Tanzila Afrin_Digital Lesson Plan_ICT

Tanzila Afrin Digital Lesson Plan 9/20/2015

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Introduction

Technology exists in almost all the fields and has always been there to help us do tasks with

ease. But, when we look into the educational field, the presence of technology is not up to the

mark. Many educational institutions are failing to know the effective implementation of

technology in the classroom. Implementation of technology doesn‟t only include basic

computer learning in a separate computer class, it happens across the curriculum to provide

students with a highly engaging learning environment.

Educators consider technology as a great tool to design their classroom curriculum. Every

educator creates a lesson plan which shows a detailed description of the course of instruction

for one class. Creating a lesson plan is easy as well as effective if we use technology to do so.

We‟ve had many interactions with educators about their ways of creating digital lesson plans

and their implementation in the classroom.

We know about the lack of value in the ICT curriculum in Bangladesh, since which has been

misapplied. I have created this digital unit from EFT book for increasing digital fluency

among young people, hailing this as innovation-led growth and explore the proof, promise,

and potential of using digital technologies to improve learning.

Useful tools for Digitalizing

Over the years, many of us have personally experienced the growth of technology in today‟s

classrooms. Instead of taking notes, students are now occupied by surfing the Internet,

scrolling through Facebook, and messaging their friends on their smart phones, tablets, and

laptops. Today‟s students are using more technological devices, it is imperative that teachers

have access to the resources to keep pace with the growing tech culture.

The use of smart phones, tablets, and other tech items in the classroom do not necessarily

have to have a negative impact on student achievement. On the contrary, the increasing

accessibility and growth of technology presents teachers with the unique opportunity to take

advantage of those once distracting gadgets, and use them to facilitate academic achievement

in new and innovative ways. In this capacity, teachers do not need to be constantly fighting

for student attention, but can freely accept it, by introducing a new educational environment

that will automatically encourage student participation.

The designed unit is taking from class 8. The name of the unit is Unit 13: Media and e-

communications. There are 3 lesson‟s under this unit: lesson 1: media and e-communications,

lesson 2: Social network services and the lesson 3: E-learning. Below are some resources that

teachers may find useful when attempting to implement technology into their classrooms.

Google Image, Gmail/yahoo mail, Audacity, Hot Potatoes, MS word, Facebook, Edmodo,

Prezi.com

https://www.edmodo.com/

http://prezi.com/


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Overview of the Report

Learning English is an international language for communicating locally and globally.

The English For Today textbooks have been developed to help students attain

competency in all four language skills, i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing.

But the digital unit will give interest to students. This will help them to learn better as

well as they will be master in network uses. This is reason for creating digital unit.

There are varieties of internet tools which helps a lot to create this unit. We are very

much thank full to Zohur Ahmed sir to give us the opportunity to explore such a good

tools. These tools are really helpful fot teachers as well as students.

The class room will need internet, computer and multimedia projector to fulfill its

requirement. The development of curriculum, syllabus and textbook is a continuous

process. The contents and illustrations of this unit have been developed in order to suit

the learners' age and cognitive level. The unit emphasizes practicing language skills

through a variety of meaningful and enjoyable activities. The teacher's guide will help

teachers plan lessons more effectively and teach students communicatively through

teaching learning activities.

Level- Secondary

Method- Communicative Language Teaching

Number of Students: 25

Time allocation: 45 minutes

Objectives: Students will learn to:

1. Write under a time constraint.

2. Use their imaginations to produce their own narratives.

3. Gain useful practice of MCQ items from a listening content.

Materials:

1. PowerPoint slides

2. Listening CD content

3. Flashcards containing group name to take notes.

4. Practice session on Edmodo.

5. Practice session on Hot Potatoes

6. Practice session on Podomatic


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Instruction for Teachers

Stages Task Time Interactio

n

response of the

Learners

Warm-Up

The T will greet the class and

asks the S if they have taken

their breakfast. Next the T

will ask the S what they think

about the term “proverb” and

the common proverbs that

they come across in everyday

life.

5 5

minutes

S

S-T

The S will share

their opinions

with the T and

thus get a

glimpse about the

lesson.

Body

Then the T will instruct the S.

Then the T will give some

links or instruct the S for

using digital things for study.

5

Minutes

SS-T

The S will try to

understand the

task and ask

questions about

the doubts.

