Virtual classroom(online learning or teaching)

My reflection for week 12

Hello everyone,

I cant believe its already the final week of the sem!But still we need to do our assingments and of course BLOGGING!haha.well i have been just looking at some English teaching online videos and found it quite interesting of how teachers are trying new ways to teach English.I think its cool to see them teach on videos.Dont u think？I posted two videos on my previous post yesterday on how this teacher conducts her English lessons using a tv to teach her topic.I think that is quite interesting.I also saw some teachers using a blackboard to teach English and all they need to is just to record a video of themselves teaching using the blackboard.There is also another idea that i would like to share which i think it would be quite interesting for teachers to teach English online.Ever heard of virtual classroom? "A Virtual Classroom is a private online space in Blackboard that teachers can use to support student learning". Its free and students and teachers could use it whenever they want to learn or teach.Since i am taking the Chinese online paper this semester, part of this course introduces virtual classroom or vroom where students are able to learn characters,communicate with the lecturer or other students,write or draw characters and also learn how to speak chinese.All u need is a microphone and maybe a webcam if possible.I think this concept is interesting as its another way to teach English or other langauges in a more fun way.However sometimes i find it difficult to use this software because if there are connection problems u may not be able to access it or use certain functions.So in this case it may be a hassle for some students or teachers to use this program but as for some they enjoy learning or teaching using this program. These are two examples of the virtual classroom that you could have a look:







There are few websites that run this software where teachers are able to conduct their lessons and students are able to learn and communicate with the teacher. The website that i use for my chinese paper is elluminate.com...so if u want more information u can have a look through this website. Well this is all i have for now...if i can find any interesting videos or articles that are interesting , i will surely post it up...gotta go now...=)

cheers
deli

Learning ENglish online videos

Learn English Online - Useful Expression at the Restaurant - Celebrity bloopers here

Students can learn more through videos.Teachers can provide videos regarding a particular topic or situation so that students are able to learn the language in a faster way.This video shows some useful expressions that u may need to know when your in a restaurant.=)



Lesson 7 - SPORTS - English Vocabulary - Funny bloopers R us

This is another video where a teacher is teaching English using a tv.The topic is about sports and she teaches the common expressions that relates to sports...=)

Its week 11!!!(my reflection)

Hola people,

Another busy week for me and i bet for all the Students in NZ.ahhaha.but anyway i still need to research on my so called online English Teaching.Well if teachers who are willing to teach online need to come up with interesting ideas each time to make online class more interesting for students.I came across this website that contains online English games for students.If your the person who loves playing games and your planning to learn a new language then all u need is a computer and internet to start browsing on any language games over the internet and start playing!.Cool right?So this website that i mentioned earlier has 10 English games such as The letter thief,vocabulary jungle,frog verbs,weather words and so on.I will link the website on my blogger so that you could have a look on it.Obviously the games provided in this website is all connected to The English language.So students who are interested in learning English and would want to learn English in a more comfortable and fun environment then this website is suitable for them.In classrooms many teachers try not to conduct games or English activites in class as its probably time consuming but this can be done online. Its just like an additional activity that students can engage instead of working on other english teaching features.

There is other websites that i also found where teachers have created English games on the net and its even free!!check it out

http://www.iclanguage.co.uk/index.php/english-games-and-activities.html
http://www.iclanguage.co.uk/index.php/english-games-and-activities.html
http://www.iclanguage.co.uk/index.php/english-games-and-activities.html

of course there are more sites but i dont want to paste too many of it.But overall it can be seen that how english online teaching can make a huge difference as it is another effective method to learn a language.=)

cheers

Online English videos

Hi everyone these are few videos that people can watch if they are interested in learning English.Some teachers upload real live videos on a particular topic such as learning the time,people,pets,weather and other real life situations.I think using videos is another modern approach that teachers can use to teach English online=)STudents will find it interesting.

My reflection(week 10)

Hello everyone,

Im back again and i cant believe its already week 10.time flies.Well i had a busy week due to assignmnents but i manage to do more research on English online teaching.I came across this article by 2 japanese authors(Kenji kitao and katheleen kitao)that talks about the use of English Teaching over the internet.This article is sutaible for English teachers on how to teach over the net.It provides information on how English teachers can find teaching materials and teaching plans which will be a good start for them to teach English online.There is also one part that gives a description on learning English online for students.There are many links to other webpages that teachers and students can click on and find more info on how to get started learning or teaching online.I will post this article on my blogger(link area) if any of you are interested in reading the whole article.

There is also website that i came across which is Englishintaiwan.com and it shows the structure plan that are used for teaching English online.This website shows an outline of lesson plans that are taught in English.For example, there are questionairres,grammar exercises,role play and discussions,and other materials.I think this is an effective way to attract students to learn English online.Teachers who are interested in teaching English on the web are able to have an idea on how create a webpage to just teach English online using all the interesting features. This website is obviously trying to attract taiwanese students to learn ENglish on this page.So by using all the features, its more enjoyable for students to learn English in a different way and they can learn English during their spare time instead of fixed hours..This will also benefit the teacher as well as its flexible and easy for them to teach in a more fun and interesting way.


well this is all i have for now...hope i can find more information and ideas in the next two weeks...will keep u all updated=)

cheers

Video on learning English for students