4.3 Student Induction images and videos

This post is a guidance for beginner students as part of the induction process.  Also the content can be used to practice directions for the exam and the images can be used to describe the college, also useful for exam practice.

Stduents will have to name and order the images after they've been on a tour. I will show this up on the projector and ask students to write or shout out the name of the places, then I will elicit the position of the places in the order they see them from the car park to reception.

 

 

 

 

 

These videos can be used in various ways.  This is one possible way:

Stduents will go on a tour of the college, then they will watch the videos without sound and try and predict what's been said, then they will watch and listen to check their answers and we will practice asking for and giving directions.

 

4.3: Push Technology

Push Technology is a term similar in meaning as 'to subscribe'.  It means that internet users can have access to new information without looking for them.  They basically 'subscribe' to a particular channel or site and get alerts send to them about what's new.

Many websites have this feature, like messenger, sport results, email etc.

When we browse on the web and see this symbol (RSS Feeder) it means that the user can subscribe to a particular site and have information of their interest sent to them.

It can be accessed via PCs, laptops and smart phones.  The original Blackburry was the first to adopt such a system by allowing users to communicate and share messages through the web.

This is constantly updating depending on how many feeds to subscribe to and gives you news directly when you log on to your computer or access the reader icon on your phone.

Subscriptions work in the same way where you subscribe to various websites and instead of having it directly providing a feed for your blog the information gets sent to your email.

 

Twitter is a good exemple of Push Technonology.  Users subscribe to news feeds and with the push of a button can access all the posts.

 

There are many benefits to using this system in Education and I plan on using it to inform students of new posts on the Blog I set up for them to read and comment on.

 

Another way that this can be used in my discipline is to send videos, newspaper articles and English exrecises to students and allow them to access the material and hopefully increase students interest and enrich their learning experience.