Let’s face it. Technology is here to stay. Schools should therefore make the bold step of integrating technology in their classroom teaching if they still haven’t. The question is, how much technology is necessary in instruction? In the previous chapters of our textbook, we have learned that the educational technologist (the teacher) needs to decide [...]
Archive for February, 2010
On Issues in Implementing Technology in Schools
Posted in Reflections on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Video Editing
Posted in Projects, Reflections, Videos, tagged AIIAS, pinoytesol, video editing on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s our group’s video project. It’s our first video. Don’t mind the acting though. Our professor isn’t giving any awards for acting anyway. The focus of the activity is the application of video technology in classroom instruction. In this video, we are introducing basic English phrases that Japanese and Chinese EFL learners can use when [...]
On Publishing an Educational Website
Posted in Reflections on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
TeAchnology suggests that the Internet is the best or worst place for students to be. In class, the professor repeatedly claims that a high percentage of the things on the web is garbage (I remember her saying that the percentage is about 90% at one time and about 80% at another; still needs reference for [...]
Basics of RSS Feeds
Posted in Tech Research, tagged AIIAS, pinoytesol, rss on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tracking the Winter Olympics 2010? RSS feeds is the fastest way to go. These are web feeds of summarized or full text of frequently updated words such as news headlines, audio, video, blogs, etc. You don’t have to search, you don’t have to wait. You get updates as soon as they happen. When you bookmark [...]
On Video Production
Posted in Reflections, tagged AIIAS, pinoytesol, video editing, video production on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Marcus Frey demonstrated the rudiments of video production and editing. A few minutes of introduction and orientation and we’re off to our photo shoot! Simple skills like panning and zooming of a camera are very essential for an educational technologist (or for any classroom teacher for that matter). The use of video undeniably enhances an [...]
Excelling with Excel
Posted in Reflections, Tech Research on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gone are the days when a teacher has to keep a Class Record Book in paperback, religiously writing each score or mark in tiny squares in red ink if a failing one. With the advent of spreadsheets like Excel, teachers are saved from such thing-of-the-past eye-boggling record keeping. Excel basically does two things: calculation and [...]
On Educational Games Using PowerPoint
Posted in Reflections on February 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Who said PowerPoint is only for boring lectures? With your creativity, you can use this powerful tool to create games by leveraging its multimedia and hyperlinking capabilities, as shown in class by Malala Razafimahafaly and Dr. Shawna Vyhmeister. Games in classroom really help in motivating the students. Students find a well-prepared game fun and exciting. Teaching [...]
WebQuests
Posted in Tech Research on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A WebQuest is inquiry-based in nature. It engages students in a research process on the world wide web. I know this is nothing new to you. You must have been doing a lot of online research. The difference with a web-enhanced research or reading quest is its structure and contents: introduction, task, process, resources, evaluation, [...]
Convert PowerPoint Slides to Video Files
Posted in Tech Research, tagged AIIAS, pinoytesol, PowerPoint, video file on February 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
PowerPoint slides can be converted to video files for easier presentations. This technique is also used to preserve all the narrations. This step-by-step guide is very easy to follow. All you need is a copy of Microsoft PowerPoint (any version will do), the PPT, a webcam, a microphone if you wish to record a narration, [...]
Textbook Online Viewer
Posted in Tech Research on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t have a book and cramming for the exam in 15 hours? Well, here’s something for you. I found this link to the online pages of our textbook. Check it out. Hope it helps in time for the exam. All the best!
