Developed and presented by:

Fabio Ferreira teacherfabioferreira@gmail.com Makoto Yamamoto profmakoto@gmail.com

Discuss the following questions in trios:

1. What techniques do you use to make reading more meaningful and appealing to students?
2. How do you integrate technology to your classes? 3. Regarding the material you use in class (books, videos, texts, grammar), how can fiction relate to your students reality? 4. When is extrinsic motivation a valuable tool?

1. What techniques do you use to make reading more meaningful and appealing to students?

2. How do you integrate technology to your classes?

3. Regarding the material you use in class (books, videos, texts, grammar), how can fiction relate to your students reality?

4. When is extrinsic motivation a valuable tool?

OUTLINE
The Story Behind The Phantom - What? - Why? - How? The Theory Behind The Phantom - Teacher as important as students - The 4 aspects - Dos and donts - Finding the Phantom

The Story Behind The Phantom Project

A CTJ Reading Project
Many ideas: - Board Game - Videoclip - Theater play

Problems...
Boring
Meaningless goals

Out of context
Unappealing Passive

... and solutions!

A feasible, concrete goal A real, familiar context Engaging, interactive activities Effective, helpful tools

The Project
1st step: reading the book.
2nd step: introducing the Phantom 3rd step: introducing voicethread

4th step: asking questions to the phantom

5th step: the box/letter 6th step: reality show (interaction)

Reading the Book

Introducing the Phantom

Introducing

Asking Questions

The Box / The Letter

The Game

http://voicethread.com/share/2298839/

The Theory Behind The Phantom Project

Discuss the following questions (again!) in trios:

1. Do your skills affect the way you plan classes (cooking, music playing, sports, etc.)? How? 2. How do you apply your personal interests in class (reading, tv shows, etc.)? 3. How familiar are you with the new technologies (internet, smartphones, social network, etc)? 4. What kind of books did you like reading when you were a teen?

Personal Projects = different projects

Too complex?
Too complicated? Time-consuming?

Feeling like a vegetarian in a barbecue?

Make it simple; make it pleasant!

What is appealing to my students?
AND What is pleasant to me (the teacher)?

The 4 Aspects of The Phantom Project

Technology 2. Interaction 3. Competition <-> Cooperation 4. Concretization
1.

Technology
New paths to teach fundamental skills (writing,

reading, collaboration); Its a rehearse for the 21st century communication;

Interaction
It connects the world outside the classroom;
Unpredictable responses and infinite database; Students become the subject, not object of their of

reality; Students use their previous knowledge to construct new knowledge.

Competition <-> Cooperation

Competition:
- increases engagement; - makes students improve; - makes students do their best; - shows that not winning doesnt mean losing; - prepares students to accept failure; - involves challenge and problem-solving; - is a good way for self-assessment.

 Cooperation:
- builds teamwork; - teaches students discipline; - teaches students leadership; - teaches students unselfishness; - makes students part of something bigger than

themselves.

Concretization
The CRA Approach:
- Concrete: the doing stage; - Representational: the seeing stage; - Abstract: the imagining stage.

A rough idea of what that should be:

Std Std

book Std ---------------------------- > info / reward Std Std

Some dos and donts

Competition focusing on achievement Teacher as a facilitator Teachers goals different from students goals Step-by-step instructions Technology accessible to everyone

Any questions?
After all, where is the phantom?

Its there!
Inside your students minds! Thank you!
profmakoto@gmail.com
teacherfabioferreira@gmail.com

Special Thanks to
Cristiane Costa (for being the Phantoms hand) Elizabeth Rabello, Regina Lopes and Elaine Viegas (for being trs chic and contributing to Phantoms box)

Tools
www.voicethread.com Halloween Voice Transformer (Apple app.)