Thursday, March 22, 2007

Online Learning Website(Ch3)


http://www.brainpop.com/

Lesson: animated movies online

Focus: Listening skills, answering to quizzes, vocabulary of topics, reading skills.

Preparation: Select one topic, and write some relevant terms with certain topic on the board. Like topic is “Writing Process,” and teacher should help students be familiar with those words, like “revise,” “drafting…” Discuss with students what process of writing they are used to take.

Presentation: choose one topic and click icon to play animated movie at the website, http://www.brainpop.com/. Students are asked to listen carefully, and take an interactive quiz after listening. Teacher can hand the scripts out for each students, and require students of writing the contents correctly while watching the animated movies once more.

Practice: Students continually practice the topic by playing games related topics, and reading comic strips. Students must hand out the results of games that aim at the acquisition of vocabulary and write words downs according to related comic strips. Certainly students are allowed to try more topics individually on the website.

Evaluation: Based on the answers to quizzes and results of activities, have students take notes about topics during the course. Discuss together in groups what they have learned in this class and report it to the class for additional feedbacks.

Extension: provide curriculum-based content, seven main subjects including: Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts & Music, and Technology, the main focus grades for BrainPOP are 3-12 and at grades K-3 should visit BrainPOP Jr, individual practice of listening, reading and writing mainly, but discussions and reports in groups, develop according to national education standards (NCTM, NSES, and NCTE)

What I am attracted most at this website are cute icons and rich resources about topics. It is really interesting that as long as you login in, you can try every field to train your listening skills. Furthermore, it contains many related activities that also train learners in other skills along with lively designs and bright colors to let learners arouse interests in learning language.

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