week 12

PROVIDING FEEDBACK

 Providing feedback through screen capture came across it in 2000 while at the BETT conference in London. Thanks that the technology allows you to record the screen of your own computer as if you have a video camera pointing at it, you could use it to record literally anything that you can open onto your computer screen. You could be recording yourself as you talk over a marking scheme, a grammar lesson or even as you show a series of pictures on your computer screen. Also,  records your voice allowing you to make videos where you talk over whatever you are showing on your video screen. Moreover, this is a great tool for online class or non-classroom classes. aiding the teachers and students to have an interaction and meaningful feedback.however, this resource can be use for any teacher especially when they have to check essays, instead of write the feedback they can create a video giving a personal feedback through the screen capture. To end,  Screen capture technology and specifically the idea of using the technology for providing feedback to students, both have a long future in education.

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week 11

INTERACTIVE CLASSES THROUGH PARTICIPATION

Make students participate in class is really important specially for have they attentive to it. but how you can make them participate, that is so easy just try to catch their attention moving around the classroom, asking questions about the class, make discussions, put them to read the board or to give examples, have them stand up, make groups or move from desk to desk  very often and so on. This aid students to be active in class and do not sleep or be distract with what surround them. Moreover,  for increase students interaction as teachers you can make them to work in pairs specially when you ask questions because they feel under-pressure and questioned; they do not want to answer, pupils think that they were wrong and others will laugh. this happen with shy students or anyone. So, teacher can make group to discuss the questions and then they can share they answer as a group this make them to feel comfortable and also the interaction between students. As you can see is very easy  to make students participate in class, just you have to use your creativity. Remember you have to adapt the lessons and activities to your students, observation is a good tool for teachers.

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week 10

Creating Critical Thinking in Students Using the Technology.

The growing use of computer in instruction offer to teachers a great way of working to develop the critical thinking in student but, for make use of the technology teacher have to ask themselves what they want students to learn and then which technology can aid them to achieve it. this means that teachers have to learn how students learn and which technology is appropriate for them. so let me introduce some way that will help to understand better the learners. firstly,  students has an intrinsic motivation. But what is that? this proves that people is naturally curious, rational and emotional. So  educators have to challenge their students asking for solutions since people can naturally solve problems that concern them. Moreover, learning specific abilities way where teachers have to focus their students in comprehension, analyze, synthesize, evaluate evidence. this is the way students acquire knowledge. Furthermore, overcoming students' preconceptions where educators have to think as a learners to give explanations. Finally, the challenges versus stress of students here teachers do not have to discourage students but they have to challenge and develop their curiosity. It is normal to make students feel nervous or tensionated. In the other hand, how technology can be used for aid in the knowledge of students. For instance, teachers can create visual presentation where they can provide pictures, diagrams, charts, or make discussions preparing visual lectures to make debates between students or in a laboratory. To conclude, for make appropriate use of technology teachers have to think before in their students’ needs and adapt all this resources to challenge their students and make them disciplined.

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