Hi, my partner Fernanda Taranco and I met today and recorded our first class (another one to come...) We had great fun and Fernanda was a model student ;-) I was only slightly horrified when I played back the recording! I don't stop moving and I talk over my student (I find this really difficult, knowing when to speak to avoid speaking at the same time, it seems to happen a lot. Maybe it's just practice...?) I couldn't seem to hide my navigation bar for the slides in the bottom left hand corner, maybe someone can help me on that one... I was using Google Slides. Oh and my class is 5 mins too long, sorry... I did, however, find it a really useful experience and it's got me off the mark, I have now taught my first class online, yay!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IHf57GZ7eoNZ3Dv5wVRW1gnaOMG1psRY
What a nice lesson! I thought it was very clear and well organized with ample graphics to clarify lexical items and even video (so that's how you flip an omelette - don't try that at home!!). Nice to know you can embed a video in Google slides and get it to play in Zoom (I might try that at home :-). I like the way it ended on grammar notes and even a lesson on sequencing in English. It's nice to be able to observe other skilled teachers at work and get ideas on how improve our own technique.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's very organized and I loved it! Embedding a video didn't slow it down? I'm so afraid of technical issues I always end up using Youtube links. The problem is students' can see my "video history" section so they will know what kind of videos I have been watching. It's embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteI love it, and now I can try to make a Spanish Omelet, too! I am also surprised about the embedded video - I didn't know you could do that. I like that your lesson was so well organized, and I like the links to previous and future lessons. I think you used Zoom really well, even though there were some bumps in the road (as for all of us).
ReplyDeleteOne thing you can do that might help the talking at the same time issue that you mentioned is before the lesson begins do a check to see what the lag is. Last week in class, Heike did something with counting to 30 and alternating speakers every five numbers. Something I've seen Steven Herder do during iTDi classes is taking turns saying the alphabet letter by letter (I say A, you say B, I say C, etc.). You might not be able to improve the lag, but you'll know about it and know how long you have to wait to answer.
Anne Hendler that's really useful Anne thanks. Will try it next time...
ReplyDeleteGood idea Anne, indeed!
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