T will play the audio clip for

the learners and while they

are listening and taking notes

the T will inspect them

closely. T will play the audio

clip twice so that the entire

class can come up with the

production.

15

Minutes

SS-SS

The S will listen

carefully to the

clip to write

down the

proverbs and add

their reactions

and ideas about

the proverbs.

After that, the T will ask the S

to open Hot Potatos or

Edmodo to complete fill in

the gaps, MCQ and Quiz.

Students can complete these

things in the classroom or at

home.

15

Minutes

S-SS and

SS-T

S will read them

and will perform

them. Sometimes

ask questions to

the T.

Wrap-up

T will ask some of the S to

give summary of the class and

finish class.

5

Minutes

SS-SS and

SS-T

S will ask

questions and

give comments

on their peer‟s

writings.


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Unit Thirteen

Media and e-communications

After we have studied this unit, we will be able to

surf the Internet.

read and write emails.

narrate incidents in a logical sequence.

understand texts.

read intensively and extensively.

participate in debate.

present chart


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Lesson1: Media and e-communications

A. Find media and e-communication image by using Google image. Say what you see

in them.

Open the Google Images website. Visit images.google.com in your computer's web browser.

You cannot "Search by Image" using Internet Explorer 8 or earlier. You must be using

Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explore. Type „media and e-communication‟ and click

the search button. Then comes the site link of images and you have to enter there and collect

images.

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B. Use Facebook chat. Discuss the following words with your group member. Which of

the following words you are familiar with? How are they related to e-

communications?

Facebook, e-mail, web site, blog, twitter, e-learning, iPod, Tablet, smart phone


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C. Go to Podomatic and Listen and watch the text carefully.

Podomatic is a site where you can listen anything of the world. I order to listen lesson text in

podomatic, first you have to open an account there, second your teacher will give the link

address https://www.podomatic.com/episodes/7709705 , finally you just have to click it and listen

the lesson text. Follow your teachers‟ guideline.

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The text

Let‟s imagine a citizen‟s ordinary day at work. The morning probably starts with a

cup of coffee/tea, followed by greeting the colleagues. Then comes the inevitable,

https://www.podomatic.com/episodes/7709705


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Which is the logging in the

computer? For many of us the third

step has become an automatic

behavior and it dominates the rest of

our work day, receiving and sending

dozens of emails.

An e-mail is an electronic mail. It is

a computer-aided way of exchanging

digital text messages from a sender

to one or multiple recipient/s. Emails

operate through a network of

computers linked by the Internet. There are commercial server agencies such as

Yahoo, Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, etc. that accept the text message from the

sender, forward it and deliver instantly to the digital mailbox of the recipient. If the

recipient is not online, the message is stored and delivered later when the recipient is

online. It works instantly just with the click of your mouse. It has been a powerful

communication tool in modern life.

Now answer the following Questions by using Edmodo

After listen the text you are able to answer some question. Here your teacher will prepare

quiz by using Edmodo. Edmodo will give you the opportunity to give the quiz in school or at

home because it is a site like Facebook. He/she will provide the group name like-chfe3z, you

have to inter into Edmodo by using this group name and; your name and password. You don‟t

have to open any account there. www.edmodo.com/home#/group?id=14948273

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Questions

1. What is an email?

2. How do emails operate?

3. How do emails affect our daily work schedule?

4. How do the commercial servers serve in the process of an email?

5. „It has been a powerful communication tool in modern life.‟ Explain the

statement.

D. Complete the Pair work by using www.virtualwritingtutor.com Read the following

email exchanged between two friends. Like an informal letter, an email to a close

one is casually written. Identify the mistakes in the main body of the message,

discuss with your partner, and correct them.

Subject: Details of Dhaka Tour

FROM: Alexa Dowson<[email protected]>__

TO: Moutushi Laboni<[email protected]=_

Monday, May 21, 2012 6:20 AM

Hi Moutushi!

Thanks for your mail. I‟ll fly from Ottawa on 7:36 hours local time on 13 July with

Qatar Airlines via London-Doha and land Dhaka on 15 July around 13:41hours local

time. Wish to stay 2 days in the Cox‟s Bazar and 1 day in khulna. Return flight on 21

july at 3:04 hours local time.

Keep fine and in touch. Hope to see you soon!

