When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of oratory he answered, "'action"; and which was the second, he replied, "action"; and which was third he still answered, "action." People tend to believe actions more than words!
Have you ever heard anyone say, "His actions spoke so loudly I couldn't hear what he said?" Have you ever wondered whether anyone has said this about you? What we do is a means of communication, subject to interpretation by others. Did you ever stop to think that even failure to act is a way of communicating?
Today, many researchers are concerned with the information sent by communication that is independent of and different from verbal information; namely, the non-verbal communication. Verbal communication is organized by language; non-verbal communication is not.
Communication is the transfer of information from one person to another. Most of us spend about 75 percent of our waking hours communicating our knowledge, thoughts, and ideas to others. However, most of us fail to realize that a great deal of our communication is of a non-verbal form as opposed to the oral and written forms. Non-verbal communication includes facial expressions, eye contact, tone of voice, body posture and motions, and positioning within groups. It may also include the way we wear our clothes or the silence we keep.
In person-to-person communications our messages are sent on two levels simultaneously. If the nonverbal cues and the spoken message are incongruous, the flow of communication is hindered. Right or wrong, the receiver of the communication tends to base the intentions of the sender on the non- verbal cues he receives.
Categories and Features
G. W. Porter divides non-verbal communication into four broad categories:
Physical. This is the personal type of communication. It includes facial expressions, tone of voice, sense of touch, sense of smell, and body motions.
Aesthetic. This is the type of communication that takes place through creative expressions: playing instrumental music, dancing, painting and sculpturing.
Signs. This is the mechanical type of communication, which includes the use of signal flags, the 21-gun salute, horns, and sirens.
Symbolic. This is the type of communication that makes use of religious, status, or ego-building symbols.
Our concern here will be with what Porter has called the physical method of non-verbal communication.
Monday, September 6, 2010
What Is Tactile Communication?
Tactile communication refers to what we communicate through the sense of touch -- through touching, or not touching each other in various ways. Touch may be the most primal or basic form of communication, since it's the way things are communicated to infants, way before infants have learned anything about other modes of communication.
Tactile messages tend to convey aspects of emotional and attitudinal states. Touch can convey anger, love, warmth, coldness, hostility, etc. The absence of touch also can communicate.
We communicate a great deal through our physical contact, or lack of it, with others.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Education in the Philippines
During the period of colonization by the United States, Education in the Philippines changed radically, modeled on the system of Education in the United States of the time. After the Second World War, changes in the US system were no longer automatically reflected in the Philippines, which has since moved in various directions of its own.
Filipino children may enter public school at about age four, starting from Nursery up to Kindergarten. At about seven years of age, children enter elementary school (6 to 7 years). This may be followed by secondary school (4 years). Students may then sit for College Entrance Examinations (CEE), after which they may enter tertiary institutions (3 to 5 years). Other types of schools do exist, such as Private schools, Preparatory schools, International schools, Laboratory High Schools and Science High Schools. Several ethnic groups, including Chinese, British, Americans, and Japanese operate their own schools.
Elementary schooling is compulsory, but 24% of Filipinos of the relevant age group do not attend, usually due to absence of any school in their area, education being offered in foreign languages only, or financial distress. In July 2009 DepEd acted to overcome the foreign language problem by ordering all elementary schools to move towards mother-tongue based learning initially. The order allows two alternative three-year bridging plans. Depending on the bridging plan adopted, the Filipino and English languages are to be phased in as the language of instruction for other subjects beginning in the third and fourth grades
Filipino children may enter public school at about age four, starting from Nursery up to Kindergarten. At about seven years of age, children enter elementary school (6 to 7 years). This may be followed by secondary school (4 years). Students may then sit for College Entrance Examinations (CEE), after which they may enter tertiary institutions (3 to 5 years). Other types of schools do exist, such as Private schools, Preparatory schools, International schools, Laboratory High Schools and Science High Schools. Several ethnic groups, including Chinese, British, Americans, and Japanese operate their own schools.
