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Activities to hold the attention of 21st Century Activities to hold the attention of 21st Century Primary StudentsPrimary Students
Alan Osman, Beirut, May 2013
Stand up if…
Turn around 360° if…
Wave if…
Pat your head if…
Put both hands in the air if…
Rub your stomach if…
Sit down if…
A Warmer
Today’s Session:
• Kindergarten & Primary learners – what are they like? • How to motivate and maintain attention in 21st
Century• How young children learn – and don’t learn• Implications for the classroom• Approaches, materials and activities
InquisitiveStill learning
their first language
Not yet able to read or
write
Still developing social skillsStill
developing motor skills
Have very short
attention span
Good at copying
See the world in binary
terms
KG & Primary Learners –
What are they like?
Have a vivid imagination
Sensory Preference
Visual
Auditory
Kinaesthetic
So what helps this age group to learn successfully?
Parents!?
So what helps this age group to learn successfully?
•Parents!?•Elements of the known as well as the new•Emphasis on Listening, Responding and Speaking•Short Activities•Variety of Activities (VAK) •Routine•Real English
Drilling patterns of English……….?
This is a pen.This is not a pencil.What is this?Is it a pen?Yes, it is a pen.Is it a pencil?No, it isn’t a pencil. It’s a pen.
……or Killing real English?
Students’ Reaction?
“For children, learning English should primarily be about fun and stimulation and learning to like English, rather than the acquisition of highly competent language skills.”
(International House Teacher Trainer, Paula de Nagy)
Even if we do nothing else, let’s make English memorable and enjoyable !
21st Century Skills l 02/201313
What are 21st Century Skills?
•21st Century Skills are the special abilities children need to develop so that they can be prepared for the challenges of work and life in the 21st century.
21st Century Skills l 02/201314
21st Century Skills Framework
21st Century Skills l 02/201315
Why 21st Century Skills?
We need to incorporate innovative approaches to teach content and lifelong skills.Utilize a variety of techniques for children to build understanding through real world applications and interactions especially through group activities.Prepare students for the jobs that have not yet been created, for the new products that have not yet been invented, and for new skills to build towards creativity and innovation.
•21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times (2009)
Identify and practise words….P
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Step to the side if you like…..
Memorise
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
What’s missing ?
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Memorise
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
What’s missing ?
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Memorise
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
What’s missing ?
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Memorise
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Not so easy now ?
Can you guess the word ?
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Can you guess the word?
What’s in a word?
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Can you guess the word?
What’s in a word?
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Number and say
My Little Island, Pearson 2012
Clap Hands
puppet / paints
boat / bicycle
Drilling
Step to the side
Take one away
Guess the card
Number and Say
Clap hands
Six Vocabulary Activities
V A
V A K
V
A K
V A
A K
Stir
Stir
Settle
Stir
Settle
Stir
What is gamification?
“… the application of game design thinking to non-game applications to make them fun and exciting”
… and what is edutainment?
Education + entertainment
“…any entertainment content that is designed to educate as well as entertain.”
www.forbes.com
Leader boards
‘The attention span of humans is decreasing as modern technology increases’
‘Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter’
Gentile, et al: “Brains and Video Games”, Nature Review:
Games improve perceptual and attention skills
Children who play more pro-social games demonstrate increased helpful behaviours
Games also…
Create compelling experiences
They stimulate the assimilation of facts and skills, such as strategic thinking, creativity, cooperation and creative thinking.
Build positive emotions
What is a game?
Is it different from an activity?
What do they have in common?
Co-operation / collaboration
Challenge
Fun
Language
Compelling Experiences
Game or Activity?
•Hard to tell…
•Many activities are game-like
•Language activities can easily be converted into games by, for example, grouping the learners and setting time limits.
•Much of this is already done digitally
Playability / Doability
Interaction and cooperation
Fun
Sense of achievement
Competitiveness
A good game
Playability / Doability
Interaction and cooperation
Fun
Sense of achievement
Educational value
A good language activity
Playability / Doability
Interaction and cooperation
Fun
Sense of achievement
Educational value
A good game
A good language activity
Competitiveness
A good game – based language activity
Technology – the answer to everything???
Let’s not be too hasty...
“Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer
probably should be.”
Arthur C Clarke talking to Sugata Mitra
TED.com
ONLINE WORLD
To register is easy
Opening orientation
ONLINE WORLDProgress Review System
ONLINE WORLDTeacher and student support
We need balance!
The Traditional as well as the New
“Games are far more powerful teaching tools than
we imagined”
Bavelier, D, Green, C S, Han, D H, Renshaw, P F, Merzenich, M M, Gentile, D A (2011) “Brains on Video Games”, Nature Review