Multimedia in ELT - ICELT 4 - USD

On Monday, August 7, 2006, RELO Assistant Kun Herrini went back to Jogjakarta to give a presentation at ICELTS – 4 held by Sanata Dharma University. Her presentation entitled: Multimedia in ELT: from Blink-Blink to Elegant Users. She underlined that there are 2 different groups of technology users, ie. Those who just use the technology as they like, always try new things, and those who use it elegantly: learn about it well first before using it.

In the presentation Kun used the Dale’s Cone as a reference when teachers were selecting media to use in their teaching. Kun also showed some authentic examples how some people ‘abuse’ the media rather than use it elegantly.

Questions from the audience was around the time spent for such use of media (in this case: power point) and the needs of teachers to learn about Emotional Intelligence especially to learn more about the students. Kun replied that it indeed took time to create a PPT presentation, but please note that it could easily be recycled, imported, modified, etc. As for the EI, it surely was important. Kun also underlined to prioritize the students rather than themselves, and to concentrate more on learning rather that teaching.

If you are interested to know more and/or get a copy of Kun Herrini’s presentation, please send an email to relojkt1@cbn.net.id