Blog 1-Teaching about Four Seasons through ICT

 Introduction

ICT integration is understood as the usage of technology seamlessly for educational processes like transacting curricular content and students working on technology to do authentic tasks. Nowadays ICT facilitate not only the delivery of lessons but also the learning process itself. This includes computer based technologies, digital imaging, the internet, file servers, data storage devices, network infrastructure, desktops, laptops and broadcasting technologies namely radio and television, and telephone which are used as instructional tools at schools. Educational systems are adopting new technologies to integrate ICT in the teaching and learning process, to prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need in their subject matter. In this way the teaching profession is evolving from teacher-centered to student-centered learning environments.

Creation of the materials

Teaching materials is a generic term used to describe the resources that teachers use to deliver instruction. Teaching material can support students learning and increase student success. Teaching learning materials are significantly increase students achievement by supporting students learning.

I have used PowerPoint presentation as main source to develop the key ideas about the four seasons by using the effects of PowerPoint presentation and the resources available in the internet such as graphics which can give the clear concepts of the seasons. Moreover through this graphics, students can relate the ideas of seasons in reality by learning the various ideas from the power point presentations and could experience the elements of seasons in reality. Furthermore, students caters the learning needs when there is integration of ICT tools which can adapt the skills of 21^st century and to fulfill the demands of students in very vulnerable ways.

In order to promote the effective teaching and learning processes of the students, the materials should design in such a way that attracts more and eagerness in learning. Because of this, I have intentionally used and downloaded the images which is more attractive and bright in colors where they can get the clear ideas about the seasons even if they lack the features of different seasons.

Instruction for content-based materials

I have prepared to teach class two students in English on the topic seasons. I choose the PowerPoint presentation as a tools to teach about seasons. The very reason to teach season through PowerPoint is that student will be able to understand and get the concept of seasons clearly. In addition to it, students can be able to differentiate the four seasons appropriately in their own ways. The main reasons of teaching students about the seasons are to fulfill the following objectives that are to define season in his/her own words; write some features about four seasons, tell the importance of season in his/her daily life.

To teach about the four seasons, teaching learning materials can be used in three dimensions consisting of lesson introduction, lesson developments and closures. To introduce the topic about the seasons I will let students to go through the graphics and let them to predict some features of seasons based on their background information and introduce the topics by explaining about seasons in details. Moreover, to give facts about the seasons and to check the understanding of every individuals, I have prepared the activities which can enhance in depth of learning about seasons through hands on experience and sharing of ideas with peers. Students can retain information for longer durations if we provide opportunities to share what they have understood from the content. Therefore, I will conclude my topics by letting them to summarize the topic based on their understanding and will give necessary feedbacks to have lifelong learning.

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