What are the participants’ needs
1. Participants in the group have to improve their computer skills:
9 participants do not have any computer skills
4 participants have intermediate level and are able to work in Microsoft Word Office.
4 participants have a good experience by using computer; they are able to work with Internet and with e-mail. Nonetheless, they do not know the programs that we will work with at the course (wikispaces, delicious, creating Google account, blogger)
2. Participants have to create collaborative environment with each other and improve their collaborative skills between teachers of science from different schools.
3. Participants have to learn about the new ways of teaching.
Issue or problems that technology can help with:
Research question: If teachers of science from Osh and Khorogh are provided with opportunities to use discussion platforms and reflective blog, will they improve their methods of teaching?
1. A lack of motivation of 8 participants to use technology for teaching and enriching lesson plans.
2. A lack of communication between teachers of science to share their working experience.
3. Limited resources at schools (reactive, equipment, models, and so on).
4. Limited access to new educational literature, methodical literature, and news about scientific discoveries.
5. Limited knowledge about using motivational factors for their students at the lessons and after.
6. Simple lesson plans have 12 participants.
7. 13 participants are passive in the school.
What happened and will be in the future
- We watched video “Vision of students in 21 century” where students applied to teachers to use technology in the classroom and discussed it.
We watched video with Howard Gardner speech on MI theory and the role of assessment for students with different learning styles.
We reflected orally at the end of each day about what we have done and how can we use it in our school experience.
Participants wrote two reflections in reflective blogs on what did they learn and how they will use it in their school.
We organized the session “the hot chair” for teacher who still didn’t have positive attitudes on using technology. Other participants stated the role of technology and how can we find resources from community, partners, and International organization in order to find them and to use for their projects.
- I will organize Professional Development training several times in a year and inter-sectional meetings between teachers. I started the first training from 15 of August to 25 of August. At the training we have learned how to use wikispaces.com, Delicious.com page, created account and opened e-mails, and also opened reflective blogs in Blogger.com. These tools will help teachers to have discussion platforms, “meet virtually”, and write comments to each other and share experience. As the result, all participants opened e-mail account (baktugul.1977@mail.ru; larisabeknazarova@gmail.com; venera.galishina4@gmail.com; kjamila77@mail.ru; nazira.mavlonazarova.76@mail.ru; lolamirzoeva@rambler.ru; nadejdanaymenko@gmail.com; zukova.oksana940@gmail.com; ruslan.raimbekov1@gmail.com; gulsarasatebaldeva@gmail.com; shuhrat1173@mail.ru; aiguzaltoroeva@gmail.com; zardodkhonova65@mail.ru; dildor-gulomnabiev@rambler.ru; erbol2006@gmail.com; volkova.tatyana27@gmail.com; davlat.khudonazarov@gmail.com) ;
created Delicious page (http://www.delicious.com/alimovaa; http://www.delicious.com/nasiba31; http://www.delicious.com/larisa5; http://www.delicious.com/venera4; http://www.delicious.com/Dilnoz; http://www.delicious.com/nazira76; http://www.delicious.com/ganjina1; http://www.delicious.com/Venera2011 ; http://www.delicious.com/sasha03; http://www.delicious.com/ruslan.raimbekov75; http://www.delicious.com/gulsara; http://www.delicious.com/shuhrat1173; http://www.delicious.com/guzal53985; http://www.delicious.com/zardodkhonovam; http://www.delicious.com/gulomnadiev; http://www.delicious.com/zulya; http://www.delicious.com/tania11);
opened reflective blog page with filled profile, and addresses of blogs from their colleagues, wrote two posts, and comments to others participants on their blogs (http://asalbegim.blogspot.com/;http://baktugul.blogspot.com; http://veneragalishina4.blogspot.com/;http://jamilaq.blogspot.com; http://naziraumed.blogspot.com; http://saodat.blogspot.com; http://venera2011-venera.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post_21.html; http://oksana-zukova3.blogspot.com/2011/08/ce.html; http://satebaldeva.blogspot.com/;http://shuhratsultanov.blogspot.com/;http://aiguzal.blogspot.com; http://zardodkhonovam.blogspot.com; http://dildor-barcem.blogspot.com/; http://zulya7.blogspot.com/)
3. Different sites with videos and also DVDs were presented to teachers in computer room and in Learning Resource Center. Teachers practiced with the piece of the lesson with using video “Experiments in science”. Teachers discussed how they can use video instead of reactive and models that teachers do not have at schools. At the same time, for teachers at the training we presented through Internet videos, animation, simulation games, and tests videos and tutorial programs that allow practicing without equipment, but improve science skills. In a year, teachers-participants of the course will have opportunity to use resources of Learning Resource Center in Aga Khan School.
