Hi everyone,
I've lived in Indonesia for over 20 years and for the last five 've worked for the Education Unit at the World Bank as well as for the statistical unit at UNESCO Bangkok, for a year.
My work involves a lot of interaction with policy makers at the national level. I'm doing the Masters because I want to be more informed about ICT in Education, and I want to be able to share my knowledge with policy makers in Indonesia and in other developing countries.
Example of ICT innovation:
I've just uploaded a couple of videos on youtube. The videos are of real classrooms in Indonesia.
1. Teacher using a computer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr_3Df6gJ44
2. Teacher using a blackboard - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Vw7MIsrk4
I think the one in which the teacher is using the computer and the projector, I find the students are much more engaged, they are laughing and paying more attention. In the one where the teacher has his back turned to the class the entire time to write on the board, the students are quiet and maybe even asleep!
In this case, technology definitely affords the teacher to ability to improve his interaction with the students. He has to prepare for the lesson before class (which saves time during class for actually teaching, unlike the teacher with the blackboard who spends most of his time just writing on the board). I think this is an example of technology changing teaching practice.
Your thoughts are most welcome.
I agree that more class activities can motivate students’ interest in learning.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking of how I can use those IT facilities more effectively…
In my secondary school, 8 of the classroom just install the interactive whiteboard, and teachers are wondered how to make use of them.
Any Ideas of that thing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U05WeXPGlk