KOTESOL Chapter Meeting & Presentation:
Tech Savvy Project-based Learning: Mentoring vs. Teaching
Laura Stephenson
4-4:30
Mingling
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4:30-5:30
KOTESOL Chapter Meeting
We will review our GAMECHANGERS in ELT Spring Regional Academic Conference, discuss our 2019 calendar events and the upcoming National and International Conferences. We will debrief members on special interest groups in KOTESOL.
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5:30-6:30
PRESENTATION: Tech-savvy Project-based Learning: Mentoring vs. Teaching
Laura Stephenson
Veteran teacher at Dongseo University, Coder, Novelist.
Abstract:
Technology is being increasingly integrated into classrooms today. But, how do teachers teach utilizing this technology to the fullest? How does this benefit the teachers, students, parents, and the school administration?
Why technology?
Students generally have a fifteen-minute attention span at the most. They tend to focus longer with technology.It is relatively easy for you and you students to watch YouTube videos on how to create texts, presentations, forms, and more in the free Google Docs. The students then work with each other to turn their ideas into reality, and can share all their files in Google Docs. This fosters teamwork, computer literacy, planning, delegation, the integration of more than one concept or even subject, and much more. English can be used to discuss many subjects, from history to hard science.These powerful tools make a class interesting and fun.
Benefits of Technology in Classrooms
My students learn and retain more, and find the class interesting and fun. They also have something concrete to show their parents and school administration. Students can make items of use to other students, such as games, blogs, and videos. They can also create items they can use to show employers their skills, and gain tech skills.
Presenter Bio:
Laura Stephenson is a university professor at Dongseo University in Busan, and has been teaching there for four and a half years. She has been teaching in South Korea since 1999, and taught elementary, middle, and high school, before moving to Busan to begin teaching at the university level. She has an English degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a master’s in business administration from Jones International University, an a double master’s degree in education and bilingual education from Western New Mexico University. She also is certified to teach secondary English. She teaches English, and has taught business, technology, and liberal arts classes at the university level.
Laura also ghostwrites romance novels, and is working on her first science fiction novel she plans to self-publish. She just finished her sixteenth novel in her romance series, and plans to finish her science fiction novel by the end of the current semester in June.
