Microphone in classroom

Dears
Good morning
Today I will talk about  Microphone in big classrooms , I remember when I were in college that some of teachers use
  microphone and some of them just talk !  and some of students complain that they can't hear well , also I observe that the strong and raised voice (with microphone) takes more attention from students , it's really can reduce the distraction in classroom .
also students can  use microphone to participation and share their opinions clearly without the famous interruption from  their colleagues (we can't hear , raise your voice)

now no need to carry the traditional microphone by hand , there is new designs of microphones by useing bluetooth .

pictures source : Google image

video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhcPgrLdPmI

Dear colleagues
by the end of this module (my last blog)
I want to thank you all for the useful topics , rich data and new information ,
I hope if we all keep our blogs actively and add new topics when we have time, good luck.

Thank you Dr Imad for this opportunity to improve our ICT skills , improve our online search skills , sharing our experiences and getting new information.

Policies That Would Promote Information Technology Use in Education

Dears
good afternoon

all of us knows the importance of technology to support education , so policies in all countries should give attention to that . 

 there are four policies should be implemented any where , we can see it in this picture

video link
https://youtu.be/2hOp408Ib5w

picture source

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/

calculator

Dears
good evening

today I will talk about an important tool for scientific classroom especially mathematics subject. the calculator

children should start to learn calculation operation manually to acquire that skill but after they move to  advanced classes they can use calculator to save time and effort especially in complicated questions ,now calculators is not hardware only , there are calculator applications for mobile and computer , it is very quick and easy to use.

Here the best calculator apps acording to android authority.com

picture source : Google image 

video link 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOKLNDM1xPA

Technology and parents or teachers supervision

Dears
good evening

As we talked in many blogs previously , technology can be a facilitator for teachers and
parents and play an important role to motivate children to learn . 

But we need high organization and supervision to avoid technology disadvantages like laziness  , lack of interaction , lack of thinking and waste of time without benefits. 

 Children need to play together as groups and also need to  individual activities to improve their physical, psychological , social and cognitive abilities .
So parents and teachers should support children to do sports , reading books, practise traditional games , using useful toys ...etc

also they should define a certain time to useing technology in home or classroom and they should be aware of the programs contents, its should be suitable for the age of children.




pictures source : Google image
retrieved on 8 Feb 2017 

Electronic dictionary 2 (Japanese experience)

Dears
good morning
I talked in my last blog about electronic dictionary and how I use it , today I will show an instructional experience with it 

The pocket electronic dictionary (PED) has the potential to be a powerful language learning tool. At the same time, it may be seen as an obstacle to communication, a waste of classroom time, and a source of conflict between foreign-language learners and the teachers. foreign-language students, teachers who share the native language of the students, and teachers who are native speakers of the target language. The survey, which takes into account the beliefs, attitudes, and expectations of Japanese learners of English and of their teachers regarding the PED, revealed important differences in their opinions about how and when the dictionary should be used, in the effect of dictionary use on foreign language vocabulary development, and regarding users' needs for training or guidance in the use of electronic dictionaries. The presentation will also recommend means by which understanding of these differing perspectives may help both language learners and teachers make the most of the potential of the electronic dictionary. In formal educational environments, from high school onwards, use of the handheld electronic dictionary is becoming increasingly widespread. In some classrooms, the electronic dictionary is the only dictionary to be seen. It is typically brought to class by a larger proportion of language students than was its paper forebear, and appears to be used more frequently and more indiscriminately than were paper dictionaries. The nature of the electronic dictionary, together with its increased presence in the language class, has wrought various changes both to learner dictionary use and to the role of the teacher in the language classroom, and these merit further investigation. This paper begins with a consideration of some of the ways in which the nature of electronic dictionaries may affect dictionary use. Following this, we report a survey of 124 Japanese university students' knowledge and use of electronic dictionary functions, use of electronic dictionaries in language learning activities, experience and perceived needs of electronic dictionary guidance or training; and electronic dictionary user etiquette. Drawing on the findings of the survey, we will offer suggestions as to language teachers' roles in facilitating more effective electronic dictionary use.

References (internet sources)

http://iteslj.org/Articles/Yonally-ElecDict.html

http://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/japanese-electronic-dictionary.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AejPoyWqoFk

retrieved in 5 Feb 2017 

Electronic dictionary

Dears

Good evening 

 Today I will talk about electronic dictionary, it can help us to study or teaching languages

it is a smart tool to find the suitable word in any language or  put a word to get its meaning , the traditional dictionary books can play the same role but with more time and effort , also  it is usually expensive , you can using free websites and applications or buy an electronic dictionary  

This is my favorite one http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

I use it on my laptop and I have it as application on my mobile, I can use it to translate from English to a lot of other languages. Some of electronic dictionaries give you a chance to select the language of text and the language of 
translated text like google translator for example .


picture source :google image 
retrieved on 4 Feb 2017 

Educational facebook group

Dears

Good evening

Today I will talk about the benefits of facebook groups in education field , we can create an educational facebook group to talk about several curricula , teaching methods and schools , also we can share useful data or ask about it , now there are a lot of instructional groups to learning English , to talk about children socialization , to  share 

scientific information..etc

I have an example for Sudanese group created for mothers and  female teachers to add or ask  about all things which related with schools ( curriculum , location , fees , environment , teaching methods , uniform …etc

That group called (lamatna fi madrasatna) , it is very useful and interactive and I used it to chose a kindergarten for my daughter.

 My colleagues.. why we didn't create our 

??own facebook  group yet

picture source:google image