Elementary schooling is compulsory, but 24% of Filipinos of the relevant age group do not attend, usually due to absence of any school in their area, education being offered in foreign languages only, or financial distress. In July 2009 DepEd acted to overcome the foreign language problem by ordering all elementary schools to move towards mother-tongue based learning initially. The order allows two alternative three-year bridging plans. Depending on the bridging plan adopted, the Filipino and English languages are to be phased in as the language of instruction for other subjects beginning in the third and fourth grades
Speech Pathologist
Speech-language pathologists work with people who cannot produce speech sounds or cannot produce them clearly; those with speech rhythm and fluency problems, such as stuttering; people with voice disorders, such as inappropriate pitch or harsh voice; those with problems understanding and producing language; those who wish to improve their communication skills by modifying an accent; and those with cognitive communication impairments, such as attention, memory, and problem-solving disorders. They also work with people who have swallowing difficulties.
Speech, language, and swallowing difficulties can result from a variety of causes including stroke, brain injury or deterioration, developmental delays or disorders, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, cleft palate, voice pathology, mental retardation, hearing loss, or emotional problems. Problems can be congenital, developmental, or acquired. Speech-language pathologists use special instruments and qualitative and quantitative assessment methods, including standardized tests, to analyze and diagnose the nature and extent of impairments.
Speech-language pathologists develop an individualized plan of care, tailored to each patient's needs. For individuals with little or no speech capability, speech-language pathologists may select augmentative or alternative communication methods, including automated devices and sign language, and teach their use. They teach patients how to make sounds, improve their voices, or increase their oral or written language skills to communicate more effectively. They also teach individuals how to strengthen muscles or use compensatory strategies to swallow without choking or inhaling food or liquid. Speech-language pathologists help patients develop, or recover, reliable communication and swallowing skills so patients can fulfill their educational, vocational, and social roles.
Friday, July 9, 2010
My Personal View of Learning Communities
Introduction:
Learning Communities are mostly operationalized through collaboration, cooperation and partnership. The shared goals are achieved through working together and potentially building or creating new knowledge. But in Education circles, the term “learning community” has become common place. It is being used to mean any number of things, such as extending classroom practiceinto the community; bringing community personnel into the school to enhance the curriculuum and learning tasks for students; or enganing students, teachers and administrators simultaneously in learningthrough the used of different motivational tools in easy learning and teaching.
Learning Communites are one way we may build the commonalities and connections so essential to our education and our society.
Body:
LEARNING COMMUNITY
The Learning Community approach fundamentally restructures the curriculum, and the time and space of students. Many different curricular restructuring models are being used, but all of the learning community models intentionally link together courses or coursework to provide greater curricular coherence, more opportunities for active learning, and interactions between students and faculty.
The concept of “Learning Communities” is currently one that is to the fore of much educational and organisational literature and discussion. As well as information and communication technologies have facilitated the emergence and rapid growth of learning communities whose members interacts from remote corners of the globe to form online learning communities. “Learning Communities can take many forms” according to Barbara Leigh Smith of The Evergreen State College.
ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITIES
-or (OLC) is a type of learning where the learners use new type of technology in imparting knowledge to their partners or team. Learning objectives may be proposed by an instructor or may arise out of discussions between participants that reflect personal interests. In an online community, people communicate via textual discussion (synchronous or asynchronous), audio, video, or other Internet-supported devices. Blogs blend personal journaling with social networking to create environments with opportunities for reflection. Aside from Online Learning Communities, there are some types of learning processes that Mr. Guevarra had given to us.
E-LEARNING
-another type of learning is E-learning wherein it compromises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching, which are procedural in character and aim to effect the construction of knowledge with reference to individual experience, practice and knowledge of the learner.
E-learning is essentially the computer and network enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. It refers to electronic applications and processes to learn. E-learning applications and processes include web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classroom and digital collaborations. “to develop the skills and competencies needed in the 21st century, in particular to ensure that learners have the digital literacy skills required in their descipline, profession or career.” – Bates (2009)
Jones, P.R., Laufgraben, J.L., and Morris, N. (2006) “developing an empirically based typlogy of attitudes of enetring students toward participation in learning communities”.
I really believed that without the noble educators, this new systematic way in imparting knowledge won’t take place in the old way of teaching. That is why Educational Technology were organized.
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Its main goal is to improve the old ways in teaching and make all things easy or interesting to the learners.
