Sunday, July 22, 2007

video games in education

a very informative 22 mins video about Games in Education video created by the Orange County (CA) Department of Education's Educational Technology group.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Experimental Research Question II








Research Topic:
The effectiveness of Integrating Blogging in Process Writing/ Using blogging for writing Diary Entries for Primary students in Hong Kong

Date Collection Method:
1. Data will be collected via pre tests and post tests of students' English writing ability.
2. Surveys and questionnaires about students' attitude towards Blogging and English Writing
will also be conducted.

Subject:
Upper primary school students who are newly introduced to English Blogging.

Hypotheses:
1. Students' attitude towards blogging becomes more optismistic.
2. Students will show improvement in writing (both in content and in length) through using blogging as a tool for collaborative learning.

How this study can contribute to improvements in some aspect of teaching and learning?
If the hypotheses is proven to be true, then blogging will definitely be an effective tool to motivate primary students to write about their experience, thoughts and feelings.

Experimental Research Question I





The effectiveness of game-based learning for students with low motivation






data will be collected thru surveys and questionnaires about their impression of game-based learning. school will help to identify the target group of students.

control group, pre tests and post tests will be conducted to evaluate the difference between traditional way of teaching and game-based learning methodology.

if it proves that it helps the students to learn more effectively then it can be a very useful tool when dealing with students with low motivation.