In today's class we have learned about and practiced on Elluminate synchronized learning. This is a great tool for distance learning for both the instructors and learners who are unable to be under the same roof. One of the great usages about it is that many students can participate at the same time orally and in writing. The idea that the teacher has the total control is really appealing to me, especially if you are teaching young learners. The teacher also can call on selected students to answer specific questions for the purpose of instant feedback and evaluation of what is being learned. Having a whiteboard where every participant individually or group of students can create images is convenient. This is a great tool for differenciated teaching/ learning in that it allows more artistic students to express themselves as they wish. Being able to group learners in a virtual setting and letting them work in groups makes it not very different than in-class teaching. I can see myself using this system after a good training both as a participant and moderator/ administrator for level appropriate classes.
Having learned about different video conferencing options, now I am very confident that I can save time and money for educational purposes. Several institutions have video conferences for kids' education, which I find very convenient. Instead of travelling far distances, far distances are at our fingertips. The world becomes much smaller if we know all these hidden gems in the cloud technology. Thanks Jean for informing us of them and giving us the opportunity to practise them in class.
Google translator is another amazing tool that we I can use in my ESL classes. It will increase the knowledge base of the students and encourages them to speak and write without being intimidated of their proficieny level. I find it very useful especially for pronunciation purposes. It enhances learner autonomy and independecy as well. However, we must be careful that translation is a higher level languge ability, so we need to make sure it doesn't hinder low proficiency level learners' language learning process.
All in all another great class, lots of learning curve, and fun!
Thanks everyone.
Having learned about different video conferencing options, now I am very confident that I can save time and money for educational purposes. Several institutions have video conferences for kids' education, which I find very convenient. Instead of travelling far distances, far distances are at our fingertips. The world becomes much smaller if we know all these hidden gems in the cloud technology. Thanks Jean for informing us of them and giving us the opportunity to practise them in class.
Google translator is another amazing tool that we I can use in my ESL classes. It will increase the knowledge base of the students and encourages them to speak and write without being intimidated of their proficieny level. I find it very useful especially for pronunciation purposes. It enhances learner autonomy and independecy as well. However, we must be careful that translation is a higher level languge ability, so we need to make sure it doesn't hinder low proficiency level learners' language learning process.
All in all another great class, lots of learning curve, and fun!
Thanks everyone.
No comments:
Post a Comment