Educational Technology is an array tools that might prove helpful in advancing student learning. It relies on a broad definition of the word “technology”. Technology, can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines or hardware. Some modern tools include but are not limited to overhead projectors, laptop computers and calculators. Aside from applying Educational technology in our curriculum, there are some benefits that will be gain by learners. Following are:
BENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Some benefits that learners gained from using technology in learning are easy-access-of- internet, more knowledge about computer-based lessons, all the subjects will be more interesting and easier to learn , can become easier to monitor and maintain student work, enhance student learning, can motivate students to pursue learning and can cause a big help not just to ourselves but also to the next generation.
3 PHASES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
The 1st phase talks about how the teacher teaches her students using technology in delivering dynamic lessons. Some examples of this technologies are by projector, using power point presentation and many more.
The 2nd phase talks about on how students learn in their subject matter through the help of internet. It also includes web searches, free online dictionaries and a whole lot more.
The 3rd and the last phase is all about on how the student response in what he have undersstood in their online discussion and how he will going to publish he’s knowledge nor share it to his website. This phase is all abput the student as a producer, publisher, audience and peer reviewer.
“Learning takes place through conversations about content and grounded interactions about problems and actions”. The Teaching Profession (2006)
Gabelnick, Faith; MacGregor, Jean; Mathews, Roberta S.; Smith, Barbara Leigh (1990) “learning communities are curricular structure that link different disciplines around a common theme or question”.
As a student and a future educator, I really prefer the used of technology so that learning takes place. In this case, it will not impart learning throughout the subject matter easily but it can also help the learners begin their courses while at work and finish them at an alternate internet equipped location.
“if you think education is expensive, try ignorance”. Attributed to both Andy McIntyre & Derek Bok
CONCLUSION
So, I therefore conclude that there is no question that higher education tends to get caught up in “fashionable” programs innovations, and learning communities could certainly be considered an example. It is also a one way of improving the old styles of teaching, wherein teachers often used chalkboards , some hanged visual aids that really makes the classroom session so annoying. Through technology, learners will be motivated to enjoy learning by the useof new hi-tech gadgets that will really catch the students attention. Lets face it! We are now on 21st century, so we must stop the martyrdom using the old styles of teaching and embed the use of information and communication technologies within the curriculum.
REFERENCE LIST
- Purita P. Bilbao, Ed. D.; Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph. D.; Avelina T. Llagas, Ed. D.; Gloria G. Salandanan, Ph. D. (2006) “The Teaching Profession”
- Andy McIntyre & Derek Bok
- Gabelnick, Faith; MacGregor, Jean; Mathews, Roberta S.; Smith, Barbara Leigh (1990)
- Norwood, J. (2007). “Learning Communities to Increase Students Achievement”
- Jones, P.R., Laufgraben, J.L., and Morris, N. (2006)
- Enrique Guevarra (2010) “Educational Technology (Advancing educational technology for humanity)”.
Learning Communities are mostly operationalized through collaboration, cooperation and partnership. The shared goals are achieved through working together and potentially building or creating new knowledge. But in Education circles, the term “learning community” has become common place. It is being used to mean any number of things, such as extending classroom practiceinto the community; bringing community personnel into the school to enhance the curriculuum and learning tasks for students; or enganing students, teachers and administrators simultaneously in learningthrough the used of different motivational tools in easy learning and teaching.
Learning Communites are one way we may build the commonalities and connections so essential to our education and our society.
Body:
LEARNING COMMUNITY
The Learning Community approach fundamentally restructures the curriculum, and the time and space of students. Many different curricular restructuring models are being used, but all of the learning community models intentionally link together courses or coursework to provide greater curricular coherence, more opportunities for active learning, and interactions between students and faculty.
The concept of “Learning Communities” is currently one that is to the fore of much educational and organisational literature and discussion. As well as information and communication technologies have facilitated the emergence and rapid growth of learning communities whose members interacts from remote corners of the globe to form online learning communities. “Learning Communities can take many forms” according to Barbara Leigh Smith of The Evergreen State College.
ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITIES
-or (OLC) is a type of learning where the learners use new type of technology in imparting knowledge to their partners or team. Learning objectives may be proposed by an instructor or may arise out of discussions between participants that reflect personal interests. In an online community, people communicate via textual discussion (synchronous or asynchronous), audio, video, or other Internet-supported devices. Blogs blend personal journaling with social networking to create environments with opportunities for reflection. Aside from Online Learning Communities, there are some types of learning processes that Mr. Guevarra had given to us.
