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4 phase of CE course-Research work

netki11 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:18:41 +0000

The work will be organized from January to April. The main goal at this period is to conduct research work and to teach students how to do it. Teachers have to support our students in their work . Training for students and teachers will be organized by facilitator, in order to help teachers and students understand the role of research work and to identify the main steps of it. Partcipants fo the program have to learn how post the research question and hypothesis. Students have to describe at there posters materials that they used for experiment, analyse their information through datasheet, graphs, and shemes. At the end of there presentation they have tell about the conclusion- what have they learned and what was interesting to them. Through different examples, students will try to understand the role of experiment, modelling, and demonstrate the strategies of research work. Teachers of CE course and teachers of other school subjects (math, social studies, home economics)in Aga Khan school, Osh are involved into our program. At the previous meeting with teachers from Khorogh we discussed that they will have the same task to do at their school. We believe that we will share with our presentations and students with teachers will have a Fun! Good luck to All!

2 phase of the work and than the 3 one.

netki11 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:50:25 +0000

The second phase of our work has continued from September to December. Each month our teachers met in Osh and in Khorogh for discussion and introduction of the new methods of teaching for them by facilitator. Teachers had to improve their lesson plans, to plan one demonstrative lesson and invite teachers-colleagues to observe it. The lesson includes the strategies of critical thinking and ICT. Our participants have learned to work at their reflective blogs and analyze the work that they have done in each month. Teachers used e-mail (that they created at the the beginning of the program) and send letters to facilitator and to each other. The topics that we discussed at these months were: “New methods of teaching with using ICT; work with e-mail and program ANVIL; assessment (diagnostic, formative, and summative); active learning and active teaching”. We proposed to meet for the general meeting for several days and it would be the 3 phase of our work. Participants will have a chance to discuss issues, to reflect on the success and problems that they had in the second phase. Follow us and you will know what will we discuss and what our teachers will be interested in.

Meeting, 21 October

netki11 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:23:48 +0000

At the meeting from 21 of October with 10 teachers (from Osh city) we discussed issues of methodology of teaching according to the philosophy “The student in the center of attention”. The PPT was provided by the Educational Specialist from AKDN, Joshua Muskin who shared it with us for discussion at CE course. “Active Learning” vs “Active Teaching” through several examples demonstrated the role of teachers in Active Learning as a supportive facilitator in the educational process.
Also participants shared with their reflective analysis at their Reflective blogs and used the program ANVILL to leave their video messages about the methodology of teaching that they use.
Participants from Khorogh also at the same time discussed this issue and wrote their reflection by e-mail to facilitator.
The meeting was productive and everybody worked hard with tasks for this month.

Registration in ANVILL, 17 September

netki11 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:13:21 +0000

It was a new experience to learn about videoconferencing! Participants of Osh’ governmental schools and AKS met at 17th of September and discussed the future plans for September to December. They have learned how to use the new Virtual program “ANVILL”, for that reason they created new account,read all information to them at the platform on Forum,posted their posts, and recorded their audio and video files with messages to each other. We believe that this program will help us to communicate with our participants from Khorogh and work on distance, online.

The main goal of our second phase of the work is to improve teaching by reconsidering syllabus and lesson plans. Teachers will prepare information for their teaching portfolio that they will publish through Internet.

CE course structure

netki11 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:43:47 +0000

1 Part of CE course

Phase1:

G 10 Day’s Training where participants will be introduced with new for them technology tools through computer, Internet, LRC resources, and Video. They will learn How to use these tools in order to search information on news of science, lesson plans, and methodological literature on science and so on.

G Writing analytical report

2 Part of CE course

Phase2:

G Implementation of the project by participants at their schools

G Enrichment of their lesson plans by using new resources

G Sharing ideas for Curriculum improvement

G Intercessional meetings

G Lesson plan observations

G Writing posts in blogs and comments to each other

G Meetings virtually through e-mail and wikispaces. platform

3 part of CE course

Phase3: 5 Day’s Training with using technology for enrichment of lesson plans and creating new with technology use.

