What riches! A wealth of material but mostly to do with English, Maths, Sciences, Social Sciences. There are incidentally organised materials for languages but a lot is sourced from commercial producers or generated by individuals. I looked at Chinese language material and it was not inspiring but I guess its how you adapt and use it. One thing that would be useful is explanations about how [a] language works e.g. the metalcognition around how to learn it so that students have a resource that say shows them how to structure a sentence. One thing I find really curious in a lot of Chinese didactic video for listening and speaking is the constant emphasis on Chinese script which is actually to do with reading and writing so its not actually helpful- people don't speak in Chinese characters!!
I found this little clip quite interesting from a language point of view though the interview style is a bit static but it is not too long:
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wnvrZpcOosU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I also enjoyed this TEd talk on English and the opportunities to flip the lesson:
This also got me thinking about the fact that the resources deal a lot with the English language: it all assumes that English is all there is so this Patricia Ryan talk was pretty interesting, especially when I think about the 58 non-English speaking background International students we have let alone all the other local NESB students and what they bring to education:
http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html
I like the tools that these sites provide for developing ideas and contributing to a community of teachers. In order to do this more it will involve rethinking my work: there is going to be more time in selection and preparation and less emphasis on classwroom delivery. This is where the Flipped Teaching mode is attractive. I think students do benefit from active facilitation through an activity in contrast to active pre-instruction followed by "independent" assignments whether in groups or otherwise. There are big questions here about how teachers work is structured.
Using these various sites seems to solve the copyright problem as the rights for use are clearly specified so that sort of allays my earlier concern. And I think I'm at the end of the space!!
I found this little clip quite interesting from a language point of view though the interview style is a bit static but it is not too long:
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wnvrZpcOosU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I also enjoyed this TEd talk on English and the opportunities to flip the lesson:
This also got me thinking about the fact that the resources deal a lot with the English language: it all assumes that English is all there is so this Patricia Ryan talk was pretty interesting, especially when I think about the 58 non-English speaking background International students we have let alone all the other local NESB students and what they bring to education:
http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html
I like the tools that these sites provide for developing ideas and contributing to a community of teachers. In order to do this more it will involve rethinking my work: there is going to be more time in selection and preparation and less emphasis on classwroom delivery. This is where the Flipped Teaching mode is attractive. I think students do benefit from active facilitation through an activity in contrast to active pre-instruction followed by "independent" assignments whether in groups or otherwise. There are big questions here about how teachers work is structured.
Using these various sites seems to solve the copyright problem as the rights for use are clearly specified so that sort of allays my earlier concern. And I think I'm at the end of the space!!
Great videos Phil! You're right about the lack of inclusion around other languages though, the most frustrating thing about the internet is that while it is a global facility the majority of the content is very far from globally inclusive. Mostly because the majority is almost always generated in the US. hopefully that will change over the next few years as rising tech powerhouses like Israel continue to grow and innovate.
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