Three technological devices and or
apps explored by fellow classmates, that I think are specifically beneficial to
adult teaching and learning generally and to my professional practice are Lectora, EClicker and Podcasts.
Nicole Herbert’s Blog
Lectora is an authoring software
program that allows educators to create lessons or entire courses for elearning.
Lectora publishing allows educators to create class modules that present course
content in a visually interesting way, which can be engaging and interactive
(Herbert, 2013).
Two examples of how I might
incorporate this technology into my professional practice include, first
transform my content book into great interactive presentations using Lectora
software. Second, I would include quizzes to assess learners’ understanding of
the concept explored in the presentation.
Yvonne Dominguez’s Blog
Eclicker
is an iphone application that allows you to do presentations and receive
feedback about what you present (Dominguez, 2013). Also it allows
listeners to become active listeners in any type of presentation through quick
quizzes and questions asked by you through their personal mobile devices whether
that be an iphone or ipad (Dominguez, 2013).
One
way, I would incorporate this in my professional practice as an adult
educator is to have learners use this medium to communicate after a
presentation, highlighting what they have learned and asking questions to clear
any misunderstandings they may have arrived at during the presentation. Second,
learners would use the apps to communicate with each other out of the formal classroom
setting when they collaborate on given assignments.
Sara Grimes’ Blog
According to Richardson (2010),
“podcasting is the creation and distribution of amateur radio, plain and
simple” (p. 112). Commonplace, ordinary
people create podcasts, “talking about things that interest them—with a bit of
music mixed in” (p. 112). Audio
resources such as podcasts are significant resources for supporting,
stimulating, and encouraging the listening competences of English learners
(Grimes, 2013).
Two ways in which I would
incorporate podcasts in my professional practice as an Instructor of English include
first, develop several podcasts from course materials for learners to listen
to. Podcasts will also be given as a collaborative culminating activity for
learners to create after conducting a research on a given topic and present
same using podcasts. Learners will be quizzed
at the end of each presentation.
REFERENCES
Dominguez, Y (2013, March 14).
Mobile Technology. Retrieved from
Grimes, S
(2013, March 28). Podcasts and Visuwords. Retrieved from
Herbert, N. (2013, March 14).
Lectora - Not the lecture you expected. Retrieved from
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful
web tools for classrooms
(3rd
ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
This is Yvonne Dominguez. I haven't ever really considered doing podcasts before for my conversation classes but I realize now that that would be a fun activity for a class to do. I could split them up into teams of 2 or 3 people and then give them a final project to put together a podcast. I will give this a try with my finals this semester. Thanks for sharing!:-)
ReplyDeleteHey Yvonne,
DeleteHope it will work. My brain has alot of information on the various technologies we explored during class.LOL. I am going to learn more about these in the little break we have and also during the summer break when school is out, YAHHH. Best wishes to you for the rest of the year.
Hi Nsel
ReplyDeleteI also liked Eclicker, posted by Yvonne. This is an excellent tool if you have presentations as a part of your cirriculum. It is accessible by all students and they can even post their opinions on the presentation with this amp. But the fact that it is mobile is the most interesting thing. Presentation can be accessed from anywhere. Although I will not incorporate presentations into my classes, if I ever had reason to include them, this would be an option that I would want my students to try.
Hey Faye,
DeleteSo true.I like the fact that with eClicker you can have quizzes and provide feedback right on spot. Moreover, it is convenient and reduces the need for printed work.
Best wishes to you for the rest of the year