Some teachers and I, as a group have discussed the strategies to implement with students in a hybrid class and some
of the activities and sources teachers might apply. Here it is our proposal.
Effective virtual work and hybrid teams
require effective communication and information sharing in a safe learning
environment, which is built through a process of gaining trust in each other
and of being confident enough to share their own points of view working
face-to-face, and to form relationships and to become familiar with the other’s
work.
Teachers need to implement safe, friendly
and catchy technology sources. Students need to feel motivated and to be
willing to actively participate in the forums, discussions and activities proposed.
Students need team-building sessions to
gain valuable formal and informal processes of acquiring knowledge, gaining
trust, sharing thoughts and ideas, sharing loads in the group, identifying
strengths and complement on each other’s work and interactions.
One of the strategies we have chosen is
the use of Movies Blog which is
based on student’s interests and likes. Periodically, students watch the film proposed.
Then, they must write their comments about its main features, and suggest an
alternative ending to post. On the real Time Section students must discuss their
peer’s ideas.
Writing stories using websites like www.storybird.com
is also very useful to implement in classes to achieve specific goals
(Recounting, tenses, communicative skills, chronological order...).
They can share their creative final
stories through the platform with other peers or tutors. They can comment and
contribute with feedback and help each other to expand vocabulary and gain confidence
in language use.
Smart group searches are also useful for
the collaborative work with internet resources. The webquest is a great tool,
which leads students to develop thinking skills through the guided
searchers. It also avoids wasting time
and it does not allow students to get lost into the huge amount of information.
Teachers can use this web site to promote teamwork activities.
It must be assessed in groups with
well-defined roles to reach the attractive task given. They join the
information to fulfill the objective. We can use this strategy in different
levels and in a wide range of topics.
Teachers need to take into account timing
for planning and procedures. Planning ahead, closely monitoring every activity,
anticipate to possible problems, and have an alternative solution. Only in that
way they can consolidate cooperatively work.
References
Google. (s.f.). blogspot. Recuperado el 18 de 02 de 2014, de
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McMahan, K. L. (08 de 1998). Effective Communication
and Information Sharing in Virtual Teams.
StoryBird. (s.f.). storybird. Recuperado el 18 de 02
de 2014, de https://storybird.com/
WebQuest. (s.f.). Webquest. Recuperado el 18 de 02
de 2014, de http://questgarden.com/142/52/3/120408171049/
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