E-LEARNING
-another type of learning is E-learning wherein it compromises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching, which are procedural in character and aim to effect the construction of knowledge with reference to individual experience, practice and knowledge of the learner.
E-learning is essentially the computer and network enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. It refers to electronic applications and processes to learn. E-learning applications and processes include web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classroom and digital collaborations. “to develop the skills and competencies needed in the 21st century, in particular to ensure that learners have the digital literacy skills required in their descipline, profession or career.” – Bates (2009)
Jones, P.R., Laufgraben, J.L., and Morris, N. (2006) “developing an empirically based typlogy of attitudes of enetring students toward participation in learning communities”.
I really believed that without the noble educators, this new systematic way in imparting knowledge won’t take place in the old way of teaching. That is why Educational Technology were organized.
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Its main goal is to improve the old ways in teaching and make all things easy or interesting to the learners.
Educational Technology is an array tools that might prove helpful in advancing student learning. It relies on a broad definition of the word “technology”. Technology, can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines or hardware. Some modern tools include but are not limited to overhead projectors, laptop computers and calculators. Aside from applying Educational technology in our curriculum, there are some benefits that will be gain by learners. Following are:
BENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Some benefits that learners gained from using technology in learning are easy-access-of- internet, more knowledge about computer-based lessons, all the subjects will be more interesting and easier to learn , can become easier to monitor and maintain student work, enhance student learning, can motivate students to pursue learning and can cause a big help not just to ourselves but also to the next generation.
3 PHASES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
The 1st phase talks about how the teacher teaches her students using technology in delivering dynamic lessons. Some examples of this technologies are by projector, using power point presentation and many more.
The 2nd phase talks about on how students learn in their subject matter through the help of internet. It also includes web searches, free online dictionaries and a whole lot more.
The 3rd and the last phase is all about on how the student response in what he have undersstood in their online discussion and how he will going to publish he’s knowledge nor share it to his website. This phase is all abput the student as a producer, publisher, audience and peer reviewer.
“Learning takes place through conversations about content and grounded interactions about problems and actions”. The Teaching Profession (2006)
Gabelnick, Faith; MacGregor, Jean; Mathews, Roberta S.; Smith, Barbara Leigh (1990) “learning communities are curricular structure that link different disciplines around a common theme or question”.
As a student and a future educator, I really prefer the used of technology so that learning takes place. In this case, it will not impart learning throughout the subject matter easily but it can also help the learners begin their courses while at work and finish them at an alternate internet equipped location.
“if you think education is expensive, try ignorance”. Attributed to both Andy McIntyre & Derek Bok
CONCLUSION
So, I therefore conclude that there is no question that higher education tends to get caught up in “fashionable” programs innovations, and learning communities could certainly be considered an example. It is also a one way of improving the old styles of teaching, wherein teachers often used chalkboards , some hanged visual aids that really makes the classroom session so annoying. Through technology, learners will be motivated to enjoy learning by the useof new hi-tech gadgets that will really catch the students attention. Lets face it! We are now on 21st century, so we must stop the martyrdom using the old styles of teaching and embed the use of information and communication technologies within the curriculum.
REFERENCE LIST
- Purita P. Bilbao, Ed. D.; Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph. D.; Avelina T. Llagas, Ed. D.; Gloria G. Salandanan, Ph. D. (2006) “The Teaching Profession”
- Andy McIntyre & Derek Bok
- Gabelnick, Faith; MacGregor, Jean; Mathews, Roberta S.; Smith, Barbara Leigh (1990)
- Norwood, J. (2007). “Learning Communities to Increase Students Achievement”
- Jones, P.R., Laufgraben, J.L., and Morris, N. (2006)
- Enrique Guevarra (2010) “Educational Technology (Advancing educational technology for humanity)”.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
E-Learning
comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching, which are procedural in character and aim to effect the construction of the effective learning. Helps all the learner to learn their subject matter in the easiest way.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Educational Technology
Educational Technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources. Also called a Learning Technology. It is really important to all learners nowadays to experience the new type of hi-tech technologies used in teaching.
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