Soon we are going to start receiving “requests” from students to be their thesis advisor. So, I decided to get ready and prepare (or re-prepare) the material they need. The final result was a very comprehensive page (I think), where students can find most of the information they need. Here it is: http://lab.passos.jp/undergrad-thesis/senior-thesis-guide/ All the documents are stored in Google Drive, giving me flexibility when updating something.
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FD レポート
今日は教育学部の先生たちに電子ポートフォリオシステムについての説明会でした。
CT & AL Handbook
On Friday last week I sent an email to faculty asking them to provide me a tree paragraph explanation of (at least) one CT and/or AL activity they do in their classes. The idea is to document what we are doing and also be able to provide new faculty with a tangible document introducing some ideas of AL and CT in the classroom. Well, today I finally finished the first mock-up with 11 activities. It might look as a small Read More …
Moodle Training
Today I could catch up with the Moodle training offered by Learn Moodle (https://learn.moodle.net/). We are into the second week of the course and, although I don’t see myself as a beginner, I can see already a lot of inspiring uses in my classes. It is always good to learn new things… right?
FD session report
Yesterday’s session was amazing. We were not only able to cover everything we wanted but people’s response to it was great. Faculty members seemed very receptive and interested. The files distributed during the presentation, as well as the presentation itself, are in the page below: http://portfolio.miyazaki-mic.ac.jp/mahara/view/view.php?t=mT1CRzUx6lSnQiN5qOJB
Nurturing Children: The ways of nurturing children positively (養育：肯定的に働く養育への要因)
Abstract: The ways of nurturing children are positively reflective topics because the levels of affection for children and how caregivers nurture affect how they grow up. For example, it is whether children are stable emotionally or children do not have confidence in everything or themselves. This thesis is to focus how nurturing children impacts child development emotionally and mentally and how their children develop differently through nurturing children. The method of this research is literature review from the psychological books Read More …
The Influence of Technology for Japanese EFL Students (第二言語を英語とする日本の学生に対するテクノロジーの影響)
Abstract: The Influence of technology is wide and many things in our daily lives are affected by technology. Nowadays, people around the world are using smartphones to receive news and message friends, copy machines to make document copies quickly and video games to entertain them during their leisure time. Technology is used every day and helps us in many aspects of our lives. Therefore, it is expected that many technology resources, mainly online ones, can help EFL students to improve Read More …
First version of ICT badges
Our class is a living laboratory: First we decided to use Mahara and the new e-Portfolio server in it. Later we started using the rubrics I developed at the end of last year. Now, we are using badges to award students achievements AND to keep class motivation. Syllabus for this class with the evaluation rubrics and badges is available on the MIC website: http://www.mic.ac.jp/pdf/syllabus/SCI151-2.pdf
Mahara e-Portfolio Manual
Last week I handed out to my students the first version of an e-Portfolio manual that I am working on. As my teaching partner made too many corrections, I will post the file here after I fix all mistakes.
Electronic whiteboard, here I come.
At the end of November I applied for a special fund within our university. The fund was intended to be used to improve instruction in the classroom. Anyway, I was awarded with it, and my proposal was to improve A.L. and tablet usage in the classroom. The package arrived today. I intend to use it to record whiteboard activity and hopefully make class content available online so students can review it anytime, anywhere. For those who have no idea of Read More …