how teachers can create great content

How Teachers Can

Create greatContent

By Ella Ben Emanuel

First, a little about me….

What I’m most interested

in….• Trained lecturer for British Council in ESL

learning technologies

• Website creation and content

• Using social media platforms for teaching and learning

• Using advanced microsoft office tools for enhanced learning

• Using ‘flipped classroom methods’ for online learning

CREATING

ADAPTING

SUBSTITUTING AND MODIFYING

EXPLORING

SHARING

What does Content Creation mean for teachers?

• Teachers no longer have to rely on text books for their classroom content

• In our fast-changing world, materials that are selected for text books rapidly become outdated

• Digital technologies mean it is becoming increasingly easy to create and share dynamic classroom content using various mediums, including video and audio clips and visuals

CREATING

As an example, in order to help my 4 point literature students learning ‘the Treasure of Lemon Brown’ I recorded myself reading the story out loud and uploaded it on you

tube:

ADAPTING, SUBSTITUTING AND MODIFYING

• Sometimes we find materials that could be suitable for class but need some modification

• This doesn’t mean changing the materials completely

• Simple tools can make materials more accessible to students or can turn a class into something dynamic

ADAPTING

• Examples- using images for explaining words in a google search (unusual animals)

• Making a reading comprehension into an interactive quiz using kahoots

• Using word programs to rewrite and adapt existing materials – even an image here or an image there makes the material more accessible to students

Which would your student rather have?

Or this?

This?

One more example:• Pre-reading for one of the pieces for

the bagrut literature module

• ‘What are your goals for the future? Write down words that reflect these goals’

• Using a word cloud, students can make an image out of their words that can look like this;

Exploring• There’s a whole new world out there!

• It’s worthwhile to spend time discovering new material and tools to reduce the ‘classroom blahs’

• By modelling ourselves as perpetual learners we present a positive pedagogic model to our students

Where to start….• Find some great digital technology

blogs and pins

• Play around with the latest games and gimmicks- find what works for you

• Try doing something new using pre-existing programs, such as word, google docs and power point

Don’t be frightened of failure

• Mastering technologies is a matter of trial and error

• Find what works for you

• If in doubt, ask google

• There are hacks to almost everything

• When it comes to technology, self-learning is always better than someone else teaching you

Sharing• Teachers are no longer ‘lone

wolves’ in the classroom

• Ideas are out there to be shared, borrowed and adapted

• Sharing is like riding a bike, uncomfortable at first for some of us, but ultimately becoming the most natural thing in the world

Sharing• By sharing teachers are

ultimately creating networks of interactive educators that strive to grow and achieve excellence

• Getting peer feedback is a vital part of the process

“To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.”―Mark Twain

Two of my favorite places for sharing with other educators

Sharing• Just one example of something

wonderful a colleague shared with me……

Sharing• And here’s something a facebook

friend posted a while ago on one of the pages I follow:

Sharing with students

• I had a year where no one had to chase me for worksheets, rubrics or project details

• I put everything on a digital platform, including additional materials– I intend to try new platforms like Edmodo next year

Overcome your fear of technology

• Many teachers are frightened of technology and have convinced themselves that they are incapable of using it

• Understand that the only thing between you and these great tools are your misconceptions

• Nowadays, learning technologies are easier and easier to use and the net is full of tutorials and screenshots showing you exactly what to do.

My message to you is…..

CA

SES

How much do you remember from my presentation?

Thanks for Listening!

Looking forward to seeing and sharing your content !