- You may have heard that we've shared some recent updates
to our Team's product,
based on feedback that all of you have shared on
how we can make it easier
and more powerful for you in the classroom.
It's amazing to think
that this powerful communications and collaboration tool,
just released two years ago,
and it's incredible to see experiences.
Now one example comes to us from Jen Padernal
from the Philippines.
She teaches in De La Salle D University's night school
which provides free, quality education for adults.
And Teams enables them to share wherever they are.
So Jen's gonna share 13 tips
for how it can make it easier for all of you
to use Teams in your classroom.
Take it away, Jen.
- Hi, everyone.
My name is Jen
and I'm from De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
from the Philippines.
I teach there.
De La Salle University is a Filipino-Catholic university
that's located in the Philippines.
And it offers a lot of different programs
from higher ed, to junior high school.
And one of the programs being offered in that university
is what we call the DLSU-D night college
which supports the mission of the school
of "Teaching minds, touching hearts and transforming lives."
So the students in the DLSU-D night college
are all working students and our primary objective
is to give them a quality education
that will help them graduate and have a better future.
So these are the under-privileged students in the province.
So we are supporting them so that
they can continue going to school.
So I'm a volunteer and all the teachers there are volunteers
and we don't really get paid
for the volunteer teaching job that we do
because we love the students, we love the school,
we love the mission and we love education.
So that's the reason why we're volunteering.
I've been a volunteer for nine years already
and one of the things that help me
in my volunteer teaching job is when I use cool tools,
digital tools in the classroom.
So aside from teaching,
I'm also a professional learning development specialist
in cyber learning.
I'm also the e-learning global director
for E-learning Integration.
And I travel all throughout Asia, Pacific-region,
training teachers in K12
and how to use technology in the classroom.
And one of the tools that I teach them
is Microsoft Teams.
I'm using it in my classroom now because it helps me a lot.
There's a lot of advantages
that we can get from Microsoft Teams.
For one, it's inclusive.
Everyone will have access to teaching and learning tools
anytime, anywhere.
So Microsoft Teams allows everyone to have access
to education and information anytime, anywhere.
Another cool stuff about Microsoft Teams,
it's a safe environment for everyone to collaborate.
So I also love that it amplifies the voice,
the student's voice so that they share
whatever information that they have,
or ideas that they have.
And I also love that it makes my classroom borderless.
I can be anywhere, anytime and I can still teach,
my student can still participate in a discussion,
and it's really cool.
It's like giving everyone access to education
literally anytime, anywhere.
I'd like to share a little bit of my experience
when we started using Microsoft Teams.
It was a little bit funny and challenging
because this is the first time
that my students are using Microsoft Teams
and everyone is getting the hang of it
but once they get connected and I started the discussion,
everyone was literally so engaged in the discussion.
They were participating, even more engaged, I would say
than my face-to-face class.
'Cause during a face-to-face class,
people will be, the students will be so shy
to raise their hands and participate in the discussion
but with Microsoft Teams
they feel like they're in their zone.
Like they're in the social media platform
and just participating in the discussion.
So it allows my students to be even more creative
and more participative.
So, you might be wondering how I get started
and how I prepared my students for this.
Since I know that this is going to be their first time,
I've already asked them to download the app
so that it's easier for them to get connected whenever
and wherever they are.
So I also make sure that they have their Office 365 working,
and the schedule is also being posted in the elements
that we're using in our university.
All right, so I also created groups in Microsoft Teams
to make sure that my students can collaborate
with whatever activities that we have.
And they can easily share files
and can easily communicate with each other.
So now what I'm gonna do next
is to give you my lucky 13 tips
on how you can get started with Microsoft Teams.
First tip, and the first thing that you need to do,
is to download the app both for mobile and desktops.
So this is really helpful because even if you're teaching
an elementary, high school, or even in a university.
With this app you can have access to the information
and the class anytime, anywhere.
Next tip, you can also use Microsoft Teams
for blended, virtual classes.
So what you can do is you discuss face-to-face,
and then you continue the discussion virtually
using Microsoft Teams.
You might also want to use Microsoft Teams
for flipped classes.
So it works pretty much especially in the middle school,
or elementary or high school.
So what you can do is upload all the videos,
all the photos that you need to use
before you even meet them in class
and then right after that,
when you meet them in class what you can do is
to just facilitate the activities that's related
to all of the lessons and videos
that you have uploaded in Microsoft Teams.
It's also gonna be cool if you can use the TABs area
to add additional apps that you can use
to get their class more engaged.
I added FlipGrid and I think you'll love that tool.
So if they want to use a method
of participating using a video,
add a TAB, add FlipGrid or any other apps
that you want to use.
A lot of apps, it's available in the TABS area of Teams.
So you can use that.
Then you can also create channels,
based on different topics.
So it will help a lot.
You can continue the discussion even after the class
where that discussion formed.
We also want to create a channel for discussion forums.
So these are topics that they can just post
any idea that they want.
And for students who are absent in class,
probably because they got sick or something came up,
you might want to create a channel for remedial classes.
So you can upload everything,
all lessons that a student has missed
and they will just access it from Microsoft Teams.
And this is very important,
every session that you have in Microsoft Teams,
you have to record it.
So that your students can have access to it
eve after the virtual class.
You might also want to use the general channel
for general announcements that you have.
Everybody can see it, every one can have access to it,
and they get information
literally accessible anytime, anywhere.
I also want you to try and let the students know
that they can make use of the notes section
so that when you're doing your virtual class
it will be easier for them to take notes
of the important ideas and key learning
during the virtual sessions,
using the notes part of Microsoft Teams.
And if you want your students
to be more engaged, collaborating,
just simply create a collaboration activity channel
for your students and they can easily share files
and communicate with each other.
And last, my lucky 13 tip:
Use Microsoft OneNote in your Microsoft Teams.
It's built-in in Microsoft Teams
and it's really easy to set up.
All right, so that's my lucky 13 tips.
Microsoft Teams has really helped me a lot
in transforming the way that I teach
and transforming the way that my students are learning.
It literally gave them a really good learning experience.
So if I were you, start learning Microsoft Teams today
by going to education.microsoft.com.
Thank you!
- Thank you so much, Jen.
Those are great tips to share
and I hope all of you can leverage the power of Teams
to make not only remote learning possible,
but bring great collaboration and communication
across your students, across classrooms.
I hope you're taking advantage of Teams
and learning from Jen's tips.
Be a change-maker with Teams.
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