Khem's Interactive Web 2013: 2013

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

My Lesson Plan with Technology Component

My Lesson Plan

Lesson:- 1
Topic:- MESSAGE from ANOTHER PLANET
Teacher:- Khem Lal Pahari
Class:- Grade 10 A
No of Ss:- 45
Type of Ss:- Average Profeciency Level
Duration of Lesson:- 45 minutes
MATERIALS
Technology component:-
1. computer
2. multimedia projector
3. pictures of radio, TV, computer, factories, vehicles, refrigerator, mobile phone, bottles, cans and other garbage
Other Materials:-
Non technology components:-
1. Cut outs of the pictures mentioned above
2. Chart paper / News print paper / Flash cards
3. Text book

Introduction:- Overview of previous lesson or tie in to the class:-

Teacher interacts with the students regarding their achievement in the previous class and their commitment to do the best in the new academic year. (5 minutes)

OBJECTIVE of the LESSON:-
1. The students are expected to listen to the recorded text or read the text and answer the textual exercises.
2. The students are expected to prepare a project work in their groups and present it in their class regarding 'how the world would be a better place to live in'
Technology Objectives:-1. The students will feel more interested and enthusiastic to work with the motern technology. 2. The students will be attracted to learn new things using internet rather than using it for recreation.
PROCEDURES:
Presentation of the lesson of the day:-A (5 minutes)
1. The teacher demonstrates the students the pictures he has downloaded or collected and asks them if they like using them in their everyday life.

2. The teacher asks the students if they are contented with the facilities they are enjoying in their household using the things of modern scientific inventions. He floores the question in mass and gets answer individually and randomly. the teacher writes down the main points of the students' answer on the board.

The teacher interacts with the students on how we can best use the resources and conserve the earth for coming generation.
Presentation:-B (10 minutes)
The teacher sets a task, lets the students understand the questions and plays the recorded text. The students hear the text attentively and answer the questions working in pair. After they finish the task the teacher exchanges their answer sheets and gets them examined by their friends. The teacher sets another task and asks the students to read the text and do the exercise in pairs. He applies similar strategy to get their answers checked.
Procedure:-C (5+10 minutes)
i. He then asks them to work in their groups and tell one another what they do with the things that are no longer in use.
ii. He then asks them to write their views logically on a sheet of news print paper and pest it on the wall near their group.

The teacher conducts a short speech programme intitled: - 'How can the world be a better place to live in.' (10 minutes)

Finally, the teacher asks the students to write an essay on 'How the World can be a Better Place to Live in' in 200 words as a project work.

Back up Plan: in case of the failure of the technology, the teacher uses the flash cards, charts, diagrams and pictures etc.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Observing an Article from Phyak Prem Bahadur

Hello e- friends,
Today evening I read an article from Mr. Prem Bahadur Phayak. He has been teaching at Tribhuwan University in the central department of English,Kathmandu Nepal. The goal of his writing was to plan and conduct action research which involved changes related to modern technology in class room.
He reveals the bitter truth of having a huge mass of students in majority of the the same section of a college or a university in Nepal. The students have to write a research paper in the final semester of university examination but majority of them have no any background of research writing. Mr. Phayak had been facilitating 20 students implementing modern technology to help them develop their research writing. His students belonged to different geographical topography, economic status interest, reach and interest. His students preferred exploring different materials like books, research reports. They like more interactions and discussions with their facilitator in class which is apparently impossible because of large size class. So the instructors conduct lecturer method ,however the author chooses using modern technology like email, internet and other resources.The students lack internet access and it's new to many of them.
The university library on the other hand lacks international journals so there are limited research works in language education. The other threat to the students is that there is almost 12 hrs power-cut which also hampers the use of internet or the students are compelled to go to the cyber cafe spending a hefty amount of money daily.
To cope with this hazard the author told his students about the importance of email, internet and also helped them open their e-mail id. He prepared his plan based on ABCD style and instructed them with various useful web sites . He told the students to pay him a regular visit to discuss upon the matter they want to know. Later on he found that the students were using the technology effectively. They learnt the usefulness of technology in the field of teaching, research skills, academic writing and so on so forth.
The author found a lot of changes in his students . He admits that in the beginning they had a lot of problems and later on the integration of technology brought a lot of behavioural changes in his students.
This experimental article has brought a kind of courage in me too. Because I'm also new in using modern technology in teaching but in near future I'll deserve a good command over interactive web like the author Mr. Phayak.
Best regards,
Khem Lal Pahari

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Don't know whether I'm able to create my blog. But this time I think I've been successful. Still there is not ISP functioning well so I have to rely on my cell phone to do my job . If the comments come, I'll find myself being lucky if not there is one day more. I've been applying all the instruction but the report says, 'Your URL not available . ' I hope to see a better result this time.