HOW TO CREATE A DROPBOX ACCOUNT

A Thing Which Teachers Can't Live Without: DropBox

 What does it mean?

Dropbox is a program that syncs your files online and across your computers. It's available for Windows, Linux, Mac and even mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry). You can even access any of your files on the website too.

You install Dropbox in as many devices you want with your account. This links your computer to your account. The moment you put a file in a dropbox folder, its uploaded to their servers and also downloaded on other devices. As simple as that and amazingly convenient.

Why Teachers need Dropbox???

• Teachers no longer have to worry about transferring documents from one computer to another. If they create a test at home, they only need to save it to the Dropbox Folder. Once they get to school, they only need to log-in to Dropbox.com to download the document and use in class.

 

• Sharing is more easier. Most of what they do is created at home. Once they create folders there, they email to school, make copies and that's that. With Dropbox, one can create folders for each unit he/she teaches and share them with the teachers in his/her Department from the luxury of his/her  home computer. There is no need for extra steps. Once a folder is shared with other people, they will be able to access it whenever they want. Again, teachers are no longer chained to their computer in the classroom and that is a huge plus. 

• Teachers can create folders for work and for personal use. Sometimes one wants to share a bunch of pictures from a trip. he/she can place the pictures in the folder and share it with family and friends. Too often, pictures are all over the internet for people to see, but this can allow people to actually keep copies of pictures taken at events. 

• IPhone access! one can download the Dropbox app and can have access to all of the same documents on his/her phone that he/she would see on the computer. One can double check to see what documents he/she has access to from anywhere in the world. If one decide to make a document accessible to the public, he/she does not have to wait to get to a computer to do so. he/she can also take pictures from his/her camera and post them in the shared folder. On a trip, family and friends could view pictures as he/she takes them instead of having to wait until he/she gets home to upload them to a site like Flickr. 

• one can share individual files with anyone he/she wants. If one  really don't want someone to look at his/herentire folder, he/she can store the document (Word Doc, Picture, Song, etc) in a public file and it will create a special URL link he/she can send to anyone I choose. 

Classroom Activities for Teaching Verbs

Teach verbs in an elementary classroom by using a book called The Z Was Zapped to help the students understand what a verb is. Continue with the classroom activities suggested for teaching verbs by the teacher in this video.

 

Teaching the English Language Arts With Technology

A Critical Approach and Pedagogical Framework

Technology has sereved as alot especially those working in the field of English Teaching programs, here in the below link I've a great resourse written by Carl A. Young a teacher in Western Michigan University

 http://www.citejournal.org/articles/v4i1languagearts1.pdf

Again with Nursery Rhymes Lesson Plans

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

 Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be to:

    Read the rhyme correctly and appropriately.

    Identify new vocabulary.

    Predicate the meanings of the new vocabulary.

    recognize the rhyming words in the rhyme.

    Provide rhyming words suiting those previously identified.

Procedure

    I read the nursery rhyme" Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and encourage the students to repeat after me.

    I ask them if there are familiar with the rhyme and allow them to respond, sharing what they like about it.

    I praise them to read the rhyme individually and correctly.  

    I explain the new vocabulary for them such as; twinkle.

    I ask them some critical questions such as; when do we observe stars? Are stars near us? Why do stars sparkle?

    I  guide the students  to highlight rhyming words after rereading the rhyme such as; (star and are), (high and sky)

    I ask  the students to bring their own rhyming words.

    I give them time to draw a star.

    I provide them with a copy of the rhyme.

Assessment

    I ask the students if they know some stars' names

    I Show them three or four different shapes, including a star, then have them pick out the star. After that, ask students to tell where stars are located

    I ask the students if stars are reachable or not and if yes how?

    I ask them to come up with words that rhyme with star such as; car, far, tar, mar, ect.

  

Sing And Learn

I think this video is quite interesting to be recommended for students in primary school. It shifts from the traditional way of explaining nouns, and also provides students with a comprehensive view of the lesson. Teachers of English should expect having a diversified classroom where some students are audiovisual-oriented, for that one should use such videos in daily instruction

Teaching Kids Nursery Rhymes

Rhyming Words, Word Families and Vocabulary

I love the mixture of word families with rhyming words. Nursery rhymes are full of rhyming words to use. Often they have unfamiliar vocabulary words in them which can be used to teach children new vocabulary words. This is the start of a series using nursery rhymes in the classroom. Use one nursery rhyme a week to teach the concepts of rhyming, word families and new vocabulary. We will explore a series of nursery rhymes and teaching activities for each nursery rhyme.

Here is a lesson plan for Humpty Dumpty

Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be to:

Read the rhyme correctly and appropriately.

  Identify new vocabulary.

  Guess the meanings of the new vocabulary.

  Label the rhyming words in the rhyme.

Provide rhyming words suiting those previously identified.

Procedure

    The teacher reads the nursery rhyme" Humpty Dumpty", and has the students repeat each line after her.

    The teacher gives the chance for the students to recite the rhyme individually.   

    The teacher demonstrates some of Humpty Dumpty's pictures.

    The teacher asks the students about the Humpty's appearance. 

     The teacher discusses with students the historical story of  Humpty Dumpty.

    The teacher asks the students, "Where is Humpty Dumpty, and is it a safe place for him to be?"

    Discuss new vocabulary. Tell students that Humpty Dumpty is slang for a little, clumsy person, which would make sense in this context.

    The teacher with the students highlight rhyming words  after rereading the rhyme such as; (wall and fall), (men and again)

    The teacher asks the students to bring their own rhyming words.

    The  teacher asks the student to draw a sketch resemble the story of the rhyme at the end of the class, and stick it on the activity stand

Assessment

    The teacher asks the students to suggest ways the king’s men could have put Humpty Dumpty together again.

    The teacher asks the students to Draw a comic strip illustrating the sequence of events in the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty.

    The teacher gives students a word from the word family(-all) and ask them to generate as many words as possible.

    The teachers ask the students if there is moral behind this rhyme .

    The teacher ask the students about their impression toward thin rhyme.

    The teacher ask the students to put the rhyming words in meaningful sentences.