EzPeasy. Cambridge English Online: Learn > Enjoy > Succeed. The Little But Really Useful Guide to Creativity. “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” - Albert Einstein Post written by Leo Babauta.
Follow me on Twitter. All By Myself: The Pros and Cons of Teaching One-on-One Lessons. Classroom ideas / Great inspiration. Every teacher needs to watch this 3 minute video. WE make a difference! Feedback for Learning:Seven Keys to Effective Feedback. Fake or Real. So what do we mean by assessments anyway? When one person talks about assessments, they might mean something different to someone else.
The best definition I’ve seen of assessment is from our CEO, Eric Shepherd: “any systematic method of obtaining evidence by posing questions to draw inferences about the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and other characteristics of people for a specific purpose.” All Videos. iPad Lessons. 10 Fun Tools To Easily Make Your Own Infographics. People love to learn by examining visual representations of data. Rebecca's Story. Introduction: Rebecca's Dream The story begins as we meet Rebecca Casey, a 28-year-old Boston working woman, who dreams of becoming a singer.
We also meet her boyfriend Matt who doesn't think much of her dream, and her 17-year-old brother, Kevin, who doesn't think much about the future at all. Fun, in practice. At the end of January, I wrote a post inspired by Volkswagen’s Fun Theory competition.
(If you missed the original post, it’s here: The Fun Theory in Language Learning) As often happens, as soon as I had “fun” on the brain, I started seeing posts and information related to this topic all around me in cyberspace! Since fun is always a good thing to have on the brain, I’d like to share a few of the blog posts, discussions, and resources that I’ve enjoyed on this topic. One of ELT Chat’s January 27th Twitter discussions was dedicated to the Role of Humour in the EFL Class.
There are a lot of great resource links, and ideas in the Dave Dodgson‘s chat summary. Teach Up: Create a classroom that works for all students. Teachers Helping Every Student Reach Their Potential: Teach Up I never get tired of reading the thoughts and ideas that Carol Ann Tomlinson shares with the educational community about how to meet students’ needs.
Having seen her in action as a presenter, she is very captivating and convincing. The books and articles she has authored, many of which I have read, are scholarly, well-written, and lay out a vision for excellence in teaching. In the February 2012 edition of Educational Leadership, she co-authored an article with Edwin Lou Javius titled, Teach Up for Excellence. What Do Emotions Have to Do with Learning? Thinkstock When parents and teachers consider how children learn, it’s usually the intellectual aspects of the activity they have in mind.
Sidney D’Mello would like to change that. The University of Notre Dame psychologist has been studying the role of feelings in learning for close to a decade, and he has concluded that complex learning is almost inevitably “an emotionally charged experience,” as he wrote in a paper published in the journal Learning and Instruction earlier this year. Planboard — Lesson planning made easy for teachers and educators.
Teaching English Toolkit - English Language Teaching Materials. Macmillan Global resources. Lesson Skeletons « languagemoments. Create Authentic Text Based Lessons. I think we all know how potentially motivating authentic materials can be for our students, especially if those materials deal with something current and of direct relevance to our students' interests.
The web is abundantly rich in these kinds of materials, but creating lessons based around authentic online materials can be time consuming and complex. There are issues of copyright to deal with, as well as the fact that once we have created our lessons, the text we build them on may disappear. If this is a problem you regularly face, then Lingle could be the answer to your prayers. Lingle takes the process of finding text and creating lessons and exercises and turns it into a quick and simple 'click through' process. Understandingand Increasing Student Motivation I 1. Search lessons by keyword. Elessons.
Planboard — Lesson planning made easy for teachers and educators. Top 10 Free Online Tutoring Tools for 2012. The Internet provides a wealth of resources for teachers, tutors, and students to go well beyond classroom learning. Whether you’re a teacher preparing for tomorrow’s lecture, a professional tutor working with one or two students, or you just want to help your cousin in Alabama with some trig homework, these free tools will help you interact with your student(s) sans the confines of the classroom. Increase in interest in game-based language learning and teaching. Lesson Skeletons « languagemoments. Designer lessons. BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! Fun Trivia Quizzes - World's Largest Trivia and Quiz Site!
Movie Maker. PLAYCOMIC. Digital Tools for Teachers. Facebook for Educators. If you are one of those out there that believe that Facebook has no place in the classroom, then, well maybe this post isn’t for you.
But please first take a look at just a few reasons why you should reconsider: The fact is, the majority of your students and their parents are probably already on FacebookEven when schools have a policy against being “friends” online, there are tools you can use that won’t violate policyDespite what you may hear, there are strong privacy options that you can set up so only those that you want can access your informationWe have an obligation as educators to model appropriate online behavior and learn right along our students.
(Almost) Infinite ELT Ideas. Cow Clicker was developed by Ian Bogost as a satire on social network games like Farmville.
ROLEPLAYS-ESL speaking activities: communicative activities for oral fluency. These speaking activities include ESL role-plays (roleplays), Find someone who... speaking activities, information gap activities, examination rubrics for ESL oral tests, and discussion questions.
(Almost) Infinite ELT Ideas. English Confidence System. Language Learning Resources. Ahead - Playground for creative minds. Web Meeting and Document Sharing. Paper Rater: Free Online Grammar Checker, Proofreader, and More. Toonlet: webcomic blogging in minutes.