How I used Window Movie maker to convey the message of my
lessons to learners.
This is one of my innovative project that emerged from my
lesson in class with learners. I am
offering Economics and Management Sciences in grade 7. The theme of the lesson
was poverty and inequality in South Africa. I taught them on how the new
democratic government came up with various projects to alleviate poverty and
bridging the gap between the have and
the have not(Gini Coefficient). After theory I challenged them to think and create
projects that can be used by the local community and learners to
alleviate poverty and bridge inequality. Through the skills from Food and Trees
for Africa, University of Limpopo , various website like Khan Academy, educators
and support staff learners used the backyard garden to plant vegetables and
some green herbs. They harvested and made some herbal medicines through green
herbs as way of benefiting the needy who cannot access professional doctors due
to unemployment.. Through vegetables they learnt on how to dry surplus
vegetables to preserve food for longer use as a way of fighting poverty. My
main objective is not just to teach but to equip learners with the survival
skills that will benefit them and inspire their future career plans. Today’s
generation learn best by doing not by absorbing the knowledge.
http://itandiksproject.blogspot.com/?m=1
From the Microsoft free resources
that I downloaded to beef up , enhance, rejuvenate and transform my lessons I
used an app called Window movie maker. This is one of my favorite app that I en
and learners enjoy so much. This is how it is done:
Step 1
First use your camera, video,
memory sticks, PC/tablets whenever you are facilitating your learning
activities in class
Step 2
Have time with learners to teach
them on how to download the images from camera to PC/tablet. I taught them on
how I download free resources from Microsoft in Partners for learning network.
We downloaded sticky sorter, songsmith, auto collage, shape collage, animation,
window movie maker and many.
Step3
I opened the programmes, clicked
window movie maker and start uploading the images according to how we did our
project step by step according to our project plan time table
Step 4
On the first slides I inserted the
title of the project, participants and role players. On the last slides I
inserted the place where the movie was done and thanked various people who took
part.
Step 5
I recorded my voice through built
n microphone on top of my PC
Step 6
I inserted the words on images so
that when the film roll, the words do the explanation. I saved it and uploaded
in my resources to be published
The lesson I learnt after this
activity
·
Today’s learners
learn by using all their multi sensory organs to make sense of what they learnt
·
They want to
create knowledge and put it down the way they understand
·
Teaching and
learning should not be theory only but should be followed by practical work to
convey the gist of the lesson hence project based learning approach
·
Manual way of
doing things in class should be faced out and give way to a classroom filled
with gadgets for learners to enjoy their schooling
·
“Teaching and
learning has changed” said Anthony Salcito in Barcelona global conference in
March 2014. It is true. I witnessed it
several times in class with my learners.
·
They way they learn is not the way I learnt.”
As educators we need to change our way of teaching” said Phuti Ragophala the principal of Pula Madibogo Primary School
in Limpopo province Polokwane South Africa.
No comments:
Post a Comment