Reflections

New Media in Teaching Pedagogy (5-day NIE course)

Day 1 of 5: Social Media in Classroom

Be receptive to using social media in classrooms.


WhatsApp

- Share info
- Give instructions
- Teasers prior to actual lesson
- Event planning
- Reflections

Photo

- Taking notes
- Attendance
- Build community
- Application of knowledge
- Authenticity and relevance

Blogs

- Portfolio / Reflections
- Repository of ideas (self / group / class)
- Sharing of own ideas / other people's ideas
- Feedback and influence
- Get a little CRAZY

Day 2 of 5: The 3Rs in Teaching


Relevance
- Facilitates instruction at later stages of teaching
- Usage of technology will draw interest from learners of the new generation
- Technology engages learners of different ages, ethnicities, languages, backgrounds

Relationship
- Here, we encourage online interaction
- Hence, feel free to comment, drop us an email and we will reply soonest!
- Similarly, open up the channels for your learners to be connected to you
- Your learners' success is your success

Rigor
- Besides physical interaction, virtual interaction CAN happen, so long as you allow technology to be part of learning and teaching
- Some tech tools include:
     - www.todaysmeet.com (backchannel / any group size / anonymous / asynchronous / transcript)
     - www.mentimeter.com (poll / synchronous)

Day 3 of 5: The Brain

5 Brain-Based Learning Pedagogy
- Movement
     - stretching across left and right
     - seats rotation
- Music
     - upbeat music during activities time / discussion
     - music stimulates different parts of the brain
- Social Activity
     - changing groups to increase cohesion with other classmates
     - share learning pointers by meeting different classmates
- Novelty
     - seats rotation
     - fresh perspective from different positions in classroom
- Laughter (from HAHA to AH-HA moments)
     - funny videos (searched by students / teacher)
     - activities meant to be fun, with learning objectives to be met


Day 4 of 5: Collaborative Learning

Things to consider
- Time Management
- Covering vs Learning
- The whole is greater than the sum of its part

Day 5 of 5: Art of Critique

- It's all part of learning and improving

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