Task 4: Comment on Teaching Idea
Basicly, the idea of writing a short
story in connection with a new media tool as
xtranormal.com with which you can make a short video out of your
story is quiet good.
The aim of the teaching session is on the one hand that the students learn to write a short story in English, and on the other hand they learn to work with an online-tool. Therefore, they improve their competences in English writing and thinking, and improve their media competences. Furthermore, they learn to work in teams and have to handle group-decision processes within a specific time. If they introduce their story in class, they safe their performance in front of the class as well as they improve their English speaking.
Additionally, the process of writing a short story is improved as well as the use of short stories concerning different topics as regional geography, politics or history. However, with writing short stories students internalize new vocabulary and deepen grammatical structures. At the same time, the use of short stories is also interdisciplinary.
The idea of a prophecy:
As a basis for the short story the idea is less good or can be proplematic. If you want that the students achieve a specific aim, I think a fortune cookie is not the right impulse or basis for an idea for writing a short story. The statements or sayings in fortune cookies are often very vague and not that meaningful so that they are not helpful. A better idea would be that the teacher write own short prophecies for every student or the students get a picture or different postcards to get an idea for their short stories.
The use of the tool:
The website is easy to handly for ages from twelve onwards. The students can sign in with accounts from google, yahoo, twitter, facebook or they can create a new one for free. It is easy to click through the website to get an idea how it works. It is also possible to watch videos and see finished ones. There is a big collection of different people, cartoons and situations as well as a variety of speakers and a huge number of languages. Therefore, good conditions for an ineresting story are provided.
To sum up, a good idea for a refreshment in class. Easy to handle, it guarantees motivation and interesting results!
Here you can click on the link to see the video how xtranormal.com woks.
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The aim of the teaching session is on the one hand that the students learn to write a short story in English, and on the other hand they learn to work with an online-tool. Therefore, they improve their competences in English writing and thinking, and improve their media competences. Furthermore, they learn to work in teams and have to handle group-decision processes within a specific time. If they introduce their story in class, they safe their performance in front of the class as well as they improve their English speaking.
Additionally, the process of writing a short story is improved as well as the use of short stories concerning different topics as regional geography, politics or history. However, with writing short stories students internalize new vocabulary and deepen grammatical structures. At the same time, the use of short stories is also interdisciplinary.
The idea of a prophecy:
As a basis for the short story the idea is less good or can be proplematic. If you want that the students achieve a specific aim, I think a fortune cookie is not the right impulse or basis for an idea for writing a short story. The statements or sayings in fortune cookies are often very vague and not that meaningful so that they are not helpful. A better idea would be that the teacher write own short prophecies for every student or the students get a picture or different postcards to get an idea for their short stories.
The use of the tool:
The website is easy to handly for ages from twelve onwards. The students can sign in with accounts from google, yahoo, twitter, facebook or they can create a new one for free. It is easy to click through the website to get an idea how it works. It is also possible to watch videos and see finished ones. There is a big collection of different people, cartoons and situations as well as a variety of speakers and a huge number of languages. Therefore, good conditions for an ineresting story are provided.
To sum up, a good idea for a refreshment in class. Easy to handle, it guarantees motivation and interesting results!
Here you can click on the link to see the video how xtranormal.com woks.
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