I think adding the audio lecture to the Power Point can be very valuable. Not only can you have the presentation with the bullets posted on the Web but you can add your lecture so the class can have a full representation of each point you are trying to focus on. This can really help with different types of learners. Also, the media can be paused and replayed numerous times so that students can stop at different points to write something down they want to remember or repeat something they may have missed without having to ask a teacher to repeat in front of their peers and becoming embarrassed. With a lot of the smart technology the information is also downloadable and portable to a number of different devices.
I really thought that the last video “The Flipped Classroom” made some great points. Chemistry teacher Aaron Sams said, “When kids come to class they don’t show up to learn new stuff, they show up to apply the things they learned at home and to ask me questions about the things they learned at home.” Going along with Mr. Sams’s practice viewing and listening to lectures posted on the Slide Share site can become the homework and the students can be guided through different activities in the classroom with what they learned.
(*The actual application of this specific technology of course depends on the availability students have to Web accessible devices outside of the school.)
Great job with the technology. You are correct that technology use outside of the classroom is heavily dependent on what students have access to. Do you think current practices reach and engage all students? Try walking around a school and peak into classrooms. You will notice most classrooms students sitting, listening (appear to be listening), and probably bored. These are observations and discussions I have had at numerous round table groups with other administrators. How even in classrooms of our best teachers, students look angry about having to be there.
ReplyDeleteNo, that’s why I especially liked "The Flipped Classroom". If not able to access the technology this can still be used by students doing the reading at home out of their books and then engaging them in activities where the information can be looked at in different ways. In reality more like what most of us experienced as learners in upper level college courses and graduate courses. In my experience it's much more engaging to have a conversation about a topic I had to read about for class and do an activity then listen to a professor or teacher talk the entire time.
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