Integrating notebook software in the elsd classroom

Integrating Notebook software to achieve learning

outcomes in the ELSD classroom

Kassim Mastan

What to expect today?• DISCUSS THE BENEFITS OF DESIGNING INTERACTIVE LESSONS TO MEET

LEARNING OUTCOMES.

• DISCUSS AND REVIEW EXAMPLES OF NOTEBOOK ACTIVITIES THAT HELP TO ACHIEVE THE LESSON AIMS.

• WORK IN SMALL GROUPS TO COLLABORATE AND DESIGN NOTEBOOK ACTIVITIES THAT CORRESPOND TO ‘HAS 2’ COURSE BOOK MATERIAL.

• REVIEW THE SUITABILITY OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED BY EACH GROUP.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Activity alignment documents :

What are they ? What do they show us? Where can they be found?

• FOR QUARTER 3- CORRESPONDING LO’S FOR HEADWAY ACADEMIC SKILLS 2 CAN BE FOUND IN THE ACTIVITY ALIGNMENT DOCUMENT ENTITLED 154B.

COURSEBOOK ACTIVITY EXAMPLES

TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE FOLLOWING LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• INT/R7 USE REFERENCE TOOLS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON WORD MEANING

• A. USE ALPHABETICAL ORDERING

• B. IDENTIFY HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS

- THIS ACTIVITY CORRESPONDS TO PAGE 26 IN HAS 2 RW, EXERCISE 1 AND 3.

• INT/L1 IDENTIFY THE MAIN POINTS ON FAMILIAR TOPICS

- THIS ACTIVITY CORRESPONDS TO PAGE 23 IN HAS 2 LS, EXERCISE 6.

How could we adapt this R/W coursebook activity to become an interactive one which still

achieves the aims?

How about this one?

How could we adapt this L/S coursebook activity to make it interactive?

SO WHAT WILL WE DO NOW?

• IN GROUPS OF 3-4, DESIGN INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ACTIVITIES CORRESPONDING TO THE LO’S THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO YOUR GROUP.

• PRESENT YOUR ACTIVITIES AND EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE BEHIND THEM

• RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM OTHER GROUPS

EdTech PMA• REMEMBER THAT SHARING INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ACTIVITIES

CORRESPONDING TO THE LEARNING OUTCOMES CAN AWARD YOU A GRADE 3 FOR YOUR PMA.

• ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD THEN BE UPLOADED HERE:

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