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Sharing, we are even better

Lesson Planning under ICT

Victor GAO 2002年 2月 5日

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The problemThe problem

Teaching can be a lonely job Some teachers have taught for

many years but have very little change in their teaching style

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The tired teacherThe tired teacher

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The challengesThe challenges

1. To break down the traditional isolation approach to teaching methodologies and lesson planning

2. To ensure maximum utilization of this technology as we incorporate it into our educational curriculum

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What caused the isolation in What caused the isolation in teachersteachers’’ lesson planning lesson planning

Usually solely and entirely responsible for the plan

It is a lonely one-person operation in most cases

Implementing a poorly designed

lesson plan is counter productive

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What caused the isolation in What caused the isolation in teachersteachers’’ lesson planning lesson planning..

Implementing a poorly designed lesson plan is in fact counter productive for both the teachers and the students.

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Facilitating communication Facilitating communication between colleaguesbetween colleagues

Consensuses building and

collaboration

The channels of communication

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Reasons for sharedReasons for shared lesson planning lesson planning

The textbooks The learnersThe National English Curriculum

and ITC and methodology

ELT teachers do feel at a lost when they open the textbooks at night to plan their lessons.

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Where is the way?Where is the way?

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How can we help a teacher How can we help a teacher teach better?teach better?

Teachers using the same texts should plan lessons on computer and share them

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Considerations of the Considerations of the shared lesson planningshared lesson planning

1. A new look of the lesson plan • Use of multimedia facilities• Learner-centred • Scan the text for a PowerPoint

or Doc file

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2. Plans shared by the team

• Each teacher be responsible for one or two language units

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3. Plans on computers

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Advantages for preparing Advantages for preparing lesson plans on computerslesson plans on computers

a. Shared and stored in teachers’ computers

b.Easy to modify

c. Adaptable and flexible

d. Improve plans further

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4. Updating the plans

• Collecting all teachers’ expertise to break down the isolation

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5. Self-improvement stimulated

• Challenge and competition can be encouraged among teachers .

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6. ICT manipulation skills• Shared planning can mobilize all

teachers’ knowledge and experience in using ICT

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7. Guaranteed quality

• Sharing can standardize the lesson plans at a quality level.

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8. Make full use of doc or PowerPoint file e.g. Word processing skills Make your own website

www.liv.ac.uk/%7Ecnewton/

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A PowerPoint fileA PowerPoint file

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A doc file

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9. Learning from British counterparts

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10. Diverse types of lesson plans

a. A PowerPoint file for visual input

What’s the weather like in …?

Which is the coldest, warmest city today?

Witch city has the best weather?

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11. Surfing online Advice from David Eastman

(See in the handout)

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12. Learning online

Advice from Andrew Stokes

(See in the handout)

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Options to the GoalOptions to the Goal

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13. Steps for shared lesson planning a. decide the lesson type you want to plan

b. work out the format of the lesson

c. give each teacher some skill practice in planning

d. monitor the progress

e. the lessons finished should be made available on the intranet

f. to reflect on the lessons

g. build on the existing lesson plan

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14. Misuse and disadvantage

a. developing tired eyes due to unfriendly format, size or and colours

c. boxed seats

d. isolated activities

e. misuse of a program

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www.liv.ac.uk/%7Ecnewton

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ConclusionConclusion

Shared lesson planning is action research

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