Teaching with Technology

Course summary:

Learn how to create technology-based tasks and activities to enrich your lessons and stimulate your students.

Suitable for:

•   Inexperienced teachers
•   Experienced teachers who want to revise and extend their skills in this area

As many of the tasks within this course are classroom-based, you will find it more useful if you are currently teaching.

You should already have:

•   English at B2 level or higher What’s this?

You will need:

•   a mobile phone
•   a headset with microphone

 

Awards:

You will be awarded a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

 

Aims:

By the end of the course you should be able to:

•   understand the theory of using technology in the language classroom
•   design and create your own technology-based tasks and activities to use with your learners, including audio, video and digital story projects
•   identify appropriate resources for both teachers and learners, from the vast range available on the internet
•   consider new assessment options, such as e-portfolios and digital archiving

 

Methods:

Online self-study

The tasks within this course encourage you to try new approaches in the classroom and reflect upon the outcomes.

To successfully complete the course, you will be required to:

 

•   check your progress and understanding, through a range of interactive activities 
•   participate in discussion forums with other teachers
•   keep a learner journal

An end-of-course quiz will provide feedback on your progress and suggest areas for revision, where appropriate.

 

Course duration:

About 10 hours; 10 units.

You have six months to complete the course.

Units:

•   Unit 1: Introduction to technology
•   Unit 2: Internet resources (1)
•   Unit 3: Internet resources (2)
•   Unit 4: WebQuests
•   Unit 5: Video and audio (1)
•   Unit 6: Video and audio (2)
•   Unit 7: Video and audio (3)
•   Unit 8: Digital Stories (1)
•   Unit 9: Digital Stories (2)
•   Unit 10: e-portfolios

 

$39.50 Price