4. In a presentation to participants through Google.com we could share the information about searching new information, news of science, lesson plans, and other methodological literature and articles. Teachers found sites that they prefer and saved them as a new bookmark in their Delicious.om page. They used new for them practical skills and will continue to learn how they can search and save information into their Delicious page. At the same time, methodological literature and books for science were introduced to teachers. They also can use it in a school year.
5. We organized sessions where teachers could practice with chemical reaction by providing experiment and asking questions to us (participants, imagine that we were students). Their task was to motivate student to learn the topic and discover phenomenon. Teachers shared their ideas if motivation was existent through the questions and reaction. The session “Interactive and traditional lectures “let participants define lecture, find advantages and disadvantages of different forms of lectures. They discussed that interactive lecture allow teachers to provide feedback and to students be involved in the process actively. Different Interactive videos, Tutorials, and Power Point Presentations were introduced to participants and we discussed the role of such tools in lecture. Through the practical work, participants created their Interactive Power Points and presented them to all auditory. 14 participants worked at the first time with PPT and it was difficult to them to create slides and especially Interactive! Nonetheless, we followed step by step through instruction that Instructor presented and also by individual help to participants.
6. In order to talk about lesson plans, we started this point from learning how to write learning objectives. For this reason we discussed ABCD model and applied it to the lesson plan. Teachers practiced to write their learning objectives and shared by class discussion. It was not easy for the first time to them to use this model and rite objectives correctly, but we practiced it several times. We discussed revised Bloom’s taxonomy and applied it to the lesson plans. Teachers could share with examples of one lesson with application of Bloom’s taxonomy. They disseminated levels of memorization, analysis, evaluation, application, and so on. In addition, we discussed Howard Gardner’ Multiple Intelligence theory, identified participants’ learning styles through surveys in Internet, and discussed the lesson plans with attention to students with different learning styles. In a year, teachers will apply the knowledge and identify learning styles of their students with planning activities for them by using technology.
7. During our training, participants created their project that they will implement in school. They worked in pairs and provided peer-feedback to each other in order to improve their projects. Participants plan project from September to December. At the time of project implementation, participants will share their experience with each other by reflective blog, wikispaces, and e-mail.
When and where I did and will do it?
10 days’ training (9.00-15.30) was organized at Aga Khan School in computer lab from 15 to 25 of August (the first phase of CE course)
September to December (two times in a month) we will meet virtually (with teachers from Tajikistan, and some of Osh teachers who will not have time to come to meetings) and in the school with Osh teachers who have questions or polite experience.
In January we plan to organize 5 days’ training (the second phase)
From February to April (two times a month to meet virtually and in school.
Conference with certification for our participants will be organized in April.
Expected response:
19 participants will open e-mail
19 participants will create Delicious page
19 participants will open reflective blog
19 participants will learn to work in wikispaces.com
19 participants will plan their project and implement it in teaching
Creating of collaboration environment between teachers of science
Enrichment of lesson plans by using Internet, videos, DVDs, and etc.
Assessment
At 10 days’ training, we us the form for evaluation of teachers’ response and participation:
E-mail creating and work through it (possible points 10)
Creating and work in Delicious page (possible points 10)
Work in Wikispaces.com page, comments there (possible points 10)
Creating reflective blog and work there (possible points 10)
Creating Interactive Power Point (possible points 5)
Creating Rubric (possible point 10)
Participation in discussion (possible points 10)
Presentation (possible points 10)
Final Project Plan (possible points 15)
Attendance (Possible points 10)
Totally: 100 points
