Uiit assessment item 3
- 1. Requirement of UIIT-assessment item 3 For infusing ICT in education, it is believed to be with more advantages than the disadvantages. As demonstrated in the lessons plans I attached in the e-portfolio, ICT tools appeared in all of them and it served to be a crucial element in my lesson. I can dare to say, if not for the help of the ICT tools, it would not be a successful lesson. My teaching experience can proved that using ICT do raise the effectiveness of teaching. Traditionally, teachers teaching in a classroom will be aided with only chalks and blackboard. However, concerning the effectiveness, it would be hard to say it is good enough. Students we teach nowadays born in an age of computer, they get use to colorful data, screens and animation. Scholar’s finding suggested that teenagers born after 80’s (not to say students we are teaching are those born after 90’s) attention span is low, they find it difficult to concentrate when reading books or printed articles, that’s why they mostly read e-newspaper only. As a result, I think it is important to adapt our teaching with ICT tools so as to attract the students and raise their learning interest. As shown in the discussion in assessment item 2, using ICT tools, video-clips and PowerPoint to teach connectives make a lesson more effective and interesting. Also, one shall not neglect positive effect ICT tools create on classroom management. It is not difficult to understand how risky it will be facing kids all the time with your back. Traditional teaching methods of using chalks and blackboards only forced teachers to take this risk. However, we are so lucky to live in an age of computer. ICT tools drastically reduce this risk. Things used to write on blackboard can now present by PowerPoint, teachers can face the students all the time. Furthermore, since students find lesson more interesting with the teaching aid of ICT tools, they can concentrate in lesson, they think lessons are not as boring as they once believe, thus, the times of making the lesson chaotic will be less than before. These are obviously positive effect of using ICT tools on classroom management. However, with all the advantages of ICT tools in teaching, the government funding for implementing comprehensive ICT teaching in all school is still not enough. Installing computer, with license software and a projector in every classroom need tremendous sums of money, it is really a heavy burden to school. Thus, I think the Education Bureau should make great effort in fighting for greater budget for every school since it will be beneficial to the education in Hong Kong as a whole.
- 2. In my lesson, I am going to teach my kids to use 4 types of Adjective Patterns. I put the sentence structure and sample sentences one by one in the PowerPoint. To make it more interesting and attractive, I add colorful pictures in the PowerPoint; show clearly the sentence structure and my instruction by PowerPoint instead of writing out in the Blackboard. Also, for convenience, instead of taking an old-fashioned CD player and recorder to the classroom, I insert some sound tracks in the PowerPoint. Whenever I need to show kids how to read out the sentence in a native way, I just need to click the sound button in the PowerPoint. In conclusion, I find that using ICT in teaching can raise the effectiveness in teaching students. It is convenient, funny and attractive, both to my students and me. In my coming teaching life, I believe I will try to source and try out different ICT teaching resources to enhance my efficiency in teaching English. Reference – books or journals Moursund, D. (2003) Project-based learning using information technology 2nded. Eugene: International Society for Technology in Education Evans, S. (1996). The Context of English Language Education: The Case of Hong Kong. RELC Journal, 27(2), 30 – 55 Ellis, R. (1997). SLA Research and Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press Curriculum Development Council. (2000). Learning to learn: The way forward in curriculum development. HKSAR. K. Kennedy (2010), Integrated Curriculum (Redesigning the Secondary School Curriculum to Meet the Needs of Knowledge Societies: Diverse Learning, Value Adding Skills and Engaged Students, an On line paper,HKIED. Law, E. (2006). A Growth Model of Teacher Development for Hong Kong: A Curriculum Perspective, Educational Practice and Theory, 28 (2), 97-102.