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MODULE 1: Learning Plans in the connection to a lesson material that can

Context of the 21st Century be done through engaging them
emotionally or through connecting the
One of the features of the K to 12 information with that which they already
curriculum is the requirement to equip know.
every graduate with the following skills:
Briggs (2014) shared some few tips for
o information, media and technology making learning engaging and
skills; personally relevant as cited by Willis,
o learning and innovation skills; Faeth, and Immordino-Yang:
o effective communication skills; and
o life and career skills  Use suspense and keep it fresh –
Drop hints about a new learning unit
before you reveal what it might be, leave
LESSON 1: The K-12 Curriculum
gaping pauses in your speech, change
Framework
seating arrangements, and put up new
The implementation of the K to and relevant posters or displays; all
12 Curriculum of the Department of these can activate emotional signals and
Education paved the way for the keep student interest piqued.
enhancement of the Teacher Education
Curriculum of the Commission on Higher
 Make it student-directed – Give
students a choice of assignments on a
Education (CHED). The salient features
topic or ask them to design one of their
of the K to 12 Curriculum have been
own.
thoroughly considered to ensure that all
courses in the teacher education  Connect to their lives and to what
program will meet the demands of the they already know – Taking the time to
21st century classrooms. One of the brainstorm about what students already
considerations is the need to implement know and would like to learn about a
the following features of the curriculum topic helps them to create goals. This
through integrating technologies for also help teachers see the best points of
teaching and learning. The use of departure for new ideas.
technologies is done in the
 Provide utility value – Utility value
different levels of learning and in the
provides relevance first by piquing
various fields of specialization.
students and by telling them the content
1. Strengthening Early Childhood is important to their future goals; it then
Education (Universal continues by showing or explaining how
Kindergarten) the content fits into their plans in the
future.
With the Universal Kindergarten program
of the Department, every Filipino child is  Build relatedness – Relatedness on the
expected to have access to early other hand, answers the question, “What
childhood education. This access can be have these to do with me?”. Relatedness
facilitated using technological tools that is seen by many as having non-academic
are readily available to the school for and academic sides.
teachers’ use.
To be able to apply the tips
2. Making the Curriculum Relevant recommended by various experts and to
to Relevant to Learners allow students to realize the value of
(Contextualization and their curriculum, technological tools can
Enhancement) be used. 21st century learners are
expected to be demonstrating 21st
Research shows that learners will value a century competencies such as
curriculum that is relevant to their lives. collaboration, digital literacy, critical
Sara Bernard (2010) stressed that thinking, and problem solving to be able
students need to have a personal to thrive in this world (Rich, 2014).
Contextualizing the curriculum of the Teaching has always been a
students for meaningful learning poses challenging profession since knowledge
challenges in enhancing teachers’ has been expanding and essential skills
pedagogical skills as well as have been increasing and changing.
technological skills. With these challenges, teachers need to
engage educational technologies to
3. Building Proficiency (Mother- assist them in the teaching-learning
tongue Based Multilingual process. Engaging educational
Education) technologies in teaching are founded on
To be able to promote the child’s principles and philosophies.
dominant language and to use it as a Understanding these will help you
language instruction, maximum use of successfully integrate technologies to
technological tools is highly encouraged. allow your students to demonstrate the
Currently, a lot of teachers and schools intended learning outcomes of your field
are into developing learning materials to of specialization.
be able to implement the MTB-MLE Integrating Technology in
program properly especially that there is Instruction
a dearth of printed and e-materials in
the mother-tongue of students. 1. John Pisapia (1994)

4. Ensuring Integrated and Integrating technology with teaching

Seamless Learning (Spiral means the use of learning technologies
Progression) to introduce, reinforce, supplement, and
extend skills.
Learning basic concepts that lead to a
more complex and sophisticated version 2. International Society for
of the general concepts entail TPACK: Technology in Education (ISTE)
Technological knowledge, pedagogical
knowledge, and content knowledge. Effective integration of technology is
Rediscovering concepts previously achieved when students can select
presented as students go up in grade technology tools to help them obtain
level will be fully supported if all the information and present it professionally.
areas of specialization will be aided by The technology should become an
technologies for teaching and learning. integral part of how the classroom
functions- as accessible as all other
5. Gearing Up for the Future classroom tools.

The K to 12 Curriculum ensure college 3. Margaret Lloyd (2005)

readiness by aligning the core and
applied courses to the College Readiness ICT integration encompasses an integral
Standards (CRS) and the new General part of broader curriculum reforms which
Education (GE) Curriculum. include both infrastructural as well as
pedagogical considerations that are
6. Nurturing the Holistically changing not only how learning occurs
Developed Filipino (College and but what is learned.
Livelihood readiness, 21st
Century Skills) 4. Qiyun Wang and Huay Lit Woo
(2007)
To nurture holistically developed Filipino,
every K to 12 graduate is expected to be ICT integration can happen in three
ready to go into different paths- higher different areas: curriculum, topic, and
education, employment, or lesson.
entrepreneurship. 5. Bernard Bahati (2010)

LESSON 2: ICT- PEDAGOGY

INTEGRATION IN LEARNING PLANS
The process of integrating ICT in his/her lessons attractively and enables
teaching and learning must be done at learners to learn at any level of
both pedagogical and technological educational program.
levels with much emphasis of pedagogy.
Information Communication
6. UNESCO (2005) Technologies (ICT)

ICT integration is not merely mastering Information Communication

the hardware and software skills. Technologies (ICT) influence every
Teachers need to realize how to organize aspect of human life. They play salient
the classroom to structure the learning roles in workplaces, in business,
tasks. education, and entertainment. Moreover,
many people recognize ICTs as catalysts
Information and Communication for change that include change in
Technology (ICT) working conditions, handling and
The following are the definitions of ICT exchanging information, teaching
from various sources. methods, learning approaches, scientific
research and in accessing information
1. Moursund (2005) communication technologies. In this
digital era, ICT is important in the
ICT includes all the full range of
classroom for giving students
computer hardware, computer software.
opportunities to learn and apply the
And telecommunications facilities. It also
required 21st Century skills. ICT
includes computerized machinery and
improves teaching and learning and
computerized robots.
helps teachers perform their role as
2. Tinio (2009) creators of pedagogical environments.
ICT helps a teacher to present his/her
ICT is a diverse set of technological tools teaching attractively and enables
and resources used to communicate, learners to learn at any level of an
create, disseminate, store, and manage 37/175 program.
information. These technologies include
hardware devices, software applications, Using ICT Integration Frameworks in
internet connectivity, broadcasting Language Education Learning Plans
technologies, and telephony.
There are a lot of concepts
3. UNESCO (2020) provided by experts relevant to
integrating technology in instruction
It (ICT) is a diverse set of technological apart from the above citations. These
tools and resources used to transmit, concepts are very helpful to clarify
store, create, share, or exchange lingering issues on how technologies are
information. UNESCO defines it also as a properly integrated in the teaching-
scientific, technological, and engineering learning process. It must be noted that
discipline and management technique. there are possible instances when
ICT also refers to handling information, technologies are used in the classroom
its application, and association with but the way these are used does not
social, economic, and cultural matters. promote learning and does not help
facilitate the attainment of the intended
4. Ratheeswari (2018)
learning outcomes set for a class. There
Information Communication Technologies is a need, therefore, to enlighten you on
(ICT) influence every aspect of human the principles on how educational
life. They play salient roles in technologies contribute to the facilitation
workplaces, in business, education, and of the teaching-learning process. For this
entertainment. In this digital era, ICT is purpose, the following framework may
important in the classroom for giving serve as a guide in integrating ICTs in
students opportunities to learn and apply developing learning plans or lesson plans
the required the required 21st Century in the different subjects particularly in
skills. ICT helps a teacher to present
developing learning plans or lesson plans consisted of the use of the past tense to
in language education. describe past events and form wh-
questions, as part of grammatical
A. Conversational Framework of competence, and writing a letter of
Laurillard (2002) complaint, as part of sociolinguistic
The teaching-learning process competence
poses very complex tasks to allow To evaluate the effectiveness of
learners to understand their lessons and LCF, a mixed-methods approach was
master the skills they are expected to used. The quasi-experimental design
demonstrate. Thus, it will be reassuring was applied by measuring learners'
if teachers will explore on engaging development in the three
various media to support various aforementioned skills. The corresponding
learning activities in classrooms. This is test results were then compared with
how the Conversational Framework those of a control group. Moreover, the
(Laurillard, 2002) may support. The benefits of LCF were examined by
framework postulates a way of gathering the learners' perceptions of
presenting teaching and learning in the intervention and analyzing their
terms of events. These are five (5) key engagement with the teacher, peers,
teaching and learning events in the tasks and language.
framework which are identified as:
The study revealed that LCF was
a) acquisition; more effective in the BL than in the F2F
b) discovery: context, in terms of developing the
c) dialogue; learners' skill in forming wh-questions.
d) practice; and However, both contexts almost equally
e) creation. developed the learners' skills in using
The Laurillard's the past tense and writing a letter of
Conversational Framework (LCF) is complaint. Moreover, interviews with
relevant in the field of language volunteers from the two experimental
education since this field requires groups, observing their engagement,
appropriate and complex use of various and analyzing their conversations,
technologies. The framework clearly revealed positive perceptions amongst
presents the way teaching events in learners with an intermediate level of
language classrooms can be thoroughly English language proficiency. On the
related to their language learning other hand, two different factors affected
events. Language teachers need to their perceptions of the intervention:
systematically match their teaching language proficiency and the willingness
styles to the learning needs of their of peers to collaborate. Another factor
students. By this, the integration of ICT affecting perceptions of BL was lack of
and pedagogy will be done in a familiarity with the technology applied. It
comprehensive and meaningful way. is therefore recommended that this
barrier be overcome and the use of BL,
The usefulness of LCF in language given its effectiveness for the
education was analyzed in a study that development of more writing skills be
was conducted by Abeer Aidh Alshwiah encouraged.
in 2016. The study investigated and
evaluated the effectiveness of LCF in B. Three Fundamental Elements of
developing the writing component of ICT Integration by Wang (2008)
foreign language learners' (FLLs') Wang in 2008 posited that
communicative compétence in blended integration of ICT consists of three
learning (BL) context, as compared to a fundamental elements. These are
face-to-face (F2F) context. The FLLs in pedagogy, social interaction, and
the study comprised three intact classes
from a foundation course at a Saudi
university. The three skills addressed
technology. These elements are and learn through the computers thatare
diagrammatically represented by Wang now connected world-wide. With the
in Figure 1. advent of computer-mediated
communication (CMC), planned social
The ICT Integration Framework of interaction activities that aim to enhance
Wang can be fully maximized in language learning becomes more
developing learning plans for language convenient and flexible. Language
learning. In a language learning context, learners may maximize computers
pedagogy often refers to the language individually but they may also
teaching strategies or techniques that collaboratively use them with other
language teachers use to deliver their learners. As noted by Uribe, Klein, &
lessons and to allow their learners to Sullivan (2003), computer-supported
demonstrate the curricular language collaborative learning has shown positive
competencies. The pedagogical element effects on students' performance.
in language learning is very important as
it primarily reflects the art of teaching a To engage the learners in the
teacher will employ in the learning teaching-learning process fully and
process. meaningfully, the social design of the
ICT-based learning environment needs to
The pedagogical design a deliver a secure and comfortable space.
language teacher will use needs to This will allow the learners to willingly
include proper selection of appropriate share their thoughts and ideas to
content and language learning activities. facilitate communication among them.
In the design, the teacher needs to look
into how the available technological The third element of the
resources will help provide scaffolds that framework is the technological
will assist their language learners during component that generally uses
the learning processes. Language computers to support various learning
teachers need to note that in developing activities. Through the use of computers,
learning plans that embed the various teaching modes may happen.
pedagogical design, it is crucial to look Interaction does not solely happen in
into the learning environment and face-to-face environment. It may also
ensure that this environment will provide happen online. In order for any online
help to fulfill the needs and objectives of interaction activities in a language
the language class with learners of classroom to be effective, there is a need
diverse experiences and backgrounds. to consider the availability of the
The learning plans should also involve facilities they require and ease of access.
the appropriate use of learning resources The human-computer interface design is
and activities that support learners' also critical because this will define the
learning and allow teachers to facilitate utility of the technology-based learning
learning. environment. It must be noted that in
language learning, the case of learning
Social interaction activities one of in the interface design is essential. It
the elements in the framework are needs to motivate the learners to fully
crucial in language learning. With social participate.
interaction, learners w." naturally acquire
a language and develop language In the 21 Century classrooms, the
knowledge and skills that are important three components: pedagogy, social
for them to live and work in various interaction, and technology, are needed
communities. In the various learning in an ICT-based learning environment.
events, the language teacher may use Due to the advent of educational
computers which away allow the technologies which are fundamental
learners to interact and demonstrate the requirements in ICT-pedagogy
language. skills and competencies integration, the challenge among
required from them. The teacher and the learning institutions is to provide support
learners may use computers to connect for the integration to happen.
C. Categories for Information This framework, which is a part of
Communication and Technology a range of initiatives by the UN and its
(ICT) in Teacher Training specialized agencies including UNESCO,
aims to promote educational reform and
There is a lot of researches that sustainable economic development
will prove that the integration of ICTs can anchored on the principles and
fully transform classroom instruction. objectives of the Millennium
Haddad in 2003 states that the teachers Development Goals (MDG), Education for
use of ICT supports the development of All (EFA), the UN Literacy Decade
higher-order-thinking skills (HOTS) and (UNLD), and the Decade of Education for
promotes collaboration. This is the Sustainable Development (DESD). As
reason why trainings in ICT pedagogy- shown by the framework, the teachers
integration are promoted. have six aspects of work: understanding
For a successful ICT-pegadogy ICT in education, curriculum and
integration training to take place, it will assessment pedagogy, application of
help if a training framework will be used digital skills, organization and
as a guide. Jung (2005) was able to administration, and teacher professional
organize various ICT teacher training learning. Across the six aspects of work
efforts into four categories. This is are the three approaches to teaching
presented in this framework. based on human capacity development
knowledge acquisition, knowledge
deepening, and knowledge creation.

The framework also specifically

aims to equip teachers to be able to
their roles achieving the following
societal goals:

o build workforces that have

information and communications.
technology (ICT) skills and are
reflective, creative and adept at
problem-solving in order to generate
D. UNESCO ICT Competency
knowledge;
Framework for Teachers
o enable people to be knowledgeable
Having a society that is and resourceful so they are able to
increasingly based on information and make informed choices, manage
knowledge and with the ubiquity of their lives effectively and realize their
Information and Communication potential;
Technology (ICT) for instruction, UNESCQ o encourage all members of society
was able to develop ICT Competence irrespective of gender, language,
Framework for Teachers (UNESCO, age, background, location and
2018). differing abilities to participate fully
in society and influence the decisions
that affect their lives; and
o foster cross-cultural understanding,
tolerance and the peaceful resolution
of conflict.

The Commission on Higher Education

(CHED) through its Policies, Standards,
and Guidelines (PSGs) requires the
integration of ICTs in language teaching
and learning. Hence, the ICT
Competency Framework for Teachers is
very useful to support the standards as
they will serve as a guide to assist the
teachers to successfully integrate ICT
into the language classroom. Through
the framework, the language teachers
may structure their learning
environment in new ways, merge new
technology and pedagogy. develop
socially active classrooms, and
encourage co-operative interactions,
collaborative learning and group work.
 MODULE 2: Integrating Active various sources of information and
Learning Approaches in Language presentation of outputs of the students
Learning using a productivity tool. Depending on
the required output, the assessment tool
LESSON 1: INQUIRY-BASED that will be used should be given to the
LEARNING & RESEARCH-BASED students before the inquiry commences.
LEARNING

Nature of Inquiry-Based Learning

When to Use
Inquiry, in its simplest definition,
is a process of asking questions. This has Chisholm and Godley (2011) purport that
spurred the enumerable developments inquiry-based instruction (IBI) offers an
that we continue to enjoy in our society especially appropriate approach to
today. It continues to usher the study of learning about language variation,
so many fields that enable various identity, and power since IBI can provide
scientists and experts to provide students with opportunities to learn
solutions to emerging issues affecting about current issues in sociolinguistics
the society in general. In the classroom, through sharing and debating on a
in particular, the process of inquiry is a personal experience with language from
basic learning activity that every teacher multiple perspectives.
is expected to facilitate. The
development of the ability to ask among Types of Inquiry
learners is basic in the age of the Fourth VIU (2020) presented four types
Industrial Revolution. According to the of inquiry that can be used in facilitating
Future of Jobs Report duringthe World classes. These are:
Economic Forum, the top three of the ten
skills needed in this age are complex 1. Structured Inquiry This lets the
problem solving, critical thinking and students follow the lead of the teacher
creativity (Gray, 2016) which all start as the entire class engages in one
from the process of asking. inquiry together.

Inquiry-based learning (IBL) 2. Controlled Inquiry The teacher

as an approach essentially involves tasks chooses topics and identifies the
requiring learners active participation in resources that the students will use to
finding answers to curricular questions. answer questions.
The questions can run from very specific
3. Guided Inquiry The teacher chooses
simple questions to more complex
topics or questions and students design
questions in relation to the curriculum.
the product or solution.
Learners are given opportunities to
engage in self-regulated activities as 4. Free Inquiry Students are allowed
they pursue their investigation. Using to choose their own topics without any
this in the language classroom can reference to a prescribed outcome.
facilitate the development of
communication skills as it involves Role of the Teacher
activities such as writing questions,
The success of IBL largely
deliberating on ways of finding answers
depends on the careful planning of the
to curricular questions, and presenting
teacher in relation to the curriculum. The
outputs as evidence of inquiry among
language teacher needs to look into the
others. This approach encourages
learning competencies that can be
students to work together in
satisfied by a simple inquiry or more
accomplishing their task.
complex inquiry. He/she controls and
The process of inquiry starts from prepares the topic for investigation and
positing a question aligned to a content guides the learners by setting the
standard in the K to 12 curriculum for questions to be explored. Learners are
English. Investigation proceeds using allowed to design their own way of
investigation and present their outputs the other resources, human and non-
using technology tools that are afforded human, in gathering information.
to them. When technology is coupled However, learners are undeniably
with IBL, a gateway to information is familiar and probably more adept in
opened and students can have access to exploring the internet. Guiding them in
information at anytime and anywhere. It locating online resources that are
is assumed that the teacher is relevant in developing their research and
knowledgeable of the sources of communication skills will let them learn
information and whether the learners the importance of using educational
have access to these sources. resources in an explicit and implicit way.

LESSON 2: PROBLEM-BASED
LEARNING & PROJECT-BASED
When designing an IBL., the LEARNING
teacher has to consider the following
fields proposed by Avsec and Kocijncic Language teaching and learning
(2016): in the basic education are not just about
parts of speeches, grammar and other,
1. Prior knowledge and capacity contents but more so on how these are
2. Context Learners require used to deal with real-life experiences.
meaning from experience. Using problem-based learning is one of
3. Content and learning materials the approaches that may bring forth
4. Process more meaningful learning experiences in
5. Strategy of reactions and and beyond the classroom.
behavior
6. Course outcomes Nature of Problem-Based Learning

Problem-based learning is an
Role of Technology approach that involves a process of
inquiry and solving open-ended
The internet or the World Wide questions that serve as the main
Web offers lots of platforms for mining problem that the learners will work on.
information, It has become the most The type of questions posited is focused
sought out source of information on a specific content standard and its
because of the variety of tools that application to real life issues. It also
abound. Language is no longer a barrier requires more than one answer or
in one's search for information. solution. Learners are engaged in a
Depending on the unit of study in a collaborative task as they work towards
language curriculum, there are many the solution to the problem. This learning
free educational websites that are activity is done in small groups with each
available for the language teachers and member assigned a certain task to
learners. Due to the vastness of sources accomplish. In the process of engaging
of information from the WWW, any in PBL, they learn several skills such as
language teacher who is using IBL has problem-solving, communicating,
the responsibility to direct learners to research, among others which are
websites that provide the proper essential in the workplace. The end goal
information. The technology tools that of PBL is to ensure that the target, the
are made available for the learners, learning competencies, are achieved in
whether online or offline, should support the process.
the object of inquiry which is aligned to
the learning competencies in the K to 12 Ali (2019) described PBL as a
Language Curriculum. process that is used to identify problems
with a scenario to increase knowledge
It should be noted that the use of and understanding. In her article, she
technology in IBL. is just one of the many proposed the following five principles of
other sources of information in the PBL that may be considered by teachers
process of inquiry. This does not exclude in planning or using the approach:
 1. It is a power of independent and 3. Increases students' responsibility in
self-directed learning. learning
2. Learning happens in a group and 4. Makes students easily learn the
teacher is a facilitator. material through sharing of ideas
3. All groups have to participate 5. Promotes problem-solving skills
equally. 6. Promotes self-directed learning
4. Students learn about motivation, 7. Promotes active learning
teamwork, problem-solving and 8. Makes students explore many
engagement with the task.. learning resources
5. Materials such as data, 9. Makes students develop positive
photographs, articles, can be used attitude towards learning
to solve the problem. (p. 73)
For Baresh. Ali, & Darmi, 2019-EFL
Lo (2009, p. 208) proposed a students:
six-stage process used in the adoption of
the online PBL. o Enhances fluency in communication
o Improves grammar
1. Identifying the problem-current o Increases comprehension
issues that do not have just one o Enhances good pronunciations and
answer or one definite solution; intonations
2. Brainstorming generate ideas; o Enhances self-confidence
tackle the problem through self- o Increases range of vocabulary
directed questioning, arouse
students' intrinsic motivation; For English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
3. Collecting and analyzing the students, PBL:
information assigning group
members to collect information; o Enhances fluency in communication
posting what they found and what o Improves grammar
they learned; collaborative o Increases comprehension
collection of useful information; o Enhances good pronunciations and
4. Synthesizing information-solving intonations
the problem through synthesized o Enhances self-confidence
relevant data; knowledge building; o Increases range of vocabulary
5. Co-building knowledge presentation
The study of Lin (2017)
of the solution to the learning
revealed statistically that the PBL
problem/ issue; and
participants showed more improvement
6. Refining the outcomes-giving of
in their reading comprehension than the
feedback and suggestions by the
non-PBL participants. The study further
instructor to help students improve;
looked into the PBL active English
learning from other group's
learning skills through PrBL. Their
presentation.
findings revealed that after taking the
Benefits of Problem-Based Learning PBL course, there was a significant
difference in the mean scores for the
Several studies have revealed following life skills: responsibility,
positive impacts of PBL on learners as problem solving, self-direction,
they engage in the process. Among communication, and creativity skills. It
these are the following: was concluded that PrBL indeed
(Ghufron & Ermawati, 2018, p. 666-in n promotes further development of life
EFL writing class) skills.

1. Promotes self-confidence and

motivation MODULE 3: Using Open-Ended Tools
2. Reduces students nervousness in Facilitating Language Learning
during the learning process
 LESSON 1: PRODUCTIVITY sharing of great ideas beyond a
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR conversation and paper copy;
LANGUAGE TEACHING AND 9. use web chats to share research and
LEARNING ideas and stay updated in the field:
10. connect with like-minded individuals
Open-ended Tools and their through using media tools like the
Uses in Teaching and Learning social media;
Language Skills 11. introduce Project-Based Learning to
Open-ended tools or productivity allow students to develop their
software applications are ICT tools, which driving questions, conduct research,
help the teachers and the learners make contact experts, and create their
their learning together concrete, projects for sharing with the use of
efficient, encouraging, and meaningful. existing devices present;
In any teaching-learning process, the use 12. build positive digital footprint that
of these tools play a vital role as it helps aims to model appropriate use of
meet the demands of the learners in the social media, produce and publish
21st Century classrooms. As described by valuable content, and create
Palmer (2015), teachers need to shareable resources;
demonstrate 21st Century 13. code as it is today's literacy which
characteristics to be able to meet the helps boost students' writing skills as
demands of the 21st Century learners. the feeling of writing a page with
These characteristics in the context of HTML. is amazing,
language teaching are briefly presented 14. innovate to expand their teaching
for teachers to: toolbox for the sake of their students
by engaging social media for
1. create a learner-centered classroom discussions and announcements and
and make instruction personalized using new formats like TED talks in
because learners have different presenting their lessons; and
personalities, goals, and needs; 15. keep learning.
2. facilitate the students' productivity
skills so they can produce, when To be able to demonstrate the
assisted and given the chance, characteristics of an ICT-engaged
movies that are helpful to enhance classroom and teacher cited above, it is
their language proficiency; appropraite to discuss how the various
3. learn new technologies since productivity software applications can be
technology keeps on developing and used in the language classrooms.
learning a tool once is not an option A. Using Word in Scaffolding
for teachers; Student Learning in a Language
4. go global to allow students to learn Classroom
languages, culture, and acquire
communication skills virtually; To appreciate the value of Word
5. be smart and allow the use of devices Applications in scaffolding student
as aids to language acquisition; learning, we have to explore how these
6. do blogging. This will give teachers are maximized by teachers. In education,
real experience to see the value of scaffolding is used to refer to various
writing for real audience and forms of support given to assist, guide,
establishing their digital presence; or facilitate the learning process (World
7. go digital to help promote the "go Links, 2008).
paperless" advocacy and to help level
up the language learning experience Examples of scaffolding for
of the students through digital learning that are usually prepared using
discussions and alike; word applications are learning plans,
8. collaborate with other educators and assessment tools, templates and forms,
students to give opportunity for the graphic organizers, and others.
 A1. Creating Learning Plans Using 2. Department of Education
Word Applications (DepEd)

With the ubiquity of word- The Department of Education of

processing software applications and the the Philippines requires teachers to
ability of students to quickly use them, it develop and submit their lesson plans.
is not difficult to encode and package With the help of Word Application, the
learning plans. This activity will help you teachers are assisted to develop them
plan, organize, share, implement and with ease and with the provision to edit
enhance your own learning plans in and update them.
teaching your course.

Step 1: Testing Your Knowledge of Word

Processing Software Applications

Begin this activity by citing the

existing word processing software
applications familiar to the students.

Step 2: Viewing the Essential Parts of

Learning Plans

Although there are varied formats

and contents of learning plans across
schools in the world, learning plans have
essential parts that are non-negotiable
which must be considered by any
teacher. Learning plans can be good for
a semester like the syllabus in the
tertiary education. It can be a unit plan,
a daily lesson plan or an individualized
plan. To better appreciate the way word
processing software features are used to
prepare learning plans, some examples
of these will be viewed, analyzed and
explored.

1. Intel Teach Unit Plan 3. Masusing Banghay Aralin sa

Filipino
The Intel Teach Program has this
template for its Unit Plan (Intel Apart from teaching English, Mother
Corporation, 2007) Tongue, and other Foreign Languages,
Filipino is being taught as an academic
subject and is being used also as a
language of instruction. Here is an
example of a Less Plan Template in
Filipino.
 4. Syllabus

Teaching in the university requires

learning plans such as a course syllabus
template that will certainly require
encoding and formatting using word
application.

Step 3: Sharing the Features of Word

Applications for Scaffolding Student
Learning

By analyzing special features of

Word Applications used in the samples of A. Using Presentation in Teaching
learning plans, answer the following Language Skills
discussion questions: Presentation Software Applications allow
1. What are the advantages of learners to:
developing learning plans using a [Link] their reports with audio, visual
word processing software images and animations;
application? [Link] and present their group
2. Based on the example, what are the projects using real-world visual
special features of word application presentations;
software that are beneficial in [Link] charts, tables, graphics,
organizing the information required charts, and other that are useful to
in any learning documents? facilitate their understanding of
3. What additional features of word concepts;
applications do you think are [Link] data stored in graphic organizers
beneficial in preparing your class? that cannot be fully presented by a
printed material;
[Link] digital investigation reports,
A2. Preparing Process Guides and digital investigatory reports or digital
Graphic Organizer Using Word stories;
Processing Software Applications [Link] results of any survey,
questionnaire and other forms of
This will allow you explore some assessment activities.;
process guides that you may implement [Link] and crystalize their ideas
to help your future students do their using the special features of
assignments and perform various tasks presentation software apps;
supported by productivity software [Link] learning processes through
applications tools. the integration of contents in the
Step 1: The Relevance of Providing presentations;
Process Guides and Graphic Organizers [Link] developing their projects; thus,
in Teaching are highly involved;
[Link] to the quality of their work,
Discuss the relevance of using both content and form, because they
process guides and graphic organizers to don’t only present what their classmates
allow students to become more efficient hear but what they also see:
and productive in performing their [Link] information in condensed
learning tasks. Provide examples on how form and focusing on salient points
to guide them through the process of because of the limited area in slide
problem-solving activities or laboratory presentations; hence, avoiding
work. digression and drifting; and,
[Link] their ideas in an
Step 2: Examples of Process Guides as
innovative manner and express
Scaffold in Teaching and Learning
themselves in ways they feel [Link] use of Visual Aids – Visual aids
comfortable with. are an important part of oral
presentations because they provide
support for both the speakers and the
Basic Instructional Design in listeners during the presentation. Visual
Preparing Presentations aids can be used to give more details
1. Setting Up the Presentation Class about the topic, help the audience
– It is not enough to simply tell students members to understand what is being
to go and do a presentation. Students said, and serve as concrete reminder of
have to be taught the skills involved in the message for both the audience and
giving a presentation. This can include the presenter. The type of visual aid
such things as when to use eye contact, used can vary depending on the topic of
how to organize a presentation, how to the presentation. Visual aids helped
connect with an audience, how to use cater to different learning styles. Some
body language and manage time and of the students who are not savvy at
how to construct an effective PowerPoint paper written presentations are
presentation. Since oral presentations motivated at using presentation software
involve multiple communication and applications.
language skills, it is important to focus [Link] Self-Reflections – The
on the specific presentation skills that final stage of each oral presentation
are needed to present in front of others. involves students writing a self-reflection
These included things like voice of their own presentation. Through this
projection, eye contact and use of activity, writing skills are further
gestures. enhanced together with the ability of the
[Link] of the Presentation – students to do self-reflection.
Proper organization of information is one B. Using Spreadsheet in Learning
of the most important competencies that
must be developed amongst students. Spreadsheets are very helpful in
Hence, before beginning to work on introducing some lessons. Through
developing presentation, it is important spreadsheets, one can teach with tables
to understand the genre of oral and charts, make a table and a graph,
presentation. There is a need to learn compute students’ grades. Spreadsheet
how to separate the presentation into programs are not only beneficial to
meaningful sections and presenting each business and mathematics courses but
section separately to reduce the are also beneficial to language courses.
cognitive work that required of in the Apart from being built around a grid of
presentation. cells that hold numerical data,
spreadsheets also contain text, dates
[Link] Skills – In developing and other content that can be presented
oral presentations, it is very important to in language courses for discussions.
consider to spend time in the delivery of
their outputs. Because English is the There are essential ideas that
medium of instruction in most of the teachers may consider doing when
subject areas, specific language items, employing spreadsheets in the
such as vocabulary and grammar must classroom.
be considered to be successful in oral
presentations. These items are important [Link] learning scientific and
to the students for two reasons. First of mathematical languages in other fields.
all, they enable students to be successful [Link] well-designed charts and tables to
when they present in the class. reports to enhance students’ non verbal
Secondly, the language and grammar reading skills.
students learn in the course of giving a [Link] students to create their own
presentation will be useful for them in charts, graphs, tables, and the like, their
other situations that involve spoken computational skills and spatial skills are
English (Thornbury, 2005). developed and enhanced.
[Link] students completed chart and see Trello cards, Youtube videos of SlideShare
if they can reconstruct underlying decks. Other collaborative features
worksheet. This goes a long way toward include document link-sharing, creating
helping them to understand the and assigning checklist items to
relationships between the data and the members or embedding one of your
charts. Dropbox documents. Dropbox Paper,
[Link] the science laboratory reports overall, does an excellent job at creating
and research papers contain some type dynamic documents you can share and
of chart to help support their findings. access online.
Encourage them to look for samples
from the World Wide Web. [Link] Online
[Link] students explore websites that For Microsoft Word and Office
have table presentation for teaching and aficionados, the best possible free online
let them discuss how these were used to alternative for their document editing
facilitate the acquisition of needs is definitely Word online, which
competencies. comes as part of the Office Online suite.
[Link] the students look for charts in Although free MS Word web app is not a
learning materials like textbooks, full-fledged version of its paid
workbooks and others and discuss why counterpart, it allows you to open, create
these were used. and edit Word documents online. Also, it
[Link] the principles of financial offers some additional benefits of online
literacy and management as it is also software tools. For example, you are able
important to learn these concepts in the to see and access updates from co-
context of life skills. authors to your docs literally from
[Link] numerical concepts by anywhere in real time with only an
showing the relationship between Internet connection and the latest 2016
numbers and their concrete version. You can share and collaborate
representation in charts and graphs. As on documents. An equally alluring
teachers, this is needed to understand feature of Office Online is its cross-
researches with quantitative designs. platform compatibility. So, if you’re a
[Link] how spreadsheets are Chromeback or Limux OS user, MS Word
useful in preparing assessment and web app is the most elegant way to get
evaluation tools for students’ access to Microsoft’s document editing
performance. features for free.
With the advent of web-based
word processing software and with the [Link] Docs
exposure of a lot of students to new
Google Docs allows you to create,
innovative media tools, explore the
collaborate and share documents,
following online Microsoft Word
spreadsheets, presentations, drawings
Alternatives (Investintech, 2020).
and even forms. Google Docs is packed
[Link] Box Paper with features, which can be further
extended with various add-ons. While it
Dropbox Paper is a free online will automatically save the file online
word processor offered by the online and store it there, you can also have the
cloud storage provider. To start using it, documents published as a web page,
you will need a Dropbox account. Once downloaded, or emailed as an
logged in, you get full access to the attachment in Word, ODT, PDF, plain text
online suite. The minimalist interference or RTF formats. You can invite
is very intuitive, and its simplicity allows collaborators to work on the document
you to focus on your content. You can with you or only allow others to view it
also do a number of things that go without the ability to edit. And if you are
beyond creating a textual document. You apprehensive of having to depend on the
can add rich media, such as audio, video Internet connection for document
and images. Dropbox Paper also allows processing, don’t worry. You can enable
you to access apps that let you embed Google Docs offline access and keep
editing your documents even when you [Link]
are disconnected from Internet. All it
takes is a free Google account. The OpenOffice package actually
includes six programs that all use the
[Link] same engine making them inherently the
same and extremely easy to learn and
Etherpad is an online document use. The 6 applications included in the
editor primarily intended for OpenOffice suite are: Writer (word
collaborative editing in, as the site processor), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress
claims; “really real time”. Its an open (presentations), Draw (graphics) and
source, highly customized tool for online Base (database manipulation) and Math
document collaboration with friends, (mathematical equations). Writer can
fellow students and classmates, or even natively do some things that Word
colleagues at work. One of its cannot, like open PDF files without the
advantages, especially appealing to addition of a plug- in or commercial add-
users who are reluctant to use services on. As the software is an open source, it
which require email registration, is that is maintained by a large community
there is no sign up with Etherpad and meaning help and bug fixes are freely
share the link to it with Etherpad. All you available and quickly created. This is
need to do is start a netpad and share perhaps the leading free desktop
the link to it with your collaborators. You alternative to Microsoft Word/ Office. You
can also invite them by email if you can install this suite on Windows XP to
prefer. After that, you can start working Windows 10, macOS (OS X) and Linux.
on the planned writing project together,
in real-time, even if you are miles apart. [Link]

5. Zoho AbiWord is a free word processing

application very similar to Microsoft
Zoho offers around 20 free online Word. It is available for Linux
applications including Writer for word distributions only. The software is fully
processing. You can link your Zoho compatible with not only Microsoft Word,
account to your Google and Yahoo but also [Link], Word Perfect,
account, as well. The Writer’s interface Rich Text Format and more. It has
shouldn’t cause anyone problems as it is advanced document layout capabilities
comfortably familiar. When working and can do mail merge as well, which
online there’s always the risk losing data allows you to automatically fill in specific
due to lost a network connection, form fields in documents with
accidentally closing your browser or information from databases and comma
having your browser crash. Luckily Zoho separated or tabbed text files. It is a
automatically saves your documents for highly useful feature if you need to work
you, as you finish typing. Zoho Writer is with many formats at the office.
well-equipped with features that allow Additionally, the software can be
you to work easily online: two-way enhanced and expanded with freely
desktop sync, large file transfer, available plug-ins that will give you even
encryption, file recovery, two-step more features and functions.
authentication, in-app chat, and more.
You can import and work with MS Word [Link]
documents, allowing you to insert
images, and edit content as needed. Jarte is based on Microsoft
Zoho Writer offers all the standard text WordPad Engine, but is still free. There is
formatting and document creation a paid version of the software that adds
features and can export to DOCX, ODF, on some extra functionality, but the free
PDF, Latex, RTF, TXT and even HTML. It version is more than adequate and fully
can plug into Echosign for digital compatible with Word and WordPad
signatures, publish the document to a documents. Features include an
blog or make it public for all to see. Zoho ergonomic tabbed interface, small
Docs is completely free to use. resource requirements, portability,
support for touchscreens and quick
loading time. It also has built-in spell
checking and can export to HTML and
PDF files. Jarte allows you to insert
images, tables, hyperlinks and
everything else that you have come to
expect from Word.

[Link] Office 2016 Free

WPS Office 2016 Free is a free

document processing suite whose WPS
Writer app will serve you well as a
Microsoft Word alternative. WPS Office
2016 Free can open and save to a long
list of popular file formats native to those
applications like docs, doc, and more.
You can get the application in languages
other than English: French, German,
Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian.
The suite has the same familiar look and
feel of MS Office with one exception—it
has a tabbed viewing window, so you
can open more than one document at a
time. And also, worth mentioning is WPS
Cloud, the company’s cloud document
storage service that offers up to 1GB of
free storage that you can use. This is
perfect if you’re trying to find a free word
alternative that’s not only scalable for
teams but can also be as collaborative
and seamless as its Microsoft
counterpart.

[Link] FreeOffice

SoftMaker FreeOffice is another

great free suite that offers a full featured
Microsoft Word alternative. The suite’s
TextMaker application allows you to
focus on creating documents just as you
would in MS Word. This suite offers up
essential editing features and even a
handful or basic templates for creating
and editing documents. Tables. Charts,
shapes, and graphics are available along
with standard text formatting options.
This application provides you with
everything you need. The entire suite is
available for Windows, Linux and
Android, so you can keep your document
processing tasks going even while away
from your desktop.