Aim: This task invites you to consider teaching tools and techniques available on WhatsApp
Time: 15 -20 minutes
Listen to a teacher talking about their experiences using WhatsApp with their learners.
Modiselle is an English teacher based in Gauteng province. She teaches grades 6 and 7. Recently she started using WhatsApp with her classes. Before she started using WhatsApp, she was a little sceptical and it took a little time for both Modiselle and her students to get used to using the app as a classroom, but she was very happy with the results. In this task, Modiselle shares some advice that she got from her colleagues and some lessons she learned in her own classroom.
Complete the tasks below.
WhatsApp can be a very versatile platform despite its simplicity. It offers a range of simple tools, which brought together can create an engaging and motivating classroom. How you choose to use these tools will depend on your learners and your teaching aims, however, a combination of different tools is always the most effective way to make sure that we are catering to all our learners whatever their needs might be.