ICT INTEGRATION IN DAILY ONLINE LESSON
Monday, October 19, 2020
Reflection on ICT integration (3rd)
In my first blog
lesson I have primarily emphasized on general social platforms used for
teaching and learning. The second blog lesson was concentrated particularly on
specific subject and topic using one social forum to deliver the lesson. Now it
has been almost a year for both the students and the teachers not having normal
class, different strategies are being put into place to ensure the continued
education to all students. Online learning has become popular because of its
potential for providing more flexible for the learners and educators to
explore. The mobility and flexibility offered by video conferencing gives more
control over their lesson, and this helps to improve retention. It feels
connected and part of team when they can connect face-to-face with their
teacher and classmates.
Considering
the opportunity various online strategies to teach English lesson on three
strands (listening, speaking and writing.) with grade two students were looked
into. These are done via video conferencing on social media platform
like telegram, WeChat, zoom and messenger. Initially video
conferencing was not satisfactory as many students failed to follow the
instructions on operating the video conference. In addition, those students who
are having younger siblings distracted the conference and could understand the
lesson taught. I had to re-teach them. After couple of trial students were able
to follow the instructions provided through video conference. More over
students were so much excited to see their friends live and enthusiast in
learning.
The lesson
conducted during video conferencing was on short text ‘get well soon’
for the students to read and tell what they understood by reading text and
share their view. I have categories students into three strands (listening,
speaking and writing) according to their ability and carried out the activity
to cater to accordingly. Those students who are poor in listening were given to
write a short text narration to listen over the head phone and write the text
in their note book. Students who are not good in reading were given reading
text to read, practice and make video of them reading. Finally, for those
students who are poor in writing were given to write a short descriptive essay
using the picture send through telegram; and literary need to type in the computer
and send back for correction.
All the above teaching and learning happened due to students’ parents’ support. Students of my class has given immense support specially in operating video conferencing and guiding their work to complete. Some parents used and took help from their immediate neighbors to carryout especially during live video conferencing. In a way students, parents and teachers became technology savvy after couple of experience. It helps to learn new teaching and management techniques.
