My Learning Reflection on Lesson

  This things I learned from Computer Application for English Teaching in this semester. Teacher gave questions for me in classroom about Multimedia Technology :


1.List computer technology you have used in your study. What are they used for?

              - website : We use to search the imformation for my studying.
              - e-learning : We study everthing from the Internet for us.

2.List your favorite website How after do you use them? What can you learn from those website?


               - www.facebook.com/  : We used for communication and shere idea between our friends on facebook.
               - www.google.com        : We can search everything the information.
               - www.youtube.com      : We can learn about Thai teacher and many things.
               - www.hotmail.com       : We use to send message and contact.

3.What computer technology will you use in your classroom? why?


             - I will use Power Point for teaching in class. It is easy progrma for design variety. I think that it convenient to teaching for me.


                               
After that, teacher gave students search this word in classroom.


                       ESOL : English for Speakers of Other Language.
                  TESOL : TEaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
                  ELL : English Languages Learner[s]
                  PDF : Portable Document Format [Adobe Acrobat]


Next, I learned about "Innovative Educational Technology in The Global Classroom"


 1. Integrating Instructional Technology Into an Assignment

Case study portfolios, can be integrated with instructional technology, such as online discussion, podcasts, blogs, and wikis.

2. The ELL Case Study  
         
-Investigate linguistic and cultura backgrounds.
-Devise relevant educational scenarios.
-Solve authentic linguestic problems.

3. Blogging             


The students' online journals, which they uploaded to the Web as blogs. Blogs are online commentary, personal reflections.
                         - text, graphics, PDF files, pictures, and links to other blogs.
                         - written case studies.
                                      (http://blog.usf.edu/), Blogger
                                      (http://www.blogger.com/),
                                      WardPress (http://wordpress.org/)
                                      Google Sites (http://sites.google.com/)

4. Podcasting
               
Internet-based audio programs available for downloading that allow the listener to play the audio through a computer or on an MP3 Player.

5. Creating a Wiki

Teachers suggested teaching methods and activities
                                  (http://www.blackboard.com/)

6. Online Discussion

A window to observe how the preservice teachers constructed knowledge and interacted with others.

7. Implications

This assignment focusing on implementing technology in the classroom proved to be dynamic, effective, and beneficial for everyone involved. The preservice ESOL teachers began to develop better insight into and understanding of ELLs' needs and educational issues by completing their own ELL case studies and sharing their projects with others via the ESOL resource center.
    

And I learned about "On The Problems and Strategies of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching"

1.There are Necessity of Application of Multimedia Technology to English Teaching.

-To Cultivate Students' Interest in Study.
-To Promote Students' Communication Capacity.
-To Widen Students' Knowledge to Gain an Insightfull Understanding to Western Culture.
-To Improve Teaching Effect.


2.There are Problems Arising From Application of Multimedia Technology to English Teaching.

              Major Means Replaced by the Assisting One.

Application of multimedia technology is an assisting instrument to achieve the projected teaching effect. If totally dependent on multimedia devices duing teaching, the teachers may be turned into slaves to the multimedia and can not play the leading role in teaching.     
         
              Loss of Speaking Communication.

That English class should be carried through all in English language. 

               The Shrinking of Students' Thinking Potential.

Language teaching is different from science subjects, for language teaching does not require demonstration by various steps, rather, the tense and orderly atmosphere is formed through questions and answers between teachers and students.

               Abstract Thinking Replaced by Imaginal Thinking.

The process of cognition goes through perceptual stage and rational stage. It also applies to studying process.

3.There are Suggestions and Strategies to the Existing Problems.
                         
               The Beauty of Courseware Is not the Sole Pursuit.

The introduction to each lesson and speaking communication are good way to improve students' listening and apeaking which the computer cannot fulfill. Therefor, teachers' interpretation shall not be overlooked              

                The Computer Screen can't Substitute the Blackboard.

Teachers need to enrich the content on the blackboard eith emerging of new questions raised by the students.               

                 Power Point can not Take the Place of Student's Thinking and Practices.

Teachers need to encourage the students to use their own mind and speak more, actively join in class practice; we should not overuse the courseware merely in the hope of adding the modernized feature to class teaching.

                 Traditional Teaching instruments and Devices should not be Overlooked.

Teachers are supposed to choose appropriate media and instrument based on the requirements of teaching and integrate multimedia instrument.
             
                 Multimedia Technology should not be Overused.

The more interference of teaching information during transmission, the less the students take from the language materials.
            

  Teacher taught me and my friends about :   
           
                - Mindjet Mind Manage Pro 7          

                - Creating blog in www.blogger.com

                - Adobe Caplivated 4 program

 Final, I learned about    I learned about "Thinking on the Application of Multimedia inti Collede English Teaching"

1.The Current Status of Multimedia Teaching Method in College English Teaching. 

