REACHING FURTHERUsing Technology in a Writing classroom.

ME, YO, MOI, MWEN• I am from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.• Gradutated from PUCMM, Recinto Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic• Certified Teacher Trainer from SIT Insttute• Certified by the Cambridge English • Otaku and Gamer• Tech Geek

MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY“Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not”.

- John Dewey

I focus on making students do. I believe in experiencing what we talk about. Students can interpret different topics in their own way by having first-hand experience with them. Students will be able to have a connection to self which will allow knowledge to be constructed when it comes into contact with prior knowledge developed by their experiences.

MY TEACHNG PHILOSOPHY (CONT)

“Play is our brain's favorite way of learning”.- Diane Ackerman

I strongly believe a student is challenged throughout interaction. Therefore, I like to have an active integral class, where the student can work in groups, relying on his peers and forming critical thinking. I feel students more engaged, and it gives them the time to think about what to say and not put the shy ones on the spot. Also, if they are having fun, the learning process get to them faster and they never forget it.

MY CLASS• INGL 3202, English Composition and Reading II• 24 students• Young adults

TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

• Timid and growing relationship• 21st Century Classroom• Students are more tech-literate than

teachers (common case)

MOST USED INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

• What are the most used technology in the classroom?• What is the most used technology today?

TECHNOLOGY NOWADAYS.• What we think about when we hear technology:

• Which is actually happening

TECHNOLOGY INSIDE A WRITING CLASSROOM

WRITING CLASSROOM “Technology in education should not be understood as using it as a tool to transfer instructional material and rehearsal but as a medium for learning, discovering, sharing and creating knowledge” (Kulkarni, 2012).

Making a Descriptive essay. - Provides details about how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, makes one feel, or sounds.

DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY- Let’s make a Wordle

- Like a Word Wall- Visual aid for students to have

various ideas and synonyms- Helps with writer’s block

• Pick a topic, any topic!• Print your Wordle in PDF and upload

it on Twitter

DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY• To do a wordle

– Access http://www.wordle.net/create– In groups of 5, create a wordle from any topic:

• Be creative (20 minimum, five heads are better than one)

• P.S.: Would be nice to have one about MWWP to upload to the website. Up for the Challenge? (1 Group only)

– Use the words from your Wordle to make a descriptive paragraph.

– Use as many words as you want from the wordle or add a few more if you think its missing

SHARING IS CARING

QUESTIONS?

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