Spring Blog Festival 2015 Presenters

http://youtu.be/4rpRai_3dBY

Planning for Action Research

•Initial planning for action research includes:

•Identifying and limiting a topic

•Gathering information related to the topic

•Reviewing related literature

•Early stages are crucial in any research project

•Lays the “groundwork” for all that follows

•Nothing shapes the remainder of a study as much as specifying the topic or problem

•Problems with being too broad or vague, or being too narrow

•Possible topic areas:

•A teaching method or instructional materials

•Classroom management

•Identifying a problem

•Examining an area of interest

•Once a topic has been identified, it should be evaluated against several practical considerations:

•Personal interest in the topic

•Importance of the topic

•Time requirements for conducting the study

•Anticipated difficulty of the study

•Potential monetary costs

•Issues related to ethics in conducting research

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/mertler4e/study/default.htm

Teaching with Technology

Course Description

The course offers new, veteran, and future teachers theoretical and practical knowledge on how to teach and learn using technology. The course will include weekly synchronous live online classes, course material, and video tutorials.
Participants will learn about and apply:

• E-portfolios (blogs, websites, wikis)
• Learning theories
• Transformational learning
• Transformational teaching
• Teaching as a way to learn
• Project-based learning
• Collaborative learning
• Instructional design theories
• Assessment theories
• Reflective practice
• Blended learning
• Blended online learning
• Teaching in a live online class
• Course design
• Syllabus development
• Lesson plans
• Course and Learning Management System
• Micro teaching

Created by Dr. Nellie 

Dr. Nellie Deutsch

Teaching with Technology

 I am talking about my research.

About Active Learning

What is active learning?

• Active learning is "anything that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing" (Bonwell & Eison, 1991, p. 2).
• Felder & Brent (2009) define active learning as "anything course-related that all students in a class session are called upon to do other than simply watching, listening and taking notes" (p. 2).
• Active learning strategies can be as short as a few minutes long.
• Active learning techniques can be integrated into a lecture or any other classroom setting relatively easily. Even large classrooms can involve learning activities beyond the traditional lecture format.

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Halina's Students of English

You are invited to join my group.

Looking forward to meeting you.

Best wishes,

Halina

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Education Online The Latest State of Research

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Education Online The Latest State of Research:

T here are both pros and cons of online education . Online learning should be seen as a complement and extension of classical forms o...

Badges & Players - Massive Open Online Conferences (MOOCs)

Badges & Players - Massive Open Online Conferences (MOOCs)

Visit Massive Open Online Conferences (MOOCs)

 

Everybody should join CO15.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Teaching with Technology: Week 1

 

 

This is Nellie's introduction to the Teaching with Technology online course.

And this is Dr. Nellie's article describing not only this particular course , but also some basic information about education online.

 http://www.wiziq.com/teachblog/teaching-with-technology/

I followed the instructions and set my course; https://www.wiziq.com/course/95228-halina-s-conversational-english

I also conducted the first live class;

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2438529-introduction-to-halina-s-conversational-english-course

The meeting was very nice. It was a great pleasure to have a wonderful conversation with my online friends such as ;

 

Iwona Filip, Poland

Brian Boneham, United Kingdom

Nives Torresi, Italy

Jakub Kalinowski, Poland

Guadalupe Ortega, Mexico

María Jesús García San Martín, Spain

Prem Kumar Behera, Indie

Generally speaking, it was supposed to be an introduction to the values of being fluent in English as well as how not to learn foreign languages to escape from widespread learning mistakes.

I was presenting my teaching and learning experience and we were talking about our tutoring methods and discussing a value of English for communication approach.

 

Welcome to Halina's Conversational English

Halina's Conversational English Online

 

Join this free online course on WizIQ.

Are you unsatisfied with your level of English?

Would you like to become a fluent, as well as a forward-thinking speaker?
If yes, my course is exactly for you!

Course Highlights

• This course will help you to become fluent in English
• Astonishing learning methods that work in reality
• Make unbelievable progress through self-study; I'll be your tutor

Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

 

 

Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová – Falling Slowly (from Once – The Movie)

Teaching with Technology: Week 1

What does teaching with technology mean to you?
To me teaching with technology means development of my approaches. 
Making my classes more challenging and more exciting was my reason to search for the different methods.

After over thirty years of teaching, I felt bored with my traditional technics and wanted 

to find some inspiration, as well as improvement.

Happiness is when... You Learn with Technology ?

Teaching to Learners of all Styles - Official WizIQ Teach Blog

Teaching to Learners of all Styles - Official WizIQ Teach Blog

 

http://www.wiziq.com/teachblog/learning-styles-all-learners/

 

 

Teaching to Learners of all Styles at Traditional Schools

When I think of learning, I do not think of school. I think of reading a book in a library, listening to audible (recordings of books) in the car, or sitting in the garden with a book or an iPad. I do not think of school. My learning styles involve out of the classroom experiences.

