Synergism in Supplemental Instruction: Creating Teacher Resource Banks International Conference on Teacher Education Quezon City, Philippines August 2014 Brian J English Ph.D. Tama University School of Global Studies Fujisawa, 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 Banks  Hard 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 Department or Program Across the Curriculum 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 acquisition  Computer literacy  Content

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

SYNERGISM Sharing Your Numerous Educational Resources Gaining Ideas for Supplemental Materials

For ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: **************************************** QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ARE WELCOME