English Teaching: Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert

Contest Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert

Questions:

1. Why do you consider yourself to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert?

I consider myself to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert because in my classes I use a range of tools created by Microsoft to facilitate the teaching learning process. We are studying how to use outlook.com, onedrive, office, sky, Xbox, bing, MSN, store and other Microsoft tools to have a better succeed English learning process. Moreover, in the project “English and ICT as an opportunity to form global citizens, as well as in the proposal I know my city, its history culture and society and in others works that I develop with my students the use of Microsoft technology has been really important to succeed. It helps me to motivate my pupils to learn and at the same time to encourage them to build knowledge, do collaborative work and develop their critical thinking. I work with synchronous tools and asynchronous tool as e-mails and blogs to teach and share information not only in the classroom, even outside of it. In order to describe and illustrate how I can do this, I will talk about a project in which my learners are working now, its name is: I know my city, its history, culture and society, the proposal is a school scenery which takes into account the theories of contextual learning to develop reading skills and text production in native language and in English. In the English classes and through interviews to the community members, consulting in books and on the web, students read and write in English and Spanish about Monteria's, history, culture and society. The objective of the project is to write an e-book, it will serve as educational tool to teach and learn about Montería City. Therefore, a lesson plan to continue working in the project could be:

2. Describe a lesson you have taught in which you have incorporated Microsoft technologies in innovative ways.

GRADE: 7° Subject: English I.H 2 hours per week PERIOD: IV (fourth Period of classes)

TOPIC:

COMMUNICATION: Talk about my neighborhood.

WARM UP: I am going to elicit students to know their previous knowledge about the class topic.

FINAL ASSESSMENT:

Students are going to:

1. Prepare an interview to some leaders of the community to ask for the history of their neighborhood (They should use Microsoft Office applications: Microsoft office word, Microsoft office excel or other application to design the format). In addition, they should expand the information they get through the interview consulting in books and on internet.

2. Do the interview and record it. (Use moviemaker to edit it).

3. Organize posters to socialize the history of your neighborhood in the school (Find out what Microsoft tools can help you to do the posters).

4. Do a Microsoft Power Point Online presentation to show all the results of the investigation about the history of Montería and their neighborhoods.

Note: The teacher is going to give instruction, check and explain each point.

FINAL ASSESSMENT: Students are going to be evaluated in each point of the class, especially during their final performance.

3. How do you think being an MIE Expert will impact your teaching?

In my point of view being an MIE Expert will impact my teaching, since it will give me more opportunities to be trained in the use of the most innovative Micrisoft Tools to improve the teaching learning process. Moreover, I will have the chance to socialize my projects with colleagues from all over the world as well as learn from their experiences. Therefore, I want to get the prize and recognition and the benefits that Microsoft offer to teachers through this contest:

Opportunities for professional development and certification.
Share my experience with educators and renowned specialists.
Participate in focus groups that provide information to product development teams of Microsoft.
Try new products Microsoft in beta.
Collaborate with innovative educators around the world through Skype in the classroom.
Becoming a regional host in the events that show the Microsoft technology in the classroom.

It’ is important to say that I use ICT as much as I can. I say to my students that people who speak English and use technology properly have the doors of the world opens and more opportunities that those who don’t do it.

Equally important is to relate some links to access to some blogs and videos as evidence of my work and projects that I have designed and implemented in the school.

http://levisenglishteacher.blogspot.com.co/

http://monteriacapitalganadera.blogspot.com.co/

http://mamuelruiz.blogspot.com.co/