Potential of remote teaching technology.ppt
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The document discusses the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It notes that these skills are related based on the direction of communication (input vs. output) and method of communication (spoken vs. written). It also discusses how students have changed and are now "digital natives" who are comfortable with technology. Examples are given of how young children can naturally interact with and learn to use computers without instruction. Free online computer courses are recommended and it is noted that computer activities for students should be age-appropriate and increase learning, motivation, and creativity.
Potential of remote teaching technology.ppt
- 3. Pros • Easy Access (https://todaysme et.com/) • Immediate Interaction • On the spot corrections Cons • Not accessible without Internet Connection • Students may want to use for other purposes.
- 5. When we learn a language, there are four skills that we need for complete communication. When we learn our native language, we usually learn to listen first, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write. These are called the four "language skills":
- 6. Skill #1: Listening Skill #2: Speaking Skill #3: Reading Skill #4: Writing
- 7. The four language skills are related to each other in two ways the direction of communication (in or out) the method of communication (spoken or written)
- 8. Input is sometimes called "reception" and output is sometimes called "production". Spoken is also known as "oral". Note that these four language skills are sometimes called the "macro-skills". This is in contrast to the "micro-skills", which are things like grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling.
- 9. “ Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” Prensky (2001)
- 10. For example, Perry (2009) noted that “Children three to five years old are natural ‘manipulators’ of the world – they learn through controlling the movement and interactions between objects in their world – dolls, blocks, toy cars, and their own bodies.” Children are naturally curious and willing to interact with computers, and they enjoy their ability to control the type, pace, and repetition of an activity. In some cases, children have even managed to learn how to use a computer with no instruction at all.
- 11. There are alot of free online computer courses. Recommend to your CTs http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ computers http://www.aulafacil.com/cur sos/c67/informatica
- 12. . Computer activities should be age-appropriate and foster instruction in ways that increase student learning, motivation, personal productivity, and creativity.
- 17. You can get kids to collect new vocabulary that comes out of your lessons. Give a word to idvidual students. Show them an example . Ask them to create there own clip. Use the clips for Vocabulary Revision