teaching languages with technology
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 …
Going paperless – is it a dream or a real possibility? Paperless classroom saves not only paper and money but also time you spend on photocopying. It allows you to store materials and student evidence on online platforms and makes them more accessible for students. It gives students an opportunity Read More …
Join over one million educators using ReadWorks to improve students’ reading comprehension skills. Use content (Fiction, Non-fiction and Poetry) written by experts and curated by educators – topics you’re teaching and topics worth knowing from “How do scrapes heal“, through “The Legend of the Pharaoh’s Curse” to “Visual art“. As said Read More …
The Four Museums project (part of Living in Scotland SQA Unit) Age group and/or curriculum level: A group of 20 NC4 ESOL for Employability students (16 – 21) Intended learning outcomes: To develop reading comprehension skills through reading leaflets and descriptions of the objects exhibited To develop writing – writing short Read More …
Lit2Go is an online collection of books in mp3 files with transcript in pdf. Lots of books come with a choice of activities. The books are organised by authors, genres and collections. The service is offered by Florida’s Educational Technology Clearinghouse. A maximum of twenty-five (25) MP3 and/or text files Read More …
Encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning. Manage the process of learning rather than teach. Efficiently use face-to-face time. Personalise learning experience. Let students learn at their own pace. Just flip your classroom. “The Flipped Classroom is a learning model where students are exposed to new ideas at Read More …
Three, as discussed in “Three Key Principles for Designing Effective Blended Courses” here? Or four, as suggested by Katrina Schwartz in this article. Or maybe five, as presented by Michelle Pacansky-Brock‘s slide share here. What are the principles of blended larning/teaching? The principle of blended learning depend very much on the Read More …
Going paperless – is it a dream or a real possibility? Paperless classroom saves not only paper and money but also time you spend on photocopying. It allows you to store materials and student evidence on online platforms and makes them more accessible for students. It gives students an opportunity Read More …