Day 5 activities in Malt project

Day 5 - session 1

We had to demonstrate one activity how we engage learners.
We show one ice braking method. We have written all participants names on the sheets of paper, asked every one choose one of the sheet with name and write down what does he think about this person, or what was the first opinion, impression on that people. Then asked to give that sheet of paper back. After that, we gave again to pull and choose one of sheet where now was written name and the opinion about one of participant, now person could read this loud and every one could help him to guess who is this person.



After that we used voting system and answered on questions. Made a discussion of what we have learnt. And then we try to use removing boards.
Interesting web page where can find a stop watch what we used for one task:
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

Day 5 - session 2

We made a exchange experience about lesson plans in different country's.

Reflection

State which class you have started your lesson plan for?

Target group - english language lesson for beginners

What are the reasons for selecting this class?
English language in Latvia is the first foreign language in school for students.
The beginning of learning language is the most important part.

What impact do you think it will have on your learners?
This is useful for different learning styles and it is based on practical method.
Students won`t lose their concentration because they are involved in the creative process and students attention is based on making interesting and attractive questions. Students will development of creative, speaking and collaboration skills.

What difficulties might you encounter?

Students can lose their concentration on the main task.

Consider the resources you might need.

Different pictures of rooms and stuff in the house, glue, a sheet of paper for the poster.

Set yourself some target dates for:
completing the lesson plan - in this summer.
the approx date when you will deliver this lesson - October of 2009.
when you will complete the documentation of the impact of your new methods on your learners - November of 2009.

Day 4 activities in Malt project

Today we have learned a video, sound, picture making, editing tools, and I liked it to do it so much, this is the thing, what is most important to me, because I am a computer teacher. I have already so much ideas how I will use them in my lessons

Day 4 session 1

Audio creation and editing

We created audio files using these tools:

• MyPodcast Recorder; Audacity, Telephone
• Edit audio files using Audacity

Usefull Web Sites

• Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• MyPodcast (recorder) http://www.mypodcast.com/
• iPadio http://www.ipadio.com

Day 4 - session 2

Image editing and storage
We created movie files using these tools:

• CamStudio/Screencast-o-matic and Photo Story 3

My first photo story :)



Day 4 - session 3

Video creation and editing

We learned this tool:

• Windows Movie Maker

Day 4 - session 4


The main task was to make a learning resources which can I and others my groups colleagues use in everyday work.
We had to used the media which we have collected the previous afternoon and evening. Then choose tool which we have learned today, and make the learning recourse as good as we can..

Reflection

Which ICT tool did you use to create a motivating activity?

We used Windows Movie Maker. We created video which we all can use in our job. This video, I can use in my lessons as a example, what can be created with this tool.

How would you use this tool to maximize your learners' potential?

I think, that my task as a computer teacher, would be to teach students how to use this tool - the same as David did it for us. And after that students could made their own video.

How is this tool or resource particularly suitable for your specialist area/curriculum?

I think that this tool is very suitable for my work. My students could really could be interested in learning Windows Movie Maker, because this tool is for free, easy to use but with maximum effect.

How did you feel about your demonstration? What went well? What could be improved or done differently?

When we made our video we didn`t save our video in the middle of work, we didn`t think about saving our video, and there were a problem with our computer and we lost a lot of we have made. And the biggest problem for us was, that we didn`t put all files together in one folder, so we couldn`t show our video as we wanted.

Day 3 activities in Malt project

Day 3 - session 1

We had to split in pairs based on similarity of learners and/or curriculum, so we choose work all Latvian together - me, Brigita and Edite.
We had to put together our taught in previous classes and a prepare at least one learning resource, what we can use with our learners.


All tool together what we can use:

wwww.etherpad.com/maltprojecttools

Reflection

Which ICT tool did you use to create a motivating activity?

At course session we made PPT + Word document. We try to put all new things what we have learned (hot spots, interactive text box, hyperlinks to MS Word document from PPT. In MS Word - we used forms).

We made a resource for English lesson PPT and Word documents.

In everyday work in my lessons I use:

• Mindmapping;
• PPT;
• Intenet;
• Google - search, map, g-mail,g-talk;
• WIKI;
• HotPotatoes;
• CamStudio;
• Classmarker...
  

How would you use this tool to maximize your learners' potential?

These things what we use to made our resource for English lesson I can`t use as it is (look were are links), but all these things I will definitely use as a computer teacher in my job. I can creat learning materials for computer science, and these materials will become more usefull becouse:

• Learners will become more active in the lesson;
• Information will be more attractive and visualize;
• That kind of materials develops thinking and memory;
• Lessons develops students creativity;

How is this tool or resource particularly suitable for your specialist area/curriculum?

