2012년 4월 27일 금요일
2012년 4월 26일 목요일
My expectations for my students using multimedia...
Though my students are studying at the university
level, their English abilities are quite low. Because of this, I don’t want the
focus of the assignment to be on perfect English. That will just discourage
them and they might not be as motivated to do well. Instead, I will grade them
on their ability to creatively utilize the presentation tools, like Prezi or PowerPoint.
They will research a topic and present that topic in a creative and interesting
manner to the class. The focus will be on the visual message and how they put
the information together and present it; not just the accuracy of English. I
will have used these types of multimedia in the class, so it is something that
the students will be familiar with seeing. I will show an example of what their
projects should be like, so they have some basic guidelines to follow. The rest
will be up to them to be as creative and imaginative as possible. I think this
is a good exercise for Korean students who are not often pushed to explore
ideas in a creative manner.
Incorporating what I have learned into my teaching...
I
learned a lot more practical information than theoretical information from this
course. Out of all of the multimedia materials we discussed and learned about,
I will definitely use Prezi, Screencast, and Zimmertwin for my English
conversation classes. Prezi turned out to be easier than I expected to execute.
It is also a more interesting tool than Powerpoint and I think my ESL students
will enjoy using it. Zimmertwin is another tool that can be used for
presentation. The storylines are animated and will be easy to use once you get
the hang of it. It is also more interactive than traditional presentation
materials so my students should find that interesting. Starting next semester,
I will ask students to prepare a presentation using either Prezi or Zimmertwin.
They will be given a topic from the textbook and research it either by
themselves or in groups. Then they will be required to present it to the class
in English. It will be a good mid-term project for my students to incorporate
what we have learned during the first part of the semester. I have been giving
them written tests, but by using these tools students will feel less pressure to
memorize answers and simply perform well on their tests. They can have fun completing
these projects as well as learn how to apply the information in class to life
situations. I am looking forward to next semester when I can implement these
new multimedia tools.
2012년 4월 24일 화요일
My favorite tool I've learned about in the class so far...
Before I knew anything about Prezi I hated
the program because it looked too complicated to use. It looked interesting and
entertaining but I didn’t think I would have the patience to learn a new
program to implement in my classes. However, after I learned how to use that
presentation tool and got the hang of it, I was amazed by how simple it is to
prepare a show. It is more dynamic and exciting than any other presentation
tool I’ve ever seen. It’s true that it takes a while to get used to it but once
you do, it becomes the most powerful tool for your presentation. Students are
engaged and interested in the information that is being presented. It catches
their attention and makes them focus on the topic at hand because the screen is
always changing and evolving. I can and will use Prezi in the beginning of the
next semester to present the syllabus and class introduction for the ESL
courses. Also I will use it for listening section of my ESL courses by adding YouTube
videos within my presentation. I look forward to seeing how my students respond
to this new type of presentation.
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