Alexa

http://www.virtualwritingtutor.com/


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E. Complete the pair works by using www.gmail.com . The email in section E is a reply

by Alexa to Moutushi’s previous email. Imagine what Moutushi might have written

to Alexa. Write that email.

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F. Go to Hot Potatoes and Read the following text. It gives the information about the

origin of the email. Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs from the box to

complete the sentences. You can use a verb more than once.

http://www.gmail.com/


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You can complete fill in the gaps and get immediate result by Hot Potatoes. Your teacher will

prepare the fill in the gaps and give it to you. Then you will be able to complete it.

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Fill in the gaps

send say use remain call expand allow develop spread

Sending text messages electronically could be ……………. to date back to the Morse code

telegraph of the mid 1800s and the 1939 New York World‟s Fair. In the fair, IBM

……………. a letter of congratulations from San Francisco to New York on an IBM radio-

type, ……………. it a high-speed substitute for mail service in the world of tomorrow.

Teleprinters were ……………. in Germany during World War II. The use ……………. until

the late 1960s when there was a worldwide Telex network. Additionally, there was the

similar American system ……………. TWX which ……………. important until the late

1980s.

With the introduction of MIT‟s Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in 1961, for the

first time multiple users were ……………. to log into a central system from remote dial-up

terminals. They were also able to store and share files on the centraldisk. Informal methods of

using this to pass messages ……………. and were ……………. to create the first true email

system.


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Lesson 2: Social network services

A. Look at the following logos. Search them in Google and collect information about

what they are and how they are related to the field of e-communications. Discuss in

pairs.

Many of you familiar with the following logos but don‟t know the actual information about

them. To collect information you have to go to Google home page and search “Facebook and

Twitter” then several site links will come. You have to enter any of them and collect

information.

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B. Go to Podomatic. Listen and watch the text carefully



address http://tanzilaafrin2846349.podomatic.com/entry/2015-08-20T00_04_22-07_00,

finally you just have to click it and listen the lesson text. Follow your teachers‟ guideline.


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The Text

The advantages of the Internet technology have made it possible to emerge a good number of

web sites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as

social networking services or social networks. At present, Facebook is the most popular.

Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network

services are web-based and hence, provide ways for the users to interact through the Internet.

These services make it possible to connect people sharing interests and activities across the

borders and thus have made a lot for the users to feel that they really live in a global village.

Why are social networks expanding so fast? The answer is simple. Firstly, Most of the social

networking services are cost free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to your

Internet service provider. Secondly, you can make your personal profile public before the

entire online community. It is like presenting yourself before the entire world. You can also

look into other people‟s profile if you are interested. It is simple and easy. Thirdly, social

networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. Some

like Facebook allow users to update their profiles. Fourthly, networks allow users to post

blog entries. User profiles have a section dedicated to comments from friends and other users.

Finally, there are privacy protection measures too. A user himself or herself decides over the

number of visitors/viewers, and what information should be shared with others.

Now answer to the Questions by using Edmodo

You are familiar with Edmodo as you have completed it in previous lesson. In the same way

you have to complete this quiz too. www.edmodo.com/home#/group?id=14948273

http://www.edmodo.com/home#/group?id=14948273


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Questions

1. What do you mean by social networks?

2. What are some uses of social networks?

3. „These services …have made a lot for the users to feel that they really live in a global

village‟. Do you agree with this view? Why/ Why not?

4. Make a list of the arguments as to why social networks are expanding so fast? What‟s

your view regarding them?

C. Read the second paragraph of the text in section B again. Notice the words in italics

and write how they work in maintaining logical sequence in the paragraph by using MS

word.

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D. Go to Hot Potatoes and choose the best answers.

You are familiar with Hot Potatoes as you have completed it in previous lesson. In the same

way you have to complete this quiz too.

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Choose the best answers.

1. The __________ technology has made social networking sites to emerge.

a LinkedIn

b Google+

c Internet

d Twitter

2. Users have to pay for

a social networks.

b their online connections.

c multimedia contents.

d uploading pictures.

3. User accounts have ----------- protection measures.

a virus

b identity

c personal secrecy

d network

4. User profiles have a section for

a others‟ remarks.

b outsider‟s editing.

c outsider‟s moderation.

d outsider‟s uploading


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E. Go to Google and fill in the following dialogue box to open Facebook account.

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F. Now complete the following dialogues about Facebook and MySpace by using Hot

Potatoes.

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Fill in the gaps

1 Q: __________ social network is the most popular ?

A: Facebook is ______________________________ .

