One Year On / 一年後
NEWS
ニュース
One year has passed since COVID-19 landed in Japan. In that one year our lives have changed a lot, and we have learned a lot. What's been hard about the pandemic is that no two countries are experiencing the same problems. Right now in Ireland, students are not back at school — they are still doing homeschooling. For many Irish students it’s been a year of homeschooling.
While I am glad we are all learning back at school it’s important to remember to be careful. In our oral communication classes we have decreased the number of pair speaking activities and tried to out more distance between students when they do. Recently in 7th grade we have been using our WebCampus platform more to allow the students to do listening and reading activities that can improve their vocabulary and aid in helping them to recognize their own mistakes. Today we wanted to review past tense before we do a speaking activity so the students played memory and did a word search. These are common ESL activities but by utilizing the iPads we can save paper which is good for the environment and allow the students the opportunity to practice after class too. It also means the students can work individually and reduce the risk of COVID-19. I hope that we can start to increase speaking activities soon, but for now we can think outside the box and continue learning while staying safe.
コロナが日本ではやり始めて一年が過ぎました。この一年で私たちの生活は大きく変化し、多くのことを学びました。国によって対応も違います。アイルランドでは生徒たちは未だに学校に登校できません。家庭学習の一年でした。
普連土の生徒たちは６月から登校がかなったことは良かったのですが、感染予防のためオーラルコミュニケーションの授業ではスピーキングアクティビティーの量を減らし、さらにアクリル・パーティションを使って授業しています。中学１年生の授業ではWebcampusを使っています。ここではiPadを使いゲーム「神経衰弱」感覚で楽しく語彙の練習や文法を学習できるようにしています。早く以前のような授業を再開したいのですが、今のところは生徒たちの安全を最優先に考えています。
Webcampus：先生と生徒を結ぶWebベースのコミュニケーションツール。教材配布や課題提出、実力テストなどを行うことができます。
webcampusを使って過去形の復習 中１の授業 