I have diligently coined my Technology Enhanced Lesson Plan this week, posted it on Nicenet and Google Drive. It is actually based on one of the classes I teach this week. Proud of it I wanted to give it a try in the classroom.
Technical preparation took some time, but I was more than willing to do it. The overhead projector had to be disconnected from the classroom computer (as this one has no internet connection) and connected to my personal lap top (as this one has wireless internet connection).
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| Everything went well! |
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...up until the moment I wanted to play the Youtube video prepared for this class. Ooooops! The overhead projector went completely dead. As if no laptop was connected to it. No picture, no sound, no video!
It took me a few seconds to collect myself and then I remembered: One of the points covered in the Technology Enhanced Lesson Plan was the issue of backup. What will you do WHEN (not IF, but WHEN) something goes wrong?
I had thought of this in advance and had already prepared the video on my smartphone. Most of the students had their smartphones with them and we were actually able to watch the video in pairs. So the technology component was not lost but, more importantly, another "component" was gained: Plan A - Always have a Plan B!
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