We ask you to collect pieces of your classwork and homework while you are preparing to become a Visual and Active Teacher Trainee (VATT). We analyze your work and we hope you will apply this method to evaluating the progress that your students make while they are in your classroom.
Features of the Visual and Active
Portfolio Method Adding an element of relationship. (cellphone and email contacts, invitations to lunch or snacks outside the classroom) Building the curriculum from relevance. (What does the student want to know or learn?) Creating opportunities to learn through action, through performances of understanding and mentoring.. Evaluation is through recorded exhibition so that the student has to feel and see the gaps and know where the next step is. Independent Work Time takes up a larger part of the class schedule. Building a portfolio is more important than running through a check list of grammar and vocabulary (listen, speak, write, read). EVERY PART OF THE CLASS CAN BE VIDEOTAPED for later review (since some students find it difficult to make notes and pay attention). The videos can be converted to a video on CD at a rate of about 2 hours per 700 megabytes. The individual education plan for each student is built around a system that collects materials for a portfolio. For procedures about "how to use a camera," see LookVideo page (where there is a pronunciation rubric). |