Today we started off the class with posting our movie on our blog and I added more useful links on my blog as well. We looked at several applications of smartboard and learned that we needed a software called Notebook for its applications. having a smartboard can be very useful for ESL literacy classes as it has audio and visuals that can be manipulated both by the instructor and the learners. The key here is again like any other technology not to use this technology to lecture, but to involve the learners and use the classtime for practice and homework. I am used to using powerpoint, but we do not have smartboards in our school yet. Smartexchange is another good resource I got to learn today. I think I can use it in my classes in the computer lab. Antoher thing I learned today is the difference between differentiation and diversification. I will try to diversify my tools and activities for teaching my classes. I think so far I have been diversifying instead of diferentiating. Learners' analysis on how they learn best will lead me to differentiate my teaching better.
The last application we talked about was clickers. We have clickers in our schools and I have been using them in my classes for vocabulary teaching.
Smartboard and clickers are good tools for educators, but how we manipulate them for our learners' benefit is what matters.
Thanks for today's class.
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