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  • Unit and Lesson Plans

    M1 S2 Country Presentation Competition.


    SA – NGUAN YING SCHOOL ENGLISH PROGRAM (SYEP)
    Lesson Plan Period: 10
    Unit: Computing              Topic: Presentation software.
    Course Code: 21283    Course Title:Country Presentation Matayom Suksa: M1

    Terminal Objective

    Gain an advanced knowledge of 'presentation' and 'word' processing Software.

    Practice more advanced thinking skills by problems solving the important parts of the script requiring animations.

    How to tell the best story with the images and slides.
    Students to gain the skills required to complete on-line courses.
    Students to show the self-discipline needed to complete university and on-line units of work.
    Students will analyse videos and edit till below 20 or 40 seconds but keeping the most meaningful parts.
    Content :
    Create a presentation in Keynote, Impress or PowerPoint.
    Students to complete on-line quizzes..
    Teacher Reviews and Unit Plans
    M2 S1, S2 Presentations. A Country.
    Terminal Objectives:

    Lessons:
    14 Lessons
    Teaching Topics:
    As per website M2 S1 S2 Presentations Country
    http://brettwilkin.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=110
    T. T. Cont: Your presentation your story..
    Themes and grouping of information.
    Treat your presentation as a story.
    There is only information directly relating to the story. NOTHING EXTRA
    Animations and their use to make your words and ideas more important.
    The delivery of a presentation.
    T. T. Cont: Themes Animation Timing
    Themes and the grouping of information.
    Animations and the timing to add emphasis to main points.
    Pracitce Activities:
    Practice by presenting to the class
    Teachers to give feedback for improvements
    Production.Create, Script, Practice, Present :
    Script creation
    Create presentation
    Practice presentation.
    Present presentation to class for assessment.
    Homework / Assignments:
    Complete on-line quizzes
    Learn vocabulary.
    It is expected the vocabulary will be regular use by the end of the semester. (not the unit)
    Teaching Material / Aids:
    http://brettwilkin.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=110
    Conputers
    Projectors.
    Evaluation:
    Quizzes
    Presentation scores based on marking guide.
    Teaching Report:
    • Computing is used to create an holistic approach to learning by working with Social studies, Public speaking and Science.
    • To support subjects specific software is taught so students can complete high quality presentations.
    • The emphasis is on using the computer as a tool for creating researching and expressing learning from many different areas. The goal is for the students to be able to take control of their learning, understand what is good research and express this in acceptable high quality formats.
    • 'Student centered classrooms' that are also a 'flipped classroom' are the preferred methods of delivery. The website for the flipped classroom is brettwilkin.com.The flipped classroom frees the teacher to work with the students more often.
    • Students use the website to review what is taught in class and review for exams. The site logs show students often want to work late at night to finish quizzes and submit work.
    • Being an ESL classroom all new words on the web site are linked to a Thai dictionary. The site dictionary gives the meanings of the words in the context of how they are being used on the site.
    • Small quizzes to support learning and cater to the curriculum requirements are done on line via the students personal accounts. This means most of the feedback is instant.
    • A 'Constructionist' approach based on project / activities outcomes means the website is updated regularly to accommodate changing social attitudes, student brain dominances and learning styles. There is a strong emphasis on creative thinking, research skill and looking for answers rather than being spoon fed.
    • As this is an ESL classroom students can review any information they do not understand. It is noted according to the website logs students often log on to do quizzes late at night when they are of the feeling to work.

    Teacher Review.
    Review 2015
    Unit went well but it was noted the animations to exemplify the story were not used efficiently. Students completed all work but more quizzes needed and the unit needs to be matched more with the requirements of M2 students so the learning is easier to scaffold for going into M2.

    Review 2016
    This year the emphasis was changed to one of create a story and animate your story. This has been a more successful approach as the presentations are starting to become easier to watch with a smoother transfer of information to the audience. The students need to be reminded regularly about completing online quizzes. This semester has seen better quality presentations and animations of stories but students need to be going back to the website more to see what has been taught. Being an ESL environment the students don't always have a complete understanding of what is needed and this is all on the website and quizzes for them to explore.
    Some more fine tuning needed with some more quizzes in this unit but basically a successful semester with all the students passing at the required rate of 75%.
    In preparation for 2017 this unit web page has been revamped to be more interactive (besides compulsory quizzes) instead of just a resource. As for the dynamic animations and colours the jury is still out until I can question the students. I am very conscious of being an old fogy and what I have done must appeal to the age group intended.
    The underpinning philosophy is to create the animations to give ideas but not something to copy. The concepts will be talked about in class and the students can use the principles of programmed learning to follow up ideas on the web. The chunks of information and learning should be small and continuous with no expectation that the student will know; more that they will continue to learn almost by accident through revisiting ideas in sequential order as they use the ideas and concepts discussed. This philosophy has been working exceptionally well and this is an effort to make it better.

    Signature:
    Robert BRETT WILKIN.
    Date: __/__/____

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