1. 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

2. A Resource Rich Fund for Teachers You Can Bank on It!

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

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

5. Teachers Need Supplemental Materials Adjustable Available Assorted Activating Advantageous

6. 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

7. Resource Bank on Hard Disk

8. Types of Resource Banks Course-Specific http://www.victoria.ac.nz/physics-resource-centre Department or Program http://sgsaep.weebly.com/ Across the Curriculum https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ E-textbooks

9. 3 Internet Resources Banks

10. Idea Generating Activating and Constructing Content Schema Short Readings Pictures Videos Songs

11. Motivation  Variety of media increases attention spans and motivation  Intrinsic motivation  Encourages Individual Learning

12. Inductive Learning  Language acquisition  Computer literacy  Content

13. Target a Variety of Learning Styles

14. 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).

15. Advantages for Learning Outcomes  Encourage Learner Autonomy  Easily adjustable  Easily accessible  Activating  Use an assortment of material texts  Target a variety of Learning Styles

16. SYNERGISM Sharing Your Numerous Educational Resources Gaining Ideas for Supplemental Materials

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