Frequently, lectures come straight out of textbooks and/or lecture notes, giving students little incentive to attend class
Eric Mazur (2012)
Hypersay is a website which can be used to make presentations more engaging and interactive through live mode with participants. The website change the way we present in the classroom.
Traditional PowerPoint presentations are mostly delivered as a monologue to disengaged students. The setting is usually “a combination of long lectures and demonstrations by the teacher, with application of learned concepts done through homework assignments, tests, exams and projects” (Murphy, 2011). Additionally, educators minimize the students’ talk time through a monologue presentation. For Harmer (2000:4), in-class time should be devoted to students’ talk and participation in language classes. He further comments, ” getting students to speak the target language as much as possible is a vital part of a teacher’s job”.
Within this respect, Hypersay has many different characteristics. For instance; You can integrate open questions, live polls and quizzes into the presentation, which draw students’ attention. Furthermore, it allows you to be in contact with participants by exchanging messages. Some other features of the platform are as follows:
There is no need to install anything. You can use browser. At the end of the presentation, it is also possible to share the presentation with participants via mail.
My Practice
I have been using Hypersay since this year at two different classes at my university in Turkey. I get positive feedback from learners. My courses are enhanced with pools and open questions which display the results in real time. Students are involved and more motivated to participate in learning. It is definitely beneficial for me as lecturer.
Pricinghttps://hypersay.com/pricing/
References
Mazur, E. (2012). Peer Instruction. Retrieved from http://mazur.harvard.edu/research/detailspage.php?rowid=8
Harmer, J. (2000). How to Teach English. Bejing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
Murphy S. (2011, 07 November) Re: Progress Report on My Flipped Classroom. Retrieved from https://www.suzemuse.com/2011/11/progress-report-on-my-flipped-classroom/
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