School Curriculum and Learning

Schools are complex organizations with a top-down management system that aims to promote learning. Every school has a written curriculum that binds all the stakeholders of the school. However, a school curriculum may have more in it than meets the eye.

Information for ALL

Society is continually changing as a result of the fast moving pace of technology. The Internet is now a major provider of information. Information is now available at the click of a finger. Teachers are no longer the sole providers of knowledge and  information. Learning is no longer limited to space or time. Learning can take place online at any time or from any location. Schools may lose their place unless they advance with the times. They do not need to mirror an outdated social structure. They can now integrate technology and open their doors to new and more challenging curriculums.

School Curriculum

A school curriculum is an organized framework that guides teachers and students in the required learning. It is similar to a contract between society, the state and educational professionals with regard to the educational experiences that learners should undergo during a certain phase of their lives. Both the school and the community have a say in the development of the written and unwritten or hidden school curriculum.

Hidden Curriculum

There are differences between written and hidden curriculums. Teachers teach and students learn implicit concepts and patterns. Some of these are written in the curriculum while others are not. Teachers may not be as aware as their students that they are transmitting unwritten or hidden curriculum ideas. Students may sense it much faster because some of these ideas force the students to behave in ways they do not always like. Students learn quickly that they have to conform to the rules of the school if they want approval.

Hidden Curricula serve a purpose:

• Indoctrination to maintain social status
• Set the stage for formal education
• Rules to complete formal education

Students acquire these and other hidden ideas while attending school. Many schools promote social norms and values that such as being punctual, competitive, waiting one’s turn, learning to accept hierarchy of authority, patience and other goals and functions of  society.

School promoted socializing codes of behavior may adversely affect students. Teachers convey many messages to learners from the outset of school. Some kindergarten teachers go as far as to control the children’s behavior and perception of the world in negative and often inappropriate ways. Apparently, youngsters adjust their emotional responses to conform to those considered appropriate by the teacher and school . Youngsters do not always feel at ease with being quiet and not being able to express their feelings. The hidden curriculum sometimes determines limitations to student behaviour in the classroom that may hinder learning.

On the one hand, the hidden curriculum may limit teachers’ instruction because it forces them to teach students how to behave in ways that may not enhance learning instead of devoting time to content and other skills that could facilitate life long learning. This takes time away from the written curriculum’s plan for learning. In addition, teachers do not always feel comfortable instructing students on socialization. They feel that these are things parents should be doing at home.

http://www.wiziq.com/teachblog/learning-styles-all-learners/

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Micro Teaching on Songs with Halina and Brian

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Micro Teaching on Songs with Halina and Brian

Micro Teaching on Songs with Halina and Brian

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Songs toTeach English and More

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....:

 Songs to Teach English and More:  Don McLean - Vincent ( Starry, Starry Night) With Lyrics Don McLean's Vincent (Starry,Starry Night) Almost all images created by...

Dr. Cheryl Lentz Sizzles as a Motivational Speaker

My Dear Friend Cheryl gave a powerful presentation in my Wroclaw University of Technology.
This is what Dr. Cheryl says:

•August 2014, Dr Cheryl Lentz You Tube Channel has

100 videos with 42,000+ downloads (and counting!).

Blog: www.DissertationPublishing.com

Video: www.YouTube.com/DrCherylLentz

•My blog offered the ability to clone myself---as often as a student might need, at their convenience, and in their time zone, as often as they like, when they need information.

 

The Learning Revolution

October 5 is the day we commemorate World Teachers’ Day. On this day, we celebrate awareness and appreciation of teachers’ contributions to education and society. Inspire and be inspired by their lifelong passion to educate the world. Thank a teacher today.

Network Online Practice

Network Online Practice offers additional language practice for students, including video activities, a comprehensive testing program, and conversation activities with audio playback that allow students to record themselves as one of the Network characters. The powerful Learning Management System allows you to assign work and track students' progress.
Network uses social networking to link learners for common goals – shared language success and professional growth.

Social networking themes are incorporated through a variety of classroom-based and online tasks. These provide an authentic and meaningful context for language learning.

Network is easy to teach and easy to learn from – the one-page, one-lesson, one-learning outcome approach requires minimum preparation and helps you to track your students' progress.

Additional resources include authentic video from the BBC Motion Gallery, iTools digital resources for interactive whiteboards, and Online Practice that you can assign as homework and track.

Karaoke English... Why?

What is Edupunk?

Edupunk is a group of counter culture teachers and students that offer experimental classes centered around Fluent Spoken English on WizIQ. More topics will be added over a period of time. Right now, there are about 6 such classes every week (or 25 classes a month) and all focus on improving Spoken English of learners. Of these 6 classes, 2 of them are beginner level, 2 of them intermediate level and 2 of them advanced level. Each of these classes use non-traditional teaching methods like songs, plays, jokes, role plays etc.