It was a wonderful experience of learning in a small group and sharing our experience with other LC's and learning from each other. I have learnt how to use the app before I teach the learners and at the same time, I have learnt to upload their books in the library manually.
I focussed on how to encourage the boys to get involved in writing. Lots of boys got frustrated during our writing time. Digital technology created curiosity among the boys and they were eager to draw pictures and write about it. Most of the boys were learned to take turns and wait patiently for their turn to use the iPads. Some of the boys mastered the skills of using different tools in the app and they were trying to teach the other learners. It was a great opportunity for the learners to take initiative to teach other learners and collaborate their ideas with their peers. They were able to retain their ideas and write about it or record their voice. So some of the ESOL learners were able to develop their oral language by forming a simple sentence and record it in their story. So all the learners had the opportunity to write stories based on their abilities.
What Next?
I would like to include more of digital learning
during our writing time to attract our learners to
write stories.
