Teaching Through Coronavirus: What I learned – Week 3

The outbreak of coronavirus, resulting in temporary closures of many educational institutions, has forced teachers to rely entirely on distance learning or so called   “remote learning” whose roots go back to as early as 1728 when “Caleb Phillips” advertised private correspondence courses in short hand in the Boston Gazette (1). With Read More …

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Teaching Through Coronavirus: What I learned – Week 2

In the face of  school closures and the COVID-19 pandemic, we all had to become remote teaching experts virtually overnight. And, even though most of us still feel overwhelmed, we are not helpless anymore. We are ready to embrace a new normal. So, what did I learn after another week Read More …

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Teaching Through Coronavirus: What I learned – Week 1

In the face of  school closures and the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems we all had to become remote teaching experts overnight. And, even though it is obviously NOT POSSIBLE, and even though some of us will feel helpless or overwhelmed, we need to take a baby-steps approach and start learning Read More …

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Remote teaching – quick tips

With schools and other educational institutions facing closures and more and more students self-isolating,  flipping your classroom and blending your students’ learning experience seems the new normal in which the technology yet again has come to the rescue. While some of us will boldly embrace the new reality, those more Read More …

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February Treasure Hunt

This month’s hunt: a couple of fantastic Chrome extensions – one for readability and the other for content curation. A YouTube playlist on Water/Water Crisis with handouts in Word and as a pdf. And finally, some tools you can use with your students to make posters and two earlier posts Read More …

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17 Global Goals in NC4 ESOL for Employability

As part of Global Goals 2020 campaign,  NC4 ESOL for Employability students have been exploring a range of areas such as World Hunger, Food Waste, Ethical Shopping, Mental and Physical health, Climate Crisis or Water Crisis. The final product of a series of lessons are visuals – posters, leaflets and infographics. FOOD Read More …

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New Year’s Res(v)olutions

“I’ll be more organised!”, “I will never take students’ tests home!“, “I won’t let the admin stuff pile up!”, “I will never check my email on Sunday!“. Rings the bell? New Year’s Resolutions! Oh yeah, been there, done that, got the T-shirt. But, why not start again and this time Read More …

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Flipbooks

According to Paperturn, flipbook (flip-book) is “an interactive, HTML5 online publication that has the look and feel of a real, page-turning publication (complete with page-turning sound effects, page shadows and more)”. This form of online presentation is very popular amongst hospitality, housing or photography businesses showcasing and marketing their services.  Read More …

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Christmas giveaway

Christmas is a period of giving and sharing. Below, a few “Christmas gifts” – time and effort saving ideas which will help to get your students more creative and your classes more engaging. Merry (and stress-free) Christmas!   MY FAVOURITE and FREE TOOLS PDF2GO  for editing, splitting, merging and coverting pdf Read More …

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Screen recorders

Tired of repeating the same thing umpteen times? Stop straining your voice then! Don’t waste time any more and start recording the screen! Let’s have a quick look at the benefits  and the best tools to do it.  Recording the screen boosts students’ engagement and promotes learner autonomy and ownership. It Read More …

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