4 part of CE course

Phase4:

G Implementation of the project by participants at their schools

G Enrichment of their lesson plans by using new resources in Google doc forms

G Sharing ideas for Curriculum improvement

G Intercessional meetings

G Lesson plan observations

G Writing posts in blogs and comments to each other

G Meetings virtually through e-mail and wikispaces. platform

Phase5:

G Round –table discussion

G Presentation of work through technology tools (wikispaces.com, blogs, delicious pages, lesson plans formats in Google doc., etc)

G Certification of participants

Assessment

netki11 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:34:09 +0000

With our participants we discussed the role of formative assessment by feedback to students and the role of feedback to participants at the training. Teachers could work in pairs and design the rubrics for evaluation :“Rubric on discussion”; “Rubric on group work”; “Rubric for laboratory work”; “Rubric for Quiz”; “Rubric for work in Wikispaces”; “Rubric on work in reflective blog”; “Rubric for presentation”; “Rubric on research work”; “Rubric for interview”. Then through practive work they typed their rubrics and shared the links by the site http://rubistar.4teachers.org where they created account.Teachers could see by these links what other created and send to them by e-mail comments and suggestions for improvement. Teachers learned to create rubrics for evaluation of their student’s work.

Participants filled on the paper self-evaluation list on their work with group of participants and then through http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HX3RTNR filled the form to evaluate the training. They created account at this site and have learned how they can use it for their classess in order to evaluate the lesson, conference, project, and so on.

Video “Teaching Philosophy” from You tube motivated them to think about their teaching philosophy in the second phase of our Program.

Everybody successfully completed the requirements of the course and were evaluated by special assessment form. Thanks to everybody and Good luck in Teaching!

Wrap-up for deadline

netki11 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:24:52 +0000

Participants could practice more and finished all tasks that they had to do during the training. They checked again Delucious page and add there several new sites; opened their blogs and wrote their the second post , plus comments to others; some of them worked again with Interactive PPT, if they didn’t complete it well;through Wikispaces.com they discussed the role of Interactive lecture that we considered the day before. Teachers actively used e-mail for sending letters, and sending tasks that they prepared for deadline.

We conducted discussion :”How can teachers use those technological tools in teaching, lesson plans writing, curriculum improvement?” and analyzed why we were learning those at 10 days of our training.

Project that teachers wrote for their future implementation was analyzed by peers for their better writing of it. It was very productive dialogue and discussion that helped them to improve and complete their work.

Traditional and interactive lecture

netki11 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:42:18 +0000

Participants defined the term “Lecture: Traditional and Interactive” and compare similarities and differences. They worked in groups and analyze advantages and disadvantages of traditional and interactive lecture. They concluded that in teaching by this method, teachers has to involve students into the process of discussion, thinking, and doing smth… Only in this way, interactive lecture will be helpful for student and he /she will be able to analyze and discuss issues with others. In another way, students “will sleep” and do not think about science concepts that teacher present to them. Different options of using Interactive presentation by Interactive PPT, animation, simulation games, Interactive model presentations,video, teaching through Tutorials were presented to participants. They watch a demonstration video on creating Interactive Power Point and then they created it themselves. Some participants didn’t use PPT before and it was a new for them lesson-on open a new slide, adding symbols, writing questions there and inserting pictures from Internet. After individual help to everybody, they could complete the tasks perfectly. Some of them started to “cry” while they could not understand why “the link doesn’t work” and instructor helped to everybody to find their mistakes. They were lucky to learn how Interactive PPT works and discuss how it can be useful in their teaching by different variations.

Video and other technology tools in teaching

netki11 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:28:18 +0000

At the training, participants could discuss the issues of using video, CDs, and DVDs at the lessons. They conducted questions for pre-, while- and post-activities at the lesson. All teachers individually presented the piece of the lesson by using video or other and asked questions to participants by imagination that others are students. It was interesting to discuss questions if they are appropriate to students and useful for motivation of students. Some teachers were excited to see videos for chemistry with reaction for the lesson, and videos on learning Anatomy, because those teachers do not have this equipment at their schools. They told that want to work sometimes in LRC and to prepare for the lessons.In addition, participants wish to use video resources from AKS. The point of student motivation was discussed through Wikispaces. com at the discussion platform. Also, teachers practiced again in writing e-mail with ideas on teaching and practiced their skills.

Blog and exam

netki11 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:58:13 +0000

Participants of the course could open the reflective blog and fill the first post there and complete their profile. What is the value of reflective blog? Teachers will analyze their teaching experience and discuss issues during our school year and CE Program. Such approach can be used as a student’ portfolio and a teacher’ portfolio. Teachers will learn how design it well and write comments to each other. Let’s Follow their blogs!

A checking Point by exam has shown that we have to repeat how to open e-mail, delicious page, wikispaces, and our blogs!

In addition, the video with Howard Gardner and discussion about MI theory was beneficial for teachers to analyze his ideas and think about the assessment that students and teachers have to understand. Also teachers discussed the role of listening and speaking skills and the activities that help our students improve those skills. The school starts soon, but we have to think deeply about the lesson plan!

Participants work so hard! Good luck to them!