teaching languages with technology
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Do your students copy chunks of text from the internet claiming they didn’t know that they “cannot back up (their) viewpoint on the topic by reffering to different resources” or that they thought “copying for students is normal” (these are genuine responses from students informed that I will not be Read More …
Bringing visuals to your classroom is always fun. It engages students and promotes collaboration. Together with my students I decided that the product of a series of lessons on digital citizenship will be a visual poster, leaflet, or a flyer. Although there is a number of very good tools, we Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …