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1. Description:
Critical Incident 1: In my second class this week at room 0202, I started by
proposing an Android game called Bomb Taboo. I borrowed an HD Videobeam and proper wires; I brought my Smartphone with the game installed
and all prepared. The video beam I borrowed for the class did not work as I
expected, it did not recognize the image from the Smartphone; the
projection showed a Green screen and nothing else. After lots of struggle I
was not able to make it work. Consequently, I started doing the game in a
manual way with papers and pen, the old style. The students were asking
what was happening at the beginning, they were waiting for a projection.
Instead they had to wait for me to cut papers and do the cards myself. They
were not happy about it. Others did not seem to care. Pupils were talking
and using their cell-phones in the meanwhile.
Critical Incident 2: I had the Didactics IT classroom booked for the class with
the students of English 3. My class was prepared. I was about to conduct a
class in English where pupils would use the computers to practice
pronunciation, Reading and listening online. Connection to Internet is not
effective at University, pages did not open after lots of minutes waiting and
when they opened they were too slow and not complete. Anyhow I always
try to have an undersleeve trick, like using a video beam, the board, my pc,
etc so I can continue with the class. My students get bored and start as
always chatting on their phones or joking around while they wait for the
pages to open. It has happens manby times. I dont know exactly how to
solve this problem.
Critical Incident 3.
My sudents obviously speak spanish naturally, the problem comes when it is
time for them to take advantage of the English class, and they do not take
it. That day they spoke Spanish in class unconsciously (code-switching), and
just after I told them to practice their English, they felt the need to go back
to it. I want them to progress as they only have one opportunity a day to
speak the foreign language in question. I also would like them to practice
outside the classroom. But nothing I did seemed to make them think of it.
3. Solutions
Critical Incident 1. The solution for this incident is to be prepared with a
back up plan. So, video beams and games are a good option, but in case it
they dont work, a second plan should be applied. My second plan is to have
flash cards ready at all times in my bag. I mean, the paper vesions of games
in case of need. That way the warm up game can continue with no problema
and still be able to complete the objectives.
Critical Incident 2. For solving the problem with the Internet in the class
there can be some options. One of them is to report the incidents to the IT
office at university. It will take a long time, but it also will give the institution
the opportunity to know more about what is happening. Another option is to
bring the computer materials saved on the Usb drives or cds, so the Internet
is not dependable anymore. It will be slower and it will demand more work,
but it is a good solution, however, not the best.
Critical Incident 3. For my students to speak English in class I need to make
up a strategy to motivate them to speak at all times. One of them is to help
students crate stronger bonds between each other, so they feel confidence
at the time to speak. Another good idea is to congratulate them and give
them rewards, say points, when they speak English, without paying too
much attention to small mistakes. Sometimes it is ideal to create contest
games with English as the first element. This would encourage them to use
it more and achieve their objectives.