Coinciding with the unprecedented situation brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic in academic year 2020, which saw many education institutions being forced to switch from in-class teaching to online teaching (and back again), or even a blend of both, Nara JALT is pleased to announce its April MyShare event.
This MyShare event will highlight four educators who will share their successes and reflections they experienced when implementing either online tools or in-class activities in their teaching practices during academic year 2020.
Date: Sunday, April 18, 2021
Time: 10~12:30
Venue: Online event via ZOOM. Free for JALT members.
Pre-registration: https://bit.ly/2O8L2em
To receive the link to this online event, participants must first pre-register via the link (above). Deadline is 9:30 am on the morning of the event (i.e., Apr 18).
Cost: 500 yen to non-JALT members.
MyShare 1: The successful implementation of a commercial online proficiency test. Jason Moser (Kanto Gakuin University).
MyShare 2: Using the app Padlet in online classrooms.
Rachel Patterson (Berlitz/ Kindai University Language Center).
MyShare 3: Building learner confidence and fluency with mini-poster presentations. Paul McAleese (Nara Institute of Science and Technology).
MyShare 4: Activities to address sensitive topics: Discussing sexual harassment and assault in a gender studies class. Elisabeth Williams (Doshisha Women’s College).
More details of each presentation is included below:
MyShare 1: The successful implementation of a commercial online proficiency test. Jason Moser (Kanto Gakuin University) will share with participants the importance of orientation prior to the implementation of a commercial online proficiency. After briefly introducing the test features, he will outline the steps he implemented that ensured the successful implementation of the test across four faculties (480 students) for both faculty and students, and the positive test results that were obtained.
MyShare 2: Using the app Padlet in online classrooms. Rachel Patterson (Berlitz/ Kindai University Language Center) will introduce and demonstrate effective ways to use the interactive cork board app “Padlet”. She will show how she was able to give her students opportunities to post their input, participate in class discussions, and get feedback from their teachers via this non-threatening platform.
MyShare 3: Building learner confidence and fluency with mini-poster presentations. Paul McAleese (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) will present on how he was able to get learners to overcome their apprehension about speaking in front of the whole class through the successful implementation of a poster presentation task in an in-class setting, that required learners to “mingle” around different presentations while completing simple listening tasks.
MyShare 4: Activities to address sensitive topics: Discussing sexual harassment and assault in a gender studies class. Elisabeth Williams (Doshisha Women’s College) will share her experiences of discussing the difficult topic of sexual harassment and assault in an introductory gender studies class at women’s university. Specifically, the presentation will focus on two activities that were used to facilitate discussion about these issues: Creating a list of “common myths” of sexual harassment/assault and watching a street-interview style video about the topics. The presenter will also introduce the successes and challenges of the lesson.
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