If my current workplace let me use this useful application, Kahoot, I would want to integrate Speaking and Listening with it. I currently work at a small private English institute where I teach two listening classes, one very beginner speaking book and a middle school grammar. Unfortunately, it seems that where I work now is very text-book focused with only 40 minutes(checking students' homework included) given to each lesson. As a teacher with a strong desire for fun and helpful class, however, I am willing to challenge the stereotype: just finishing books thoroughly and making students do some worksheets if time's allowed. That is my first reason to use Kahoot. Second of all, kids these days feel very comfortable with using multimedia and entertaining apps, which means just a little bit of Kahoot use can make children feel at ease so that they will feel like being engaged in their learning.
For my lower level speaking class, I would use Quiz Kahoot and divide my students into two groups for a team competition. Let's say they have learned about 'school supplies'. I could make at least 10 questions about the theme. They are challenged to guess the school stuff like, "You wrote wrong on your sheet and you want to remove it. What do you need?" "An eraser". Getting an answer would give them a sense of achievement that they've just understood 'English'. Additionally, I can let each team make one sentence using the answer word in order to make the team with no answer not to be discouraged and continue participating in the activity.
To integrate my listening class with Kahoot, I would actively link Youtube to Kahoot Quiz, thinking that textbook listening doesn't represent real English you can hear abroad. For example, if students have learned the topic, My Family, I can get some native-English audio resources on Youtube that are learner-friendly. And then I would make some comprehension quizzes about the chosen clip. In class, it would be great if I could project the screen of Kahoot quizzes onto the whiteboard, enabling students to do listening activities without their textbook. Freeing ourselves from texts not only helps me(teacher) but also my students to pay more attention to hearing.
I became to know Kahoot from this Teaching with Technology and was amazed at how the current IT companies around the world can be cooperative with a vast amount of subjects. I am sure we educators can benefit from this blessing. How we are going to use this is our own choice.
2) Respond to the following statement: “Technology will not replace teachers; teachers who use technology will replace those who don’t!” (Fotos & Browne, 2004, p. 7). This quote describes Fotos & Browne's view on technology and teaching. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why or why not? Briefly explain your point of view.
I agree that those who actively use technology for class will be a gamechanger for learning environment. More and more students nowadays are becoming used to getting their work done with their own laptop or smartphones, not to mention that these devices are what they can't live without 24/7. In that respect, our teachers can tap into this trend and provide students with challenging assignments or quizzes using resources or apps that are usually free of charge and mostly useful. I sometimes think of an ideal class where a teacher can assign students essay or quiz homework and then give feedback online. I believe this not only allows both a teacher and kids to save the time that would be spent on homework checking, but also reinforce the relationship between them because they can easily focus more on conversations or discussions, while already finishing their extra learning online.
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