TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY
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MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY
FLDP PROJECT
TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY
PREPARED BY:
PROF.REDA MOSAD ELSAID
VICE-DEAN FOR STUDENTS AFFAIRS
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
_IVES:
o OFFERING STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTION FOR USING WORLD-WIDE AVAILIABLE TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING
o OFFERING SUGGESTIONS FOR INITIATING AND GUDING PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY –SUPPORTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES
o PRESENTING THE DIFFERENT ROLES TECHNOLOGY MIGHIT PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM
o PROMOTEING THINKING AND REFLECTION ABOUT THE BEST USES OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
BEFORE USING TECHNOLOGY:
o LEARN ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS:
o WHAT ARE THE COMPUTER ACCESS ISSUES FOR MY STUDENTS?
o WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MY STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE E-MAIL ACCOUNTS?
o HOW WILL I MAKE SURE ALL MY STUDENTS HAVE ACCOUNTS?
o HOW WILL I ENSURE THAT MY STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO USE THE VARIOUS FEATURES OF THE INTERNET THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN THIS COURSE?
BEFORE STRUCTURING THE TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR CLASS:
o ASK YOURSELF:
o DOES YOUR USE OF TECHNOLOGY ADD SOMETHING TO THE CLASS THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT IT?
o IF YOU WERE A BUSY STUDENT WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU BOTHER TO LEARN AND USE TECHNOLOGY?
o WHAT CARROT OR STICK COULD MAKE USING THE TECHNOLOGY ATTRACTIVE?
o HOW CAN YOU BE CREATIVE IN THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY?
TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE
o BLACKBOARD COURSEWARE
o EXCEL FOR GRADEBOOK MANAGEMENT
o DREAMWEAVER
o BASIC HTML EDITING
o POWERPOINT
o PHOTOSHOP
o SCANNING
o USING A DIGITAL CAMERA
THE ANATOMY OF A COURSE WEBSITE
o 1- OUTPUT _ THE INSTRUCTOR:
o OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE
o COURSE SYLLABUS
o OFFICE HOUR INFORMATION
o HANDOUTS
o LECTURE NOTES OR OUTLINES
o SLIDES AND OVERHEADS
o HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
o PROJECT INFORMATION
o MODEL PAPERS
o STUDY QUESTIONS
o PRACTICE TESTS
o SIMULATION
o INSTRUCTOR BIO
o GTF BIO
o 2- HYPER-TEXT THROUGHPUT:
o LINKS TO RELEVANT CURRENT EVENT PAGES
o LINKS TO OTHER COURSE-RELATED WEBSITES
o LINKS TO GENERAL RESOURSES E.G. LIBRARY,ETC.
o LINKS TO CLASS NEWSGROUP OR WEB CONFERENCE
o 3- INPUT _ THE STUDENTS:
o COURSE FEEDBACK
o QUESTIONS TO THE INSTRUCTOR OR GIFs
o CONTENT-SPECIFIC SURVEYS
o DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR CLASS
GUIDELINES FOR DESIGING YOUR WEBSITE
o KEEP IT SIMPLE
o MAKE IT FAST
o IMITATE PAPER DOCUMENTS
o ORGANIZE AS AN OUTLINE
o USE DESCRIPTIVE TITLES AND LINKS
o LIMIT USE OF GRAPHICS
o USE STANDARD FONTS
o AVOID WIDE WIDTHS
o FOLLOW FAIR-USE GUIDELINES
WHAT IS BLACKBOARD?
o THE BLACKBOARD LEARNING SYSTEM PROVIDES A TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND SHARING,ONLINE ASSESSMENTS,STUDENT TRACKING,ASSIGNMENT MANAGEMENT,AND VIRTUAL COLLABORATION ALL WITHOUT KNOWING ANY HTML CODE.
GETTING STARTED WITH BLACKBOARD
o TO ACCESS YOUR COURSESITE
o COPYING MATERIAL _ AN EXISTING COURSESITE
o MAKING YOUR COURSESITE AVAILABLE
USING BLACKBOARD FOR ASSESSMENT
o WAYS TO USE ONLINE ASSESSMENTS FOR FACE-TO-FACE COURSES
o FACILITATE BETTER DISCUSSIONS,ASSESS LECTURE CLARITY,HIGHLIGHT KEY INFORMATION _ READINGS,FOR EVALUATION AND MORE.
USING BLACKBOARD TO COLLECT MIDTERM FEEDBACK _ STUDENTS
o OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GATHER ANONYMOUS FEEDBACK _ STUDENTS
o TO RECEIVE COURSE FEEDBACK WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE STYDENT LEARNING
IMPROVING LECTURES WITH TECHNOLOGY
o OVERHEADS AND PRESENTATIONS
IMPOVING EXISTING OVERHEADS
SUCCESSFUL LECTURES WITH COMPUTER PROJECTION
TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR PRESENTATION
PORTABLE COMPUTERS AND PROJECTORS FOR CLASSROOMS
ENRICHING DISCUSSIONS WITH TECHNOLOGY
o CHOOSING THE FORMAT
o NEWGROUPS
o WEB-CONFERENCING
o E-MAIL
o LISTSERVS:ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS
o MANAGING HEAVY STUDENT E-MAIL
ONLINE ASSESSMENT
o USING BLACKBOARD FOR ASSESSMENT:
o PROVIDE INSTRUCTORS WITH A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS FOR BUILDING ONLINE assessments that can ,among other things, include multimedia,use different question types,and be scored automatically