Technology For Teaching and Learning I
Technology For Teaching and Learning I
▪ Diorama
▪ Nature Table
▪ Writing Board
WRITING BOARD
▪ Flip Chart
A writing board can display information written
with chalk (chalkboard or blackboard) or special
pens (whiteboard). Although there are usually
more effective methods of transmitting
information, the writing board is still the most
commonly used visual aid.
It is a large tablet or pad of paper, usually on a 9. To hide a portion of the page, fold up the
tripod or stand. lower portion of the page and tape it. When
ready to reveal the information, remove the tape
and let the page drop.
10. Face the student, not the flipchart while
talking.
ZIGZAG BOARD 1. Unity-Use only one idea for each visual aid
and include a headline.
It is a multi-board series of three or four
rectangular boards. They are joined together 2. Simplicity Make ideas and relationships
along the sides by hinges so that they can be simple and easy to recall. Avoid cluttering a
easily folded up and carried. Each board can be visual with too many words, numbers, or
of a different type, for example, a whiteboard, a graphics. The audience should be able to grasp
chalkboard, a flannel board and so on. The size the concept in 10 to 15 seconds.
of the boards for the zigzag multi-board depends
3. Legibility Make letters big and readable for
on what you want to use them for.
all in the audience.
WALL DISPLAY
4. Consistency - Use the same type style and art
Displaying items on a classroom wall is a style.
well-known, tried and tested educational
5. Clarity - Avoid type that is too small to read;
method. A wall display is a collection of many
avoid all caps.
different types of items and materials put up on a
wall to make an interesting and informative 6. Quality - Make it neat and professional and
display. In a classroom, the display can consist remember to proofread.
of the students' own work. In development work
it can be used to convey information to the LESSON 2: Select and Use ICT Tools for
community. Teaching and Learning
• A great part of learning is working on
information and using it to create
something that can be useful edifying
for humanity. ICT tools engaging
learners by communicating,
disseminating, and managing
information.
• ICT tools will reveal the usefulness of
employing ICT Tools in a wider range
of the teaching and learning process.
• It is not necessarily the presence of
ROPE AND POLE DISPLAY BOARD advanced technology the use of ICT
tools can ensure the success in engaging
This board consists of two parallel, horizontal the learner, but it still remains that the
poles tied loosely together with rope. Visual aids effective use of ICT tools depends on
such as posters can be pinned to the rope. This how the teacher use them.
kind of display board is invaluable where there
are few solid walls for displaying information. It “Technology will never replace great teachers,
has no solid backing and can be made quickly but technology in the hands of great teachers is
for teaching, training and when working with transformational.” Greoge Couros
communities. • WHAT IS QR CODE? It was a code
Guidelines when designing conventional created by a Japanese Corporation
instructional materials Denso -Wave in 1994.
• QR stands for? “QUICK RESPONS”
• It allows the reader to decode the 2. TO SIMPLIFY A COMPLEX
information at a high rate of speed. CONCEPT
simplifying a complex idea is the core
• This is popular in Japan and also used
purpose of using an infographics. This is
by companies as they attach their QR
a very effective educational tool as a
Code in their product.
way of summarizing key points or
How to make QR code: providing an overview of a lesson.
3. TO EXPLAIN HOW SOMETHING
Step 1: BE ONLINE FUCTIONS
Step 2: Search for a QR Code generator and Using infographics, you can show the
ensure that you read the information about the intricacy of how something complex
application. It is important to have a ensure works. It can reveal the mechanics
internet. There are tons of QR CODE generators behind how an object works. Designer
out there, most popular include KAYWA, can create infographics by showings the
GOQR..me. Visualead and QR Stuff. There are mechanics behind intricate objects,
many FREE applications online and therefore process, concepts.
you can take a chance to use them. 4. TO COMPARE
Presenting information by highlighting
Step 3: Once you have identified your free similarities and differences through a
online QR CODE, generator you can now visual parallel in a infographics can turn
encode the text or information you want. out more effective than sometimes
expressing it in words. It is easier to
Step 4: Run it and save it as a jpeg file, Now,
draw comparisons with the same
you have successfully created your own code
information nearly organized.
which you can download.
5. TO PRESENT INTERESTING
Step 5: Test the QR CODE using your QR FACTS
CODE reader When information or facts are presented
all in words, the use of infographics can
USING LAPTOP AND THE bring life. If done well, the infographics
INFOGRAPHICS can transform the information into
An infographics is a visual representation or an visual image that can attract and engage
image such as diagram, chart or a picture readers.
representing information or data. It is How will you make your own infographics
eye-catching and makes use of a clear layout,
attractive color and hues, and caricatures that 1. You need to be online
provide a cohesive presentation of the
2. Using the PC, laptop or mobile phone,
information.
search for Canva, Vismen or Vennage
USING INFOGRAPHICS among others.