Glosboken.se
I don´t have much
experience in teaching children since I am in school educating myself to become
a teacher. I have though three children and I have seen what use Glosboken.se
has been for them.
Glosboken is a
programme which helps pupils to practice at glossary in any language the pupil
chooses. The pupil can use glosboken in school, at their holiday, at home, just
about anywhere, as long as the pupil has access to internet. To get access to
Glosboken.se the pupils get their access by their teachers account or the
pupils can create an account by themselves. If the teacher has an account, he
or she invites the pupil to his or hers group by given them a password for
their own. Then the teacher creates the glossaries for the pupils to practice
on either by only translate them in writing or/and listen to them threw “talsyntes”.
Glosboken even
has games which fit all pupils regardless age, language, special needs. Even
when the pupil starts to learn a new language he/she can create their own set
of glossaries to practice on. The account the pupils has is not locked for a
certain school. If your child changes school it can still use Glosboken.se.
This has been an
effective and positive way to practice glossaries for my son. He has difficulties
in writing and spelling and this is a perfect way to put focus on how the pronunciation
and spelling of the words sounds. He doesn´t have to put any focus or energy on
the handwriting. For my eldest daughter this has not been an interesting way to
learn glossaries. She likes the old traditional way when I say the words in
Swedish and she writes the answer in English on a piece of paper and at the end
I correct the glossaries.(My youngest is in first class and has not started to use Glosboken.se)
How fun it is to read this blog! You get tips and ideas that you might yourself can use in their teaching. Glad you write about Glosboken. A class that I was stand-in for a couple of years ago used it, and it was very well liked by the kids.
ReplyDeleteBecause children are born into IT world today, it is good that there is so much you can do with computers and the internet to engage students. For example, we used the NOMP in matte teaching this semester. We educators have added tasks to do for homework. When they passed a task they may medals or candy on the screen, which justifies. Students have longed for more NOMP-homework. :)
This with Glosboken is so good because the teacher can put the words that need to be trained. You wrote the also it is very good exercise for those who find it hard to write. "Talsyntes" is a good part of computer education. It uses we include when students wrote their own texts in Word.
As a teacher, it becomes a little easier to plan such lessons as it can adapt to the different ages, and also choose only the vocabulary, verbs or phrases with gaps. Fun homework simply!
/Nathalie Sandher
Hi Yvonne!
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to read your text about glosboken.se. I started an account on the webpage and I think it seems to be a good way to learn new words. To make the homework more interesting for the pupils I think it is a good way to learn new words and how to spell them. Children today are so accustomed to learn by the computer and our job as teachers or parents is to encourage them to learn English. Glosboken.se could inspire them to learn in a playful way.
It is positive that you can choose language, and I have got an idea to use this program with my pupils who do not have Swedish as their mother tongue. You wrote that both teachers and pupils can create an account which is useful in homework. Even parents can use it at home to help their children. Some pupils might use this program by themselves at home, but I think some needs support from their parents in the beginning. Older pupils, for example my sister in high school, use glosboken.se on her own. Meanwhile younger pupils probably need someone to tell them to use it.
/Johanna Estunger