Q: _____________ individual users use Facebook?

A: About 793 million.

Q: __________ part of the world is Facebook mostly used in?

A: Worldwide. It‟s popular worldwide among individual users.

2 Q: __________________________the least popular?

A: MySpace is ______________________________ .

Q: _____________ individual users use MySpace?

A: ______________________.

Q: __________________________________ mostly used?

A: __________________________among individual users.


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Lesson 3: E-learning

A. Go to Google image find out the following picture and discuss with your partner and

say what it is.

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B. Discuss the following question in group by using Facebook chat.

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Questions

Have you ever heard of any online education course?

Have you ever seen a classroom teaching program on TV?

Have you ever experienced any digital education program in multimedia or

CD/DVD?

Have you ever used any digitized educational resources such as Oxford

Dictionary, Bangla pdedia and IELTS/TOEFL practice materials?

C. Go to Podomatic. Listen and watch the text and answers the following questions.



addresshttp://tanzilaafrin2846349.podomatic.com/entry/2015-08-20T07_47_42-07_00, finally you just

have to click it and listen the lesson text. Follow your teachers‟ guideline.

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The text

Can you think of a classroom where there is no blackboard or desks? Do you believe that you

can be a student without a traditional book or writing pad or even pen/pencil? Are you not

thrilled to imagine that you have asked a question and your tutor is answering that while

flying midair in a Boeing from California to Tokyo? These are all possible in a „virtual

campus‟ in the system of e-learning. No kidding! For quite a long time, educationists have

been utilizing the advantages of computer technology. The social networking services have a

http://tanzilaafrin2846349.podomatic.com/entry/2015-08-20T07_47_42-07_00


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huge potential to help educationists in this sector. They have access to millions of people

worldwide. Educationists have noticed that a large number of social network users come from

young generation and especially belong to student community. So side by side with computer

assisted teaching-learning software, online education programs are evolving fairly rapidly to

assist conventional education system. But is that eLearning?

We may confuse distant education or computer-based learning or computer-assisted training

or even online education programs with e-learning. But we should be cautious about the mix-

up. What happens in an online education program? Maybe you get some materials online

from your tutor. Maybe you submit your assignment through email. Or even you may take

your test online. But there must be some conventional campus, a department/institute from

where your certificate will come.

But in e-learning, as said by global e-learning guru Dr Badrul H Khan*, every step such as,

registration, admission, classroom entry and exit, class work, attendance, discussion with

course mates, feedback, exams and finally certification must take place electronically through

computer and the Internet technology in a virtual campus. Everything is digitized and

conducted by a system called Learning Management System (LMS). So, online education

programs blend various components of e-learning.

The revolutionary concept of e-learning is already in its practice phase in many parts of the

world. Professor Khan has developed a framework and important literatures on e-learning

which have been praised by pundits worldwide including Bangladesh. Professor Khan is

especially enthusiastic about the prospect of e-learning in Bangladesh. How would you feel if

Bangladesh contemplates South Asia‟s first virtual university? Won‟t it be a pioneering step

for us in the world of e-learning? Let‟s keep our fingers crossed.

D. Suppose Badrul Huda Khan has come to visit your school and intended to meet

students for a presentation on e-learning. Write a text message to invite your friend

to attend that presentation by using your mobile phone.

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E. Write an email by using Gmail to your teacher expressing your feelings and opinion

regarding the next mode of education –- e-learning. Also ask your teacher to clarify

if anything in the text is not understood by you.

To email someone is an easy thing. For do so you need an email account in yahoo

mail/Gmail. Enter in Gmail with your Gmail ID and password. Then click on compose

button. Then the compose window will come and you will be able to write an email. Put

email ID to whom you are sending the mail and subject, add your email and finally click send

button. In this process you will be able to send email to anyone.

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F. Complete the following sentences by using Hot Potatoes.

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Complete the following sentences.

1. Education experts ………… …………. utilizing the advantages of computer

technology …………. a long time.

2. In e-learning, everything from admission to certification must …………….

…….............. Electronically through computer and the Internet technology in a virtual

campus.

3. In some online courses, you ………… …………. your test online.

4. In case of online programs, there …………… ………… some conventional campus

from where …………………………………………………………… .

5. In e-learning, all activities ………….. ……………………. by a system called

Learning Management System (LMS).

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