Instructor: Felicia
Ciappetta
Date/Time: Thursday 23
July 2015, 1:00-1:50pm
The last class I observed was a level 1 English Speaking class.
I was excited to see that the class was meeting in the computer lab. I had yet
to see this level of technology use in the classroom. The students were taking
a quiz with a program called SANKO. The instructor, Felicia, could monitor and
communicate with all of the students simultaneously via her computer. The
prompts for the exam were sent with a chat window. Felicia also sent the
instructions for the quiz to the students within the same chat. She made sure
to break the information into digestible segments and reinforce them with
spoken explanations. This class reminded me of my time in AP Spanish in
high-school. We used a similar program to record our conversation tests.
Technology is very useful but you have to be careful not to move too fast.
Students can easily get turned around in fast paced instructions. This class
observation was a nice reminder of that for me.
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