Examples of Good Practice in Secondary School
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Examples of good practice in secondary school: ICT in the classroom
Authors: Blaze Mitev, Slobodanka Dzepovska, Irina Ivanova, Frederika Tasevska Prezenter: Blaze Mitev
Literacy is crucial for successful development of each individual. The vocabulary which is consisted of the words that a deaf student knows and actively uses, should be upgraded, improved, enlarged and changed not only while studying but lifelong.
Integrating the new technologies into schools and their use by the students greatly influences the process of learning and acquiring knowledge. Computers are important and powerful tool.
With the newest government project " Computer for each child " the schools in Republic of Macedonia have the opportunity of adopting the world's course in the use of Information and Communication Technology in education.
" Computer for each child
53.000 Classmate lap tops which are used in lower primary classes
A classroom at Partenija Zografski secondary school equipped with computers
Today teaching deaf children without use of the computers in our school is almost unimaginable.
Our presentation is consisted of examples of teaching strategies and methods that we've been using in the process of teaching at Information Technology Class, Technologies and Processing Class and Macedonian Language and Literature Class.
When you use ICT in teaching, you use the visuals ( such as animation, video clips, etc.) which gives difference and contemporaries to teaching, it motivates the students, it increases communication, it gives full revision and comprehension, as well as longer retention of real knowledge in memory.
When near technology while learning, students with hearing loss get independent, it gives them self-confidence, it motivates them to read, write, and it initiates communication.
The technology used in the classroom depends on teachers choice, but also on the teaching material.
A real teacher always seeks new methods of teaching. Teaching deaf students with integration of technology can be greatly beneficial.
Next to the traditional alphabet literacy, the 21st century student needs to acquire information literacy (ability to use the information adequately)
Here are some of the methods we use in our school to improve students literacy, both alphabetical and informational.
Macedonian Language and Literature Class - Teaching with the use of Comic strips
Using Comics is one of the methods we use when teaching languages (especially mother tongue). Students can practice writing, reading, storytelling or role playing.
Macedonian Language and Literature Class - Comic strips
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Macedonian Language and Literature Class - Comic strips
When teaching/learning Sophocles' Antigone the aim of the lesson is to acquire new words from literature and playwright theory concepts. Every student has a task to describe a concept through comics, which is presented in front of class.
Macedonian Language and Literature Class - Comic strips
Technologies and Processing Class - Crosswords
Repeating and memorizing new words and concepts can be fun when using crosswords.
Technologies and Processing Class - Crosswords At Technologies and Processing Class, a freeware software called Hot Potatoes is usually used . Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiplechoice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.
Information Technology Class - word clouds
The possibilities when using word clouds are wide, it depends mostly on teachers creativity, and students too. The final results may differ for every lesson, or class, too. For visual students this method can be a real refreshment.
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Information Technology Class - word clouds
Examples of word clouds from the IT lesson. Creations by the students on the theme: Hardware
Information Technology Class
When using visuals the teachers words are less abstract, so the right use can be positive on quality and quantity of knowledge, too, retention in students memory as acquired one. To understand pictures and make the difference is a powerful tool of medium literacy.
Information Technology Class - collage
The aim of todays teaching is to teach the student to make the right choice when selecting the correct idea from the picture.
Information Technology Class - collage
If a teacher gives a task to the student to connect the concepts with the pictures then the student is well directed to embodied the mental pictures with the textual contents.
Information Technology Class - collage
This is a process of making difference between relevant and irrelevant information, its a process of creating symbols, too.
At the same time, when using the net, the students develop their information literacy.
Information Technology Class - collage This is picture made by a student using the Autocollage software.
Information Technology Class Multimedia software
A slide of PPP Input devices
Information Technology Class Association
To reinforce the new words and concepts we frequently use association and quizzes. Association is good, since it aims towards thinking and its not a classical just repeating of the lesson.
Information Technology Class Association game
Slide: Association game played after the theme Internet technologies created in PowerPoint
Information Technology Class quizzes
One of the most famous quizzes of all times Who wants to be a millionaire created in Power Point. Students are always happy to try, and that way learn, rehearse, revise.
When can a teacher use ICT in the classroom? When theres ICT equipment in it! When ICT is integrated in the teaching material! When a teacher knows enough about technology and has the right training to use it in the classroom! When a teacher is willing to make changes! When a teacher believes it can make improvement in his/her teaching!
Conclusion
Different kind of technology used in teaching gives individualization and differentiation of teaching.
Conclusion
Technology speeds up the process of learning, gives support and different sources of knowledge, interaction, realistic situations, simulations and animations.
Conclusion
Students with hearing loss get independent, it gives them self-confidence, it motivates them to read, write, and it initiates communication.
Conclusion
Computers can help students literacy at very early age. But the ability to write shouldnt be overestimated and other abilities such as grammar and spelling be put away. Nowadays these are often neglected due to the increased visual ways of communication.
Conclusion
By creative and controlled use of the computers we have a chance to improve the process of teaching.
