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 …

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 …

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 …

September Treasure Hunt

Teachers use the Internet for a range of reasons: to supplement their lessons with attractive material, to promote inquiry learning amongst their students, to search for fresh ideas and “rejuvenate” their profession or to find tools making their teaching more interactive and more efficient. Using the internet brings the ‘real Read More …

Go paperless: What can be stored in the “cloud”

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 …

Virtual trips with Google Voyager

Although the benefits of real field trips are undeniable, at the same time, they may be costly, challenging logistically and sometimes just not feasible at all. Virtual trips seem to be the answer. A  Google Earth feature – Voyager brings a new dimension to virtual trips. Enjoy visualisation and geospatial Read More …

Big files – teacher’s nightmare

Have you ever struggled with sending files that are too big? Whether it is an audio file, a pdf document or a video with your student’s presentation, the tools describe in this post are simple to use, fast and free. There are plenty of online programs not requiring downloading software. Read More …

Go paperless: Save time, money and … the trees

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 …