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Teachers Helping Teachers Resource Banks are a collection of lessons and materials that are readily available as supplemental instruction.TRANSCRIPT
Synergism in Supplemental Instruction:
Creating Teacher Resource Banks
International Conference on Teacher EducationQuezon City, PhilippinesAugust 2014
Brian J English Ph.D. Tama University
School of Global StudiesFujisawa, Japan
A Resource Rich Fund for Teachers
You Can Bank on It!
Teachers Helping Teachers
Resource Banks are a collection of lessons and materials that are readily available as supplemental instruction.
USING A TEXTBOOK CAN BE LIKE TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG INTO A ROUND HOLE
Teachers Need Supplemental
Materials•Adjustable•Available•Assorted•Activating•Advantageous
Types of Resource BanksHard copy files
Stored on hard disk
School Network (faculty and/or students)
Password-Protected Websites (teachers only)
Available to anyone on the Internet
Resource Bank on Hard Disk
Types of Resource Banks•Course-Specific
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/physics-resource-centre
•Department or Programhttp://sgsaep.weebly.com/
•Across the Curriculum https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
•E-textbooks
3 Internet Resources Banks
Idea Generating Activating and Constructing Content Schema• Short Readings
• Pictures
• Videos
• Songs
Motivation Variety of media increases attention spans and motivation
Intrinsic motivation
Encourages Individual Learning
Inductive Learning Language acquisitionComputer literacyContent
Target a Variety of Learning Styles
Designing Resource Banks
Materials should be easily accessible.Materials should be easy to use.Materials should be a well organized. Materials should complement the course textbook.Materials should be interesting and meaningful.Materials should foster intrinsic motivation.Materials should promote interaction (pair/group
work).
Advantages for Learning Outcomes
Encourage Learner Autonomy
Easily adjustable
Easily accessible
Activating
Use an assortment of material texts
Target a variety of Learning Styles
SYNERGISMSharing Your Numerous Educational Resources Gaining Ideas for Supplemental Materials
For ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
http://www.brianenglish.net/
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