Technology and Materials Design: The purpose of this course is to train prospective teachers of English in selecting and integrating computer applications in the process of English language teaching.
On this page, you will find some notes about my lectures, you will follow the anouncements and you will communicate with me and with your friends. There will be some discussion questions and you are expected to contribute to them to make our teaching and learning process more interactive.
Here are some links that you might enjoy to visit:
1. The first link is about digital storytelling: how you can start such a project
http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=Digital_overview
2. This link shows an example digital storytelling project done by Turkish learners.
http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?divid=storytelling_home
3. The third link is about a Turkish classroom meeting their epal partners in America
http://www.atlantapublicschools.us/1861101118113928800/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=293800&C=55899
Because of the automation system of our university, I have to make some changes in the evaluation procedure of our Technology and Materials Design Course.
Your presentation scores will be part of your final grade. For your midterm grade, you are supposed to prepare the following assignment individually:
1.Choose a unit from a language teaching coursebook (either prepared and published by Turkish Ministry of Education or companies such as Oxford University Press, Heinemann, Longman, etc.)
2.Identify the problems in that unit (e.g., there is not enough listening, the reading text is out of date, all activities are done individually, there are no writing tasks, speaking tasks are not communicative, etc.)
3.Select three problems
4.For each problem
a.Explain why you think it is a problem (You can use the theoretical articles/chapters in your coursepack)
b.Choose a specific technological tool to solve each problem (choose among the technologies we have learned/discussed so far or read about other technologies in the coursepack)
c.Discuss, in detail, how you would use the technological tool of your choice to deal with the problem (Try to come up with creative solutions! And for each solution use different technologies).
d. Explain why you selected that specific technological tool for that specific problem (focus on the features of the tool, what it offers to you, etc.).
5.Attach the coursebook unit that you work on to your assignment.
Your assignments should be 3-4 pages long. Each problem with its solution should be discussed on separate pages. For any citation you make, do not forget to prepare your reference page. Please follow APA guidelines.
Deadline: April, 30 (no late assignments will be accepted)
If you have any questions, comment to this post, and I will answer them soon.
P.S. (For 2 C and 2 D students)
Deadline for your Classroom Management Reaction Paper assignments is April, 30, too.
