Instructional objectives

Hi guys,

As we already know writing objectives is vital for teachers because it helps us to get a sense of direction as well as to know what kind of activities include in order to get what we want from students. Here are two links with the presentation on how to write instructional objectives and an article I put together with a more specific explanation on how the ABCD model works. Hope you like it and use it to write your lesson plan objectives. Have a lovely rest of the week!

Prezi presentation: https://prezi.com/bspn9-lqk9ff/what-are-instructional/

Article on the ABCD model: http://www.slideshare.net/willys007/the-abcd-model-for-writing-objectives

Lesson plan samples

Hi guys,

Hope you are all excited about planning your lessons for Beth. As I promised here are two sample lesson plans using different approaches we will discuss in detail next week. I also added one of my own lesson plans which is not perfect but it will help you get more ideas for all of the planning you are to do during the course. Keep working hard!

PPP lesson plan: http://www.slideshare.net/willys007/ppp-sample-lesson

PDP lesson plan: http://www.slideshare.net/willys007/pdp-sample-lesson

Extra lesson plan: http://www.slideshare.net/willys007/sample-lesson-plan-willy-45520268

Forum 4: Books are not perfect. Let's look for solutions!

Hi everybody,

Here is our last forum. In class we discussed some of the advantages and disadvantages of using a book. Based on the disadvantages we could predict some of the problems we might encounter when using a book. Look at the following chart presenting some common difficulties students and teachers might face when using books. Choose a problem and post a solution to overcome that difficulty.

Thanks for sharing!

Weakness	Teacher/Student Difficulty	Ways of Overcoming Problem
The textbook is designed as a the sole source of information.	Students only see one perspective on a concept or issue.
Textbook is old or outdated.	Information shared with students is not current or relevant.
Textbook questions tend to be low level or fact-based.	Students assume that learning is simply a collection of facts and figures.
Textbook doesn't take students' background knowledge into account.	Teacher does not tailor lessons to the specific attributes and interests of students.
Reading level of the textbook is too difficult.	Students cannot read or understand important concepts.
The textbook has all the answer to all the questions.	Students tend to see learning as an accumulation of correct answers.

Educational Technology

Here is the link to the presentation on Educational technology. Once again I want to thank Marco for providing the picture of his old primary school classroom.

Educational Technology

P.S. You don't have to learn the acronyms in the presentation but I would be really impressed if you do.

Cooking a lesson plan!

Hi everybody,

Once again I want to congratulate you for the great job you did this morning in class. Hope you keep up the good energy. Here are the pictures of the delicious recipes you put together with the elements of lesson plan we discussed in class. Bon appétit!

The process

The product

Approaches to lesson planning

Hi guys,
Here are the links to the description of the three approaches you worked with in class this morning. Anytime you want you are free to peruse them.

Have a good one

PDP

PPP

TTT

Forum 3: Technology: two sides of a coin.

Hi everybody,

One of the other topics we will be discussing tomorrow is the use of technology in ELT. Here are the link to two videos I'd like you to watch. Once you have watch them post your comments to the following question: Is the use of Educational technology taking us away from the real nature of teaching?
Keep the great work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA1Aqp0sPQo

http://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning#t-381128