College English teaching is to set up a harmonious and high-effective teaching atmosphere in the English class to make students take part in the practice. Thus we can cultivate their listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities, which are the final teaching aim-developing the students' English intercommunicative ability.

 2. Relationship between the Qualities of the College English Teachers and Multimedia Teaching.

Many men of insight have realized that our country should make innovation to the College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 because these exams have affected the normal English teaching.

3. Misunderstandings and Kisadvantages of Multimedia Teaching in College English Teaching.

            3.1 Teachers attending to trifles and neglectiong the essentials, and English classroom becoming a demonstrating hall of computer functions
            3.2 Teachers depending on multimedia teaching method excessively and neglecting its auxiliary teaching function.
            3.3 Some teachers being impercipient to multimedia teaching method.
           
               4. Some Suggestions on Multimedia Teaching in College English Teaching.

             4.1 Teachers should change their ideas of using multimedia teaching.
             4.2 We should devote major efforts to developing multimedia teaching mode based on network circumstance.

Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Tools

Asynchronous Tools

Asynchronous tools enable communication and collaboration over a period of time through a "different time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect together at each person's own convenience and own schedule. Asynchronous tools are useful for sustaining dialogue and collaboration over a period of time and providing people with resources and information that are instantly accessible, day or night. Asynchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to involve people from multiple time zones. In addition, asynchronous tools are helpful in capturing the history of the interactions of a group, allowing for collective knowledge to be more easily shared and distributed. The primary drawback of asynchronous technologies is that they require some discipline to use when used for ongoing communities of practice (e.g., people typically must take the initiative to "login" to participate) and they may feel "impersonal" to those who prefer higher-touch synchronous technologies.

Tool	Useful for	Drawbacks
Discussion boards	Dialogue that takes place over a period of time	May take longer to arrive at decisions or conclusions
Web logs (Blogs)	Sharing ideas and comments	May take longer to arrive at decisions or conclusions
Messaging (e-mail)	One-to-one or one-to-many communications	May be misused as a "collaboration tool" and become overwhelming
Streaming audio	Communicating or teaching	Static and typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas
Streaming video	Communicating or teaching	Static and typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas
Narrated slideshows	Communicating or teaching	Static and typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas
"Learning objects" (Web-based training)	Teaching and training	Typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas in detail
Document libraries	Managing resources	Version control can be an issue unless check-in / check-out functionality is enabled
Databases	Managing information and knowledge	Requires clear definition and skillful administration
Web books	Teaching and training	Not dynamic and may lose interest of users
Surveys and polls	Capturing information and trends	Requires clear definition and ongoing coordination
Shared Calendars	Coordinating activities	System compatibility
Web site links	Providing resources and references	May become outdated and "broken"

A significant step beyond this smorgasbord of individual tools are web-based platforms that aim to provide some or most of the functionality of these standalone tools, but do so within a single integrated collaborative environment. The integration and synthesis of these tools creates a container that turns out to be far greater than the sum of its parts and can become the single portal for all community activities. Going beyond the hodgepodge of individual technologies can elevate members' experiences by encouraging collaborative learning and knowledge sharing.


Resource : http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?itemnumber=13572

Synchronous Tools

Synchromous tool enables real-time communication and collaboration in a "same time-different place" mode. these tools allow people to connectat a single point in time, at the same time. Synchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to engage people instantly and at the same point in time. The primary drawback of synchronous tools is that, by definition,they require same-time participation-different time zones and comflicting schedules can create communication challenges. In addition, they tend to be costly and may reqsuire significant bandwidth to be efficient. 

Tool	Useful for	Drawbacks
Audio conferencing	Discussions and dialogue	Cost, especially when international participation is involved
Web conferencing	Sharing presentations and information	Cost, bandwidth; may also require audio conferencing to be useful
Video conferencing	In-depth discussions with higher-touch interactions	Cost, limited availability of video conferencing systems
Chat	Information sharing of low-complexity issues	Usually requires typing, "lower touch" experience
Instant messaging	Ad hoc quick communications	All users must use compatible system, usually best for 1:1 interactions
White boarding	Co-development of ideas	Cost, bandwidth; may also require audio conferencing to be useful
Application sharing	Co-development of documents	Cost, bandwidth; may also require audio conferencing to be useful

Resource :  http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?itemnumber=13572

an article telling why do we have to use blog in ELT with reference.

Blog

A blog (a blend of the term web log) is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (video blogging or vlogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.
As of 16 February 2011 (2011 -02-16), there were over 156 million public blogs in existence.