These tools what we used are very suitable for my job, becouse I teach them to my students already: and the most important is to teach students how to use these programms starting from beginning till more complex cases. I can teach all these interesting thinks - how to do it - the same as we learned, and also use it to made my lessons more creative.

How did you feel about your demonstration? What went well? What could be improved or done differently?

I felt very well. but there was one problem if you use forms in Ms Word you can`t use hyperlinks to other documents, because hyperlinks dosen`t work (you have to close forms and that means you switch off hyperlink opportunity.

Day 2 in pictures

Day 2 activities in Malt project

Day 2 - session 1

First task was to understand what is motivation and realized the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

Khawar show us a presentation about what is motivation and explain what is intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

What I understand that intrinsic motivation is person centered. This can be related to students needs, enjoyment, fun and achievement. Student want to learn himself. For example - I like to do it, I enjoy to do it!

Extrinsic – environmentally centered, comes from outside of the performer. In education this could relate to getting a qualification, a better job, status etc. For example - somebody tells me that I need it, and give me the reason why - be better than others...

Interaction centered, the individual’s interaction with outside influences change their behavior. In education terms motivation can be affected by outside factors such as teaching style, manner of giving praise etc. Students can feel more confident and stay more motivated.

After that we had to work in groups and put together Marlow`s hierarchy of needs. Look in pictures this is my group job:

Second task was to explore the learning and motivational theories and models like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Gagne’s 9 events of instruction, ARCs model of motivation, KOLB’s cycle of experiential learning and KOLB’s learning styles, Blooms taxonomy, Hertzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory.

We had to split in groups. Every group had to choose about which learning theory or model they want to talk about. Group had to find out everything and in a very easy and simplistic way explain other about this theory.

Day 2 - session 2

At first we look presentation on what is e-learning and blended learning.
I can say: "E-learning is - have I as a teacher provide support and improve teaching and learning process using and integrate electronic technology".

Then we had to do task, the task was made in PPT using interactive text box and we had to place given pieces of cards in the appropriate segment of the grid. On card were written learning processes/techniques what we can use in our teaching process and the task* look like this:

( * provided material during the course)

Also we had a time look and work through NLN materials provided as weblink and RSC e-books

In the end we learned very useful things - have with minimal resources achieve maximum effect:
FORMS - create interactive 'drop-down' boxes in Word.
COMMENTS - understand how more information can be given to a learner when documents are hosted online.
HOT SPOTS - my own informational hot spots on an image in Word.
Images PPT (and Word) - How to insert images and clipart in PPT and in Word - 2 separate documents.
Hyperlinks PPT - add hyperlinks to your PPT presentation to add interest and a feeling of movement.
Interactive text in PPT - add an interactive text box in PPT.

Reflection

This was a difficult session for me, because I am a pragmatist or/and activist in my learning style. I better prefer to jump in river to catch crocodile as to read books about what is crocodile... This day was full with theory, but with important and useful theory. I remember that in high school I had to learn such theory and this was a very good repetition. And none of the teachers haven`t teach me a theory in such a manner that is so easy understandable. Thank you very much!

What was the key learning from today's sessions?

1. A motive is an impulse that couses a person to act.
2. A lot of things can dismotivate pupils, so teacher is the person who can change things to become better.
3. You have to add a value to things, and people will be more motivated to do, learn, work...
4. As a teacher you have to think about learners self respect, if it`s missing they won`t be so motivate.

What activity motivated you most out of today's sessions and why?

Talking about banded learning and put all given key words in direct place were it belongs (classroom, product, online, process...) I haven't think about this till today - that I can look to tools and activities in that point of view. I liked that we were talking and David was writing in PPT everything, that was very interactive activity. I will try to use this with my syudents too.

How will you use what you learned today with your learners?

I liked all practical thing's what David offered in Microsoft Office programs, I will use these thing definitely, specially hyperlinks on pictures, interactive text boxes in PPT. I liked how it looks when he did in session time :)))
And definitely I will think more about how to make my lessons - not only in the way I learn but I will try to adapt my lessons to different types of learning styles.

Reflect on the extrinsic factors that might affect the motivation of your learners?

• Environment - classroom, color, air, e.g;
• Lack of technical support;
• Relationship - "teachers - learners" "learners - learners";
• Teachers lack of skills about, what is blended learning;
• e.g. picture from course

Etiquete in online

Nice to see that the etiquete is the same for everyone in all country :)

www.etherpad.com/netiquette

Malt project colleague e-mail address

www.etherpad.com/0806maltproject