Synergism in Supplemental Instruction:

Creating Teacher Resource Banks

International Conference on Teacher EducationQuezon City, PhilippinesAugust 2014

Brian J English Ph.D. Tama University

School of Global StudiesFujisawa, Japan

A Resource Rich Fund for Teachers

You Can Bank on It!

Teachers Helping Teachers

Resource Banks are a collection of lessons and materials that are readily available as supplemental instruction.

USING A TEXTBOOK CAN BE LIKE TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG INTO A ROUND HOLE

Teachers Need Supplemental

Materials•Adjustable•Available•Assorted•Activating•Advantageous

Types of Resource BanksHard copy files

Stored on hard disk

School Network (faculty and/or students)

Password-Protected Websites (teachers only)

Available to anyone on the Internet

Resource Bank on Hard Disk

Types of Resource Banks•Course-Specific

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/physics-resource-centre

•Department or Programhttp://sgsaep.weebly.com/

•Across the Curriculum https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

•E-textbooks

3 Internet Resources Banks

Idea Generating Activating and Constructing Content Schema• Short Readings

• Pictures

• Videos

• Songs

Motivation Variety of media increases attention spans and motivation

Intrinsic motivation

Encourages Individual Learning

Inductive Learning Language acquisitionComputer literacyContent

Target a Variety of Learning Styles

Designing Resource Banks

Materials should be easily accessible.Materials should be easy to use.Materials should be a well organized.  Materials should complement the course textbook.Materials should be interesting and meaningful.Materials should foster intrinsic motivation.Materials should promote interaction (pair/group

work).

Advantages for Learning Outcomes

Encourage Learner Autonomy

Easily adjustable

Easily accessible

Activating

Use an assortment of material texts

Target a variety of Learning Styles

SYNERGISMSharing Your Numerous Educational Resources Gaining Ideas for Supplemental Materials

For ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

http://www.brianenglish.net/

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