1. Your video will NOT appear visible on the Padlet until after it has been approved by me;
2. The length should be 4-5 minutes per group member (total of 20-30 minutes depending on group size);
3. I will preview the videos and then open the Turn-it-in link assignment submission link on our Moodle course for final submission;
4. As this is a “presentation assignment”, you will be required to watch a number of your classmates’ presentations and comment on them in the Padlet platform.
I will give more details and answer any questions in class on Wednesday, or you can email me at ttayor@eduhk.hk
Each group should discuss the Topic, Learning Objectives, Activities and e-Resources for the Group Microteaching Assignment. In order to plan the lesson, each group should complete 6 posts under their group column, as follows.
Post 1 - A group photo with the GROUP NAME, and individual members names.
Post 2 - An Outline of your Lesson Plan showing its content. Include a picture at top of Post 2 to illustrate the topic of your lesson. (You can use one of your own pictures from your lesson materials or the "A.I. Image" feature of Padlet to generate an AI image.)
LESSON TOPIC - Write the topic you will be teaching in your microteaching lesson. This can be something like, "Describing the difference between weather and climate." or "How to use passive voice when writing newspaper articles." or "Using a variety of adjectives to describe your family and friends."
LESSON PLATFORM - Your Microteaching lesson should be "hosted" on WebQuest, e-Book or other approved platform.
GRADE LEVEL - What is the grade level that your lesson is intended for? This can be from Primary 1 - 6 or Secondary 1 - 6.
LESSON OBJECTIVES - Very important! Write 2-3 specific objectives that you expect the students to learn during your lesson. Include both language learning and other learning objectives. They should be written as behavioural objectives, meaning the teacher will be able to see or hear evidence that the students have learned. Good example: "Students will be able to write a short, 100-word paragraph to report on something that happened in school, correctly using 2-3 forms of passive voice." Bad example: "Students will understand the passive voice."
IT ENHANCEMENTS/E-RESOURCES - Include a description of how you will use any e-resources, including apps, websites, videos, assessment tools, graphs, posters, worksheets, handouts, realia or other e-resources. How will these e-resources and multimedia help students see, hear, and experience relevant content to help them learn the objectives of your lesson?
Post 3 - Post a detailed description of Activity 1 and the e-resource that will be used to enhance the learning activity.
Post 4 - Post a detailed description of Activity 2 and the e-resource that will be used to enhance the learning activity.
Post 5 - Post a detailed description of Activity 3 and the e-resource that will be used to enhance the learning activity.
Post 6 - Conclusion and Evaluation/Assessment - Explain how you will know what students have learned from your lesson. You may include a final, comprehensive activity, a task, a quiz/test or other assessment. Your lesson can also include a self or peer assessment opportunity for students.
Introducing eTEACHERS.online - an Online Community for HK English Teachers
Intro: Facing the challenges of teaching English in Hong Kong requires continual professional development and experience-sharing among teacher practitioners. eTEACHERS.online was established in 2017 as a Community of Practice and Online Sharing Hub. It is a place for Hong Kong English teachers, academics, policy-makers and international teachers to come together and share what they have learned in their effort to improve the process of teaching and learning English. eTEACHERS is a place to innovate, experiment, ask questions, and reflect on the challenges and rewards of trying to adapt to the constantly changing landscape of English education. Join the eTEACHERS.online mailing list to be invited to the annual Roundtable experience-sharing event and to receive news of our updates.
Activity: Explore the website eTEACHERS.online to learn more about its organization and content. Throughout this course, you will complete some of the training activities hosted on the site.
Purpose of Activity: eTEACHERS.online provides a window into the current practices of English teachers in Hong Kong who are actively integrating technology into their teaching. The online training course is a step-by-step guide to learning the fundamentals of some of the most useful apps for English teaching.
Welcome to Integrating I.T. in the E.S.L./E.F.L. Classroom (ENG 3435)
Today's class is an introduction to the course and a series of introductory activities which will help you think about how educational change happens in the past, present and future.
This will be the background for learning how I.T. in general and various applications in particular can be used to improve English teaching and learning.
We will also discuss the requirements of your first major assignment, the Group Microteaching Assignment.
1. Complete the Self-Introduction survey if you have not already!
2. Post the link of your blog to the Google Sheet provided.
3. Create three new blog posts to showcase the apps that you have already learned in the first weeks of this course (from Lucas).
4. Consider a skill that you are good at that you can teach to your classmates in around 3 minutes. You will be responsible for creating a short tutorial video later on.
5. Remember to use your student I.D. to swipe in when you arrive in class; the time you arrive will be recorded in the system for attendance and punctuality.
