It was an interesting and fast-paced lesson. We had to do like 20 things in 20 minutes — watch two videos, answer four questions, write five things about ourselves, post a photo, start a blog, etc. — but it was through these tasks that we got a feel of what the following twelve weeks would be like.
It looks promising. :)
For one, Prof Tan orientated us to the focus of the course: student-centred learning. The title of our course is "ICT for engaged learning", which seems to put the focus on ICT (Information and Communications Technologies). However, the focus of the course is actually on the tail end of the title ("engaged learning"), and how teachers can foster student-centred learning in a classroom with the use of ICT. It's a subtle difference, but an important one I think, considering that you can have all the ICT in the world and all you achieve is a very high-tech classroom with many attention-deficient and screen-obsessed teenagers.
I'm looking forward to this class. At this point, I've no idea how to encourage student-centred learning, so I've lots to learn. Along the way, I also hope someone can help me with turning the Moodle on my mac to something usable in a classroom. Personal agenda. Heh. :)
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Ah, Moodle. Here are two things you might consider:
1) Demonstrate it (for your group of 4 demo)
2) Use it for your final project.
Erm, yes. I could do that.. if I figure it out.. :)
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