Teachers New Roles

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Teachers New Roles

• The Most Difficult Part of Teaching is Learning

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Changes in Education

• Causes
• New Medium
• New Economy
• New Behaviors
• New Knowledge
• Global Village

• Effects on Students
• Ability to Learn
• Not Ability to DO
• Seek/Select/Analyze
• Not to Receive Info.
• Basic Skills-
• Communication
• English
• Technology

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New Medium ICT

• The Net
• Web/ Email
• Mobile
• Ubiquitous
• Portable

• One to Many-gt
• Many to many
• Ubiquitous 24/7
• Interactive
• Responsive
• English/Foreign L.
• Real Knowledge
• Duplication
• Distribution

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New Economy/Behaviors

• New Economy
• Global
• Responsive/Quick
• Knowledge Based
• Competitive
• Networked not Functional
• Technology Based

• New Behaviors
• Information Based
• Communication Based
• Selective
• Technology Based
• Life-Long Learning

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Teaching ObjectivesStudents of the Future

• Ability to Learn
• Ability to Seek/ Select/ Analyze/ Synthesize
  Info.
• Social Skills Working in Team
• Working Skills Technology/English

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Teachers Old RoleControl/Convey

• Convey Information
• Standardize Knowledge
• Reward/Punish Scheme
• Passive Teaching
• Center of Knowledge?

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Teachers New RoleFacilitate/Direct

• Direct Student to Learn
• Create Cases/Questions
• Create Tools
• Collect Information
• Reflect What Students Learn

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Creating Effective LessonWhy Why Not

• Think Outside the Box
• Let Them Make Mistakes
• Creativity/Imagination
• Learning from Each Other
• Real Case, Real Problem
• Learn from Experiences
• Make Learning Fun

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• "I cannot teach anybody anything,
• I can only make them think"
• Socrates

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Teaching ObjectivesHow to Achieve These

• Ability to Learn
• Ability to Seek/ Select/ Analyze/ Synthesize
• Social Skills Working in Team
• Working Skills Technology/English

• Teach Them to Learn
• Let Students Explore
• English and Tech. in Classroom
• Working in Teams
• Simulated Experiences
• Make Mistakes and Learn
• Bring Experiences to Class
• Let Student Seek the Facts
• Lecture to Stimulate

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Teaching ObjectivesMeasurement

• Process Evaluation
• Is the process implemented properly?
• Books/Lectures/Activities achieve their goals?
• Impact Evaluation
• Have students learned something?
• Only the students know
• Quiz/Exam measures ___?
• Report/Activities shows ___?
• What are the best measures?
• Is exam valid/effective?
• How reports/activities are graded?

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New TeachingWhat you can do.., Now.

• Make your life easier
• Use Virtual Classroom
• Give them more info.
• Information from the world wide web
• Do not re-invent the wheel
• Make your class interesting
• get attention Nice Looking Powerpoint
• get curious Real Life Case
• get competitive Let them compete
• Make then think
• simulation Create an real-life situation they
  would remember

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Virtual ClassroomLet Computer Work for You

• Assignments
• Webboard
• This is nice to have a machine working for you
  (storing assignments/ documents)
• This is only a managerial functions

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Lets Look at RealityWhat I Do as a Teacher
Concepts

• English/Technology
• WWW Sources/Cases
• Simulation
• Online Quiz Express Your Thoughts
• Learning Together
• Homework-Based

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Lets Look at RealityWhat I Do as a Teacher
Actions

• tum.mgt.psu.ac.th
• Virtual classroom
• PowerPointMedia
• Paperless-Class
• PDF Acrobat
• Simulation/Interactive
• E-Cases

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Learning BlocksWhat is Wrong With Learning
Computer?

• Learning Blocks Computer skills need to be
  accumulated, each level of knowledge/skill is
  important to the task

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Learning BlocksWhat is Wrong With Learning
Computer?
Task Achieved
Applications/Integration
Computer Programs Skills
Specific Fields Knowledge
Logical Thinking
Basic Computer Concepts
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Learning BlocksComputer Skills Complements Each
Other.
Task Achieved
Applications/Integration
Computer Programs Skills
Specific Fields Knowledge
Logical Thinking
Basic Computer Concepts
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Therefore, You have to Keep Learning and
Practicing New Computer Programs

• English will Help
• Software is Practically Free
• Choose What you Like to Do.
• Examples on the Net
• Making Mistakes Lessons

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You Can Do It If You Want To
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Lets Look at RealityWhat You Can Do Today..

• Virtual Classroom
• Related Websites List
• PowerPointMore
• English Integrated
• Active Class Learning Together
• Your Own Web
• Your Own Game/Sim

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• "Those that know, do.
• Those that understand, teach."
• Aristotle

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• "A teacher has two jobs fill young minds with
  knowledge, yes, but more important, give those
  minds a compass so that that knowledge doesn't go
  to waste." Principal Jacobs (played by
  Olympia Dukakis)
• in Mr. Holland's Opus