Origins

Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail lists and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, created running conversations with "threads." Threads are topical connections between messages on a virtual "corkboard."
The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Most such writers called themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. Justin Hall, who began personal blogging in 1994 while a student at Swarthmore College, is generally recognized as one of the earliest bloggers, as is Jerry Pournelle.  Dave Winer's Scripting News is also credited with being one of the oldest and longest running weblogs.  Another early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person's personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site in 1994. This practice of semi-automated blogging with live video together with text was referred to as sousveillance, and such journals were also used as evidence in legal matters.
Early blogs were simply manually updated components of common Web sites. However, the evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of Web articles posted in reverse chronological order made the publishing process feasible to a much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we recognize today. For instance, the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging". Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software, or on regular web hosting services.
Some early bloggers, such as The Misanthropic Bitch, who began in 1997, actually referred to their online presence as a zine, before the term blog entered common usage.

Resource : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Origins

learning reflection on lessons an article telling why do we have to use blog in ELT with reference.

Why blog?

So, why should you blog with your students? There are many reasons why you may choose to use weblogs with students. One of the best reasons is to provide a real audience for student writing. Usually, the teacher is the only person who reads student writing, and the focus of this reading is usually on form, not content. With weblogs, students can find themselves writing for a real audience that, apart from the teacher, may include their peers, students from other classes, or even other countries, their parents, and potentially anyone with access to the Internet.

Here are some other reasons for using blogs:

·         To provide extra reading practice for students.
This reading can be produced by the teacher, other students in the same class, or, in the case of comments posted to a blog, by people from all over the world.

·         As online student learner journals that can be read by their peers. 

The value of using learner journals has been well documented. Usually they are private channels between teacher and student. Using a blog as a learner journal can increase the audience.

·         To guide students to online resources appropriate for their level.

The Internet has a bewildering array of resources that are potentially useful for your students. The problem is finding and directing your learners to them. For this reason, you can use your tutor blog as a portal for your learners.

·         To increase the sense of community in a class.

A class blog can help foster a feeling of community between the members of a class, especially if learners are sharing information about themselves and their interests, and are responding to what other students are writing.

·         To encourage shy students to participate.
There is evidence to suggest that students who are quiet in class can find their voice when given the opportunity to express themselves in a blog.

·         To stimulate out-of-class discussion.
A blog can be an ideal space for pre-class or post-class discussion. And what students write about in the blog can also be used to promote discussion in class.

·         To encourage a process-writing approach. 
Because students are writing for publication, they are usually more concerned about getting things right, and usually understand the value of rewriting more than if the only audience for their written work is the teacher.

·         As an online portfolio of student written work.
There is much to be gained from students keeping a portfolio of their work. One example is the ease at which learners can return to previous written work and evaluate the progress they have made during a course.

·         To help build a closer relationship between students in large classes.
Sometimes students in large classes can spend all year studying with the same people without getting to know them well. A blog is another tool that can help bring students together.

Excercise

Acronyms

Directions: Find words or phrases standing for the following acronyms with short descriptions.

 1. IT = Information technology (IT) is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informationcommunicationstechnology  

2. ICT = Information and communications technology(ICT) is now also used to refer to the merging (convergence) of audio-visual and telephone networks with computer networks through a single cabling or link system.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology 

3. CAI = computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is a program of the Promise Foundation, a US non-profit organization that works with the children of migrant families in both rural and urban China.

 http://www.cai-china.org/site/

4. CALL = Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is succinctly defined in a seminal work by Levy (1997: p. 1) as "the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning

5. WBI = The Web-based instruction is the process of interface between the current technologies and theinstructional design process to increase the efficiency of learning and overcome problems associated withotherwise having to give instruction at specific time and place.

http://www.rd.ru.ac.th/journal/

6. CMC = Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) is the process by which people create, exchange, and perceive information using networked telecommunications systems (or non-networked computers) that facilitate encoding, transmitting, and decoding messages.

http://www.december.com/john/study/cmc/what.html

7. CBI = Computer-based learning in education refers to using computers as a central part of the educational experience. Teachers use educational websites and software to enhance daily classroom curriculum.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6081722_computer_based-instruction-education_.html

 8. TELL = Technology-Enhanced Language-Learning (TELL) in an increasingly globalised world. It is not a technical paper in thesense that it will deal with methodological or software issues.     http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/ITUA/Papers_for_ITUA_Proceedings

 9. MUD = A MUD (originally Multi-User Dungeon, with later variants Multi-User Dimension and Multi-User Domain)   is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD

10. MOO = MOO (MUD Object Oriented)  un sofisticato programma informatico che permette a più utenti di collegarsi da remoto, normalmente via Internet, ad un ambiente condiviso che contiene stanze ed oggetti, all'interno di esso è quindi possibile interagire, sia con l'ambiente che con gli altri utenti, in tempo reale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO