March 18, 2012

Medioteket.se (AV )

http://www.stockholm.se/medioteket

What the resource is:

Medioteket is a pedagogical resource for teachers and personal mainly in schools in Stockholm.To be able to use their services these schools have to have a contract with Medioteket.

They offer a great variety of services and material that support teaching and learning. The fields covered include video and film, school library support as well as IT support in teaching and communication.

How it works :

First you have to register an account at Medioteket . Log on to http://www.sli.se/default.asp?db=4  where you can choose among different products such as films, sound (CD, cassettes), images, books, computer media and computer programs and streaming sound or video. The product contents correspond to certain school forms; from nursery-school pupils to adult students.

What you need to make it work:

To be able to show programs from Medioteket  through internet as a continuous stream you need to have a computer, a whiteboard and a data projector ( beamer) which projects the image from the computer screen onto the whiteboard. Alternatively, if possible, pupils can view the programs on their computer screens.

 How the resource can be used by teachers:

In my opinion teachers of all categories have a great resource in using programs from this platform. To give you an example of what can be used as an additional resource in English teaching are the traditional stories but in modern versions such as Little Red Riding Hood, The Princess and The Pea and many more.

I have used some of the stories as a comprehension exercise in year 5 followed by practice in communication and acting out some scenes from the story. In addition to gaining valuable communicative skills the pupils have enjoyed doing the acting.

 How the resource can be used by pupils:

Pupils in the municipal schools in Stockholm are now able to log on to the platform at home to see films and listen to radio programs through the streaming net provided that the school they attend  has a contract that includes this service.

My pupils have used this resource at home in pre and supplementary work in the story project thus implementing the new vocabulary and grammar in a context.

Other considerations:

In my opinion Medioteket as a resource is very valuable and useful as a complement to themes in learner books.  Pupils get a more varied and nuanced teaching which motivates them in their studies.They develop their receptive skills and learn to find and select texts and spoken English from the internet.

References: Medioteket homepage, Syllabus

Helena Rautio