Innovative Educational Technology in the Global Classroom
TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language.
ESOL = English for Speakers of Other Language.
ELL = English Language Learning.
Preservice ESOL teachers = The students who are learning and practicing to be a teacher.
Integrating Instructional Technology Into an Assignment
The teachers in the future need to know how to use instructional technologies to teach students who represent generations to come. When creating a technology-integrated assignment, teachers should consider what they want students to learn from it in terms of both the technology and the academic content. And it is important to review the objectives, procedures, and evaluations of assignments.
Two types of instructional technology should be integrated: ongoing interactive technologies such as online discussions and static technologies such as podcasting.
Example:
- The ELL Case Study
- Blogging
- Podcasting
- Creating a Wiki
- Online Discussion
Tips for Integrating Technology in the Classroom
1. Take risks with new technology.
2. Be familiar with the technology before introducing it to others.
3. Make sure that instructional technologies carefully fit with course objectives and outcomes, and that the procedures for implementation are clear.
4. Build a positive learning community. This is essential because students' abilities vary; advanced students can provide assistance to novice students.
5. Research and use various tutorials and helpful Web sites.
Implications
Technology-enhanced educational innovations start in the classroom and grow into global contexts. As enhanced educational instructional technology continues to develop and teachers continue to learn more about how to use it, it will enable students and teachers alike to learn and teach what they want, when they want, and where they want.
Thinking on the Application of Multimedia into College English Teaching
1. The Current Status of Multimedia Teaching Method in College English Teaching.
College English teaching is to set up a harmonious and high-effective teaching atmosphere in the English class to make students take part in the practice. So we can cultivate their listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities.
2. Relationship between the Qualities of the College English Teachers and Multimedia Teaching.
Many young teachers can use them by training or self-study. They are lecturers of bachelors and they have very short teaching experiences. All the above restrict the multimedia teaching method from becoming popular in college English teaching.
3. Misunderstandings and Disadvantages of Multimedia Teaching in College English Teaching.
3.1 Teachers attending to trifles and neglecting the essentials, and English classroom becoming a demonstrating hall of computer functions.
3.2 Teachers depending on multimedia teaching method excessively and neglecting its auxiliary teaching functions.
3.3 Some teachers being impercipient to multimedia teaching method.
4. Some Suggestions on Multimedia Teaching in College English Teaching.
4.1 Teachers should change their ideas of using multimedia teaching.
4.2 We should devote major efforts to developing multimedia teaching mode based on network circumstance.
Conclusions
Multimedia teaching method belong to CAI (computer-aided instruction) in substance, we can heighten efficiency substantially, which is a kind of trend. We should make best use of its advantage and bypass its disadvantages.
On The Problems and Strategies of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching
Analysis on necessity of application of multimedia technology to English Teaching.
A. To cultivate students' interest in study.
B. To promote students' communication capacity.
C. To widen students' knowledge to gain an insightful understanding to Western culture.
D. To improve teaching effect.
Analysis on problems arising from application of multimedia technology to english teaching.
A. Major means replaced by the assisting one.
B. Loss of speaking communication.
C. The shrinking of students' thinking potential.
D. Abstract thinking replaced by imaginal thinking.
Suggestions and strategies to the existing problems.
A. The beauty of courseware is not the sole pursuit.
B. The computer screen can' t substitute the blackboard.
C. Power Point can' t take the place of students's thinking and practices.
D. Traditional teaching instruments and devices should not be overlooked.
E. Multimedia Technology should not be overused.
From Using The Program
- Mindjet Mind Manager
Mindjet Mind Manager is the program that help created mind map about lessons . We can make our mind map beautifully, we can add many things to our mind map, an image, pictures and paint. Using easy and fast thus it is so comfortable for students and teachers to learn together.
- Adobe Captivate 4
Adobe Captivate 4 is the program that help to created a Computer Assisted Learning Language (CALL). We can use CALL to extra the our teaching in the classroom. It help the students interested to the lesson because it is a beautiful lesson .Moreover CALL make teachers have comfortable in teaching, save time, save money, and easy to prepare each teaching.
