My all times
favourite technology to use in class is using VISUALISER.
I came across this
beautiful and helpful thing back in 2018 a few months after I started teaching.
It does help me a lot ever since. The concept is the same as extension camera
for computer. Where whatever that we write within the camera frame will directly
being showed at the projector.
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| my usual set up |
I have been
using this visualiser for each class and the kids loved it so much. We can also
record and scan the notes and change it to pdf. This is indeed the best
technology for me. Yes, power point is a great tool but for mathematics
subject, to write the formula took a bit of time. On the other hand, visualiser
does not have that problem as the concept is the same as using whiteboard but
with smaller scale.
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| at this time, i was explaining and the students can see instantly through the projector. |
Today’s
class is with Form 1 Creative and the topic is Multiples. I did use visualiser
to help me with class as I already have the sources from previous batch which I
just need to add a bit of the notes on explanation and questions. The objective
of today’s class is to make sure the students are able to understand the
concept of Multiples and Common multiples. I will show the notes and explain
about the topic by using visualiser and by doing this, I did save a lot of time
as I already have it written and just need to broadcast it for the class. I also
have extra space on whiteboard for me to write the addition question or
explanation.
By using visualiser, I can make the
class more interactive as I can asked the students to show their working
through visualiser. The students are always excited for this kind of stuff. This
way, the students are more interactive and eager to come in front to explain
and answer the questions.
However, again, for today’s class I have
problem to connect my computer with the projector. At first, they can connect
with my computer but did not detect the visualiser but then after a few minutes
of trying the projector decided to not even detect my computer. It was awful. It
was not a good start. Luckily, the kids are so comforting and understand that
this is beyond what I can control. So we
did try call the technician and he did come but unfortunately, he suggested
that I need to borrow the next class. Thank God, I can use the next class as
their teacher is on leave. J . As this is
not the first time, I think every week there will be a class or two that we
need to borrow and exchange with the next class.
After we step up everything, we then
started the class. I did start the class by showing the notes to the students
and explain it to them without them copying the notes. This is because if they
are copying the notes while I am explaining, 90 percent of them will not
focusing on what I am trying to explain to them. By using visualiser, I can
have extra space to write on the whiteboard to put further explanation. After I
finished with the explanation, I then gave them the time to copy the notes and
while they are doing it I did asked whether they like when I use visualiser and
all of them said yes. But a few students tell me that when they sit at the back,
they did not the it well as visualiser tend to blur out if the handwriting is
so close to each other and small. I then change it and make my font bigger and
using a thicker marker.
The same problem arise which was the
glare one the slide. I know that we will have this problem but for this class, all
the activity room were fully booked so I have no choice but to use the class. So,
my solution at that particular time is that I asked them to move a bit closer
to the slide if they could not see it clearly.
As conclusion, I love using
visualiser as it does not require a lot of time to prepare the notes and it is
so easy to use.
The link below will lead you to some
of the scan notes that I did for this class J
Click the link to download it and I
hope you like it J
If you wanted to see how I use visualiser for my class, click
the link below J
XOXO,
Miss Nadia Nordin
Tuesday class with 1 Creative
04.02.2020