Unit 10 - ICT to Support...

I can avoid creating boiring materials by using ICT tooka: projectors, PowerPoint to present the work, using multimedia/graphic design, by giving more time to search online documents 

to avoid this you have to use teaching aids that attract the learners for example if you use ICT tools, they may attract the students and help them ton acquire knowledge quickly, and let them do the practice themselves in what you use for teaching aids.

to avoid this you have to use teaching aids that attract the learners for example if you use ICT tools, they may attract the students and help them to acquire knowledge quickly, and let them do the practice themselves in what you use for teaching aids.

I can avoid creating boring materials by using by using ICT TOOLS that focus on the target, i.e that display and show clearly the content more quickly.

The slides  to be presented must be short so that they are read and understood easily

The presentation must be designed to capture the attention of the audience

to avoid boring materials in classroom as a teacher you need to have more funs in teaching for exampl:

• discover new things together
• review but don't repeat material
• share your passions
• replace lectures with coversations
  

We can avoid boring materials in our teaching and learning online by setting rules and conditions to our e-learning platform users  and specifying clearly  the interest of blogs, chart web and each materials which are set on the platform should have meaning,

USING ICT TO AVOID CREATING BORING CLASSROOM Firstly to better engage audience especially students not falling in a boring mood during the ongoing time time of the lesson, Actually professional teachers engage their students by using different methodologies to make them feel involved in the lesson. For more engagement in CBC (COMPETENCE BASED CURRICULUM) we often use ICT tools which play a great role in awaking students and participate in a lesson. The time when we are teaching we need to use presentation software that provide more engagement as we actual videos, pictures and maps whereby students will have curiosity of having a look at the pictures or videos of the situation that took place in the past. Moreover the use of presentation software raises the interaction among students and even with the teacher,. For example in the History when you talk about HITLER and BENITO MOUSSOLIN the students will be attentive for the videos and pictures as they ask more questions. Finally the use of ICT in teaching and learning activities creates a an interactive mood between the teacher and students.

• using your imagination 
• avoiding  boredom 
• be serious 
• be curious 
• act spontaneously 
• listen everyone 
• be confident and attentive  

In order to avoid creating boring materials, you must create meaningful materials which are e large enough to be seen by the students for whom they are used and the materials which stand to serve a useful purpose.

Moreover, your materials must be simple ,friendly, accurate, realistic, cheap and may be improvised. you are also advised to create informative materials which are to the mental level of the learners.

Lastly, make sure that your materials help in realization of stipulated learning objects and must be able to be used and can be used in many lessons and at different class levels. Do not forgetting that your materials supplement the teaching process but they do not replace the teacher.

If you follow these instructions, you will never create boring materials.

we can avoid boring materiel in teaching by using projector in order to avoid circulation in class

gives more time to do the research on line than in their books

use attractive tools: eg video, flashcard,cd card,and let them to practice themselves in your lesson

let the learners to share ideas by e mail,web,link but focus target in the lesson

to present their work designed

the teacher must be responsible to control the learners to avoid to enter in different webs or e mails 

In CBC, long notes are discouraged. So we have to prepare short notes and use Power point in learning and teaching. Here few but key points are included in the slides and diagrams summarizing the course can be used.Moreover,students must be given short time for break where a teacher can give a simple physical exercise and so on.

my point of view about how to avoid creating a boring materials is:

1. Use Graphics Instead of Text: Remember the goal for Keynote slides is not to present the information. It is to help you present the information

2. Don’t Let Your Underwear Show: Your notes are important and private.You’re underwear is not for public display. Don’t show the audience your notes. If you blast your audience with bullets they will read them ahead of you, zone out and get bored. It keeps you from having any surprises any secrets.

3. Kiss Your Audience: one of the best modern communicators, knows how to make things simple

4. 1 Minute Max: Don’t use one slide for 3 minutes when you can break it up into three one minute slides. An easy way to do this is keep your slides to one concept. Try not to ever spend more than a minute on any given slide. Keep the audience’s attention by keeping the slide fresh.

5. Keep your Bullets in Your Concealed Firearm: PowerPoint and Keynote both have excellent "presenter notes" sections that you can print or display on your laptop as you present. Like real bullets, digital bullets are ineffective and dangerous when they are out of place. Hitting a rifle round with a hammer might make a lot of noise but you won’t hit your target unless you "hide" your bullets in your gun. Keep your bullets out of site and you will find your presentations will become more interesting.

Finally In CBC, long notes are discouraged. So we have to prepare short notes and use Power point in learning and teaching. Here few but key points are included in the slides and diagrams summarizing the course can be used. Moreover, students must be given short time for break where a teacher can give a simple physical exercise and so on.

1. Use Graphics Instead of Text: Remember the goal for Keynote slides is not to present the information. It is to help you present the information

2. Don’t Let Your Underwear Show: Your notes are important and private.You’re underwear is not for public display. Don’t show the audience your notes. If you blast your audience with bullets they will read them ahead of you, zone out and get bored. It keeps you from having any surprises any secrets.

3. Kiss Your Audience: one of the best modern communicators, knows how to make things simple

4. 1 Minute Max: Don’t use one slide for 3 minutes when you can break it up into three one minute slides. An easy way to do this is keep your slides to one concept. Try not to ever spend more than a minute on any given slide. Keep the audience’s attention by keeping the slide fresh.

teaching ids especially done with ICT tools are very helpful in deepening understanding .

but if they are not well prepared they can bore students and hinder  teacher to get to the target. in my view the teaching material must be short and on target . the better that teaching materials should be in student interests . example you can use  a video instead of  using pictures or using pictures animated with favorite song...

how do you avoid creating boring materials?

1. As a teachers of different subjects in different levels using ICT,

The ideas on how to avoid boring class material is to use ICT Tools such as computer and projector in for reducing disorder in class  

 2. you can also be serious in classroom during course (class management).

3. Give the learner enough time of research

4. respecting school time table

how do you avoid creating boring materials?

1. As a teachers of different subjects in different levels using ICT,

The ideas on how to avoid boring class material is to use ICT Tools such as computer and projector in for reducing disorder in class  

 2. you can also be serious in classroom during course (class management).

3. Give the learner enough time of research

4. respecting school time table

1. Starting well

Tell a story

Establish common ground Use humor Refer to the speech situation or context Use an analogy Do an action Do whatever you do with eye contact and confidence

• Relate the topic to the audience
• State the importance of your topic
• Startle the audience
• Arouse curiosity
• Question the audience
• Begin with a quotation

2. Consider the basics

Clarity of Thought/Structure

Engaging Audience Interest

• Supporting Materials

• Don’t overestimate what the audience knows

• Relate the topic directly to the audience
• Don’t be too technical
• Avoid abstractions
• Personalize your ideas

To avoid creating boring materials i have been interested with the following book on the link blow:

https://books.google.rw/books?id=ngIe3PScJtAC&printsec=frontcover

Steve Kennewell - Education - 2013 - 240 pages

This book explains how Information and Communications technology (ICT) has the potential to make a real improvement to teaching and learning across the curriculum in secondary schools. It illustrates a wide variety of ways in which ICT can be used to enhance learning, offering a fresh burst of inspiration for the busy secondary school teacher. The author takes a structured approach, ensuring that the reader is guided progressively through all the material in order to achieve the required standards for achieving Qualified Teacher Status, and also to continue their development in ICT to an advanced level. This book usefully:  analyzes all the common ICT tools and explains how teachers of each subject in the National Curriculum can exploit these tools for effective learning  explores how people can learn with ICT, how their skills develop, and how these skills can aid their learning  provides a framework for planning, analysing and evaluating teaching with ICT  offers a range of innovative tasks, resources and methods of assessment.

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