modern computer
Video editing software (Moviemaker or iMovie will
be fine, beware of Vista)
Still images (acquired freely on the web, or use
digital camera)
Microphone
Photostory can be very useful as well
How is it used?
Promotes digital literacy
Helps with creative writing
Aids communication skills
Allows for a wide range of creativity
Assessment
Promotes creative writing by providing an
alternative form of assessment
Teachers can concentrate on different areas:
Grammar
Clarity of writing
Content
Example
QuickTime™ and a
H.264 decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Podcasting
Have students record poems, short
stories, or other works using iPods
or computer microphones
Use Garageband or another media
program (like Sony ACID) to set
them to music or add sound
effects (demo)
use iTunes U to set up podcasts
Digital Cameras
Use still photography or video to help
visual learners
Add pictures to student-written text
Have students act out scenes and
record them
Use them to capture tableau,
dialogue, or other exercises
Internet
Website
Blogging
Social network groups
E-mail groups
Video Games
Karaoke Revolution /
Singstar for improving
fluency
Word-based games for improving vocabulary
Questions?
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