Should CellPhones Be Allowed In School?
Are cellphones in the classroom a good idea? Does this device serve as a valid learning tool or just as another distraction contributing to the social disengagement of children? Smartphone ownership Cellphones have come a long way since the two-pound, $3,995 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was first introduced in 1984. The Original DynaTAC 8000X–not exactly our idea of portable. The advent and widespread adoption of the smartphone — essentially a miniature, portable computer — has shifted the playing field even more dramatically. Despite the ongoing discussion surrounding the efficacy of digital devices in the classroom, schools must face the fact that smartphones are already being utilized by students of all ages. What is most interesting, however, is the number of teens using these devices: The ownership of smartphones for those 13 to 17 years of age was at 58 percent, up a whopping 22 percent from 2011. App availability Reasons to use smartphones in the classroom Share on Pinterest
International Women's Day
Vocabulary: vibrant -- fully alive discrimination -- unfair treatment grim -- harsh, relentless pandemic -- disease spread over wide areas alleviate -- reduce vulnerable -- likelihood towards to exhort -- to urge strongly moribund -- stagnant, doesn't move well pioneer -- first to act This lesson has been provided by Mark McCarthy. Grammar: Each of these sentences contains one error. Women urge unity to advance rights as they mark International Women's Day 1) Women marked International Women's Day around the world with vibrant calls for unity for advance sexual equality and women's rights. 2) In Tehran several hundred of Iranian female activists staged a rally to mark of International Women's Day, despite of warnings from authorities that the gathering was illegal. 3) The United Nations urged man to reject violence against woman in order to protect their daughter from the AIDS pandemic. 8) Several governments payed lip service to the women's cause. Check Your Answers:
Conditional Sentences (#3), by Dennis Oliver - Free English Grammar Lessons
There are several types of unreal conditional sentences.They differ according to the time that they refer to, butthey are the same in one way: the situations that theyshow are unreal, hypothetical, and contrary to fact. The first type of unreal conditional is used for present andfuture time. Normally, unreal conditional sentences thatrefer to present and future time use this form: BE: If + subject + were + other words,subject + would ('d) + verb + other words. Important: In the examples above, there is a difference intense and time (that is, using past tense forms for situationsthat are in present or future time).
How to Create a Backchannel Exit Ticket for Class, Presentation or Workshop?
This screencast below will show you how to use Google Docs as a backchannel or exit ticket during a presentation, lesson or workshop. Creating a BackChannel or Exit Ticket on Google Docs from langwitches on Vimeo. Related
Facebook in the Classroom VERSION 2
Using Facebook In the Classroom (Revisited) I posted an article about using Facebook in the classroom” on several teachers’ web sites and I got the following response: Steve: I found your plan for using facebook on the esl teacher's board. I teach English in Egypt. I have a contact who teaches in Florida, U.S. This article aims to expand the original idea of using Facebook. ========== Dear Teacher in Egypt: The key point: my students check their facebook BEFORE their email. a) When I bulk-email my students, most email providers consider my messages as "junk" because I have 20 or more names in the SEND or BCC category. b) It's also easier for some teachers to remember a FACE than a name or email address... so I highly recommend a facebook page for each separate class. The down side: students between classes have to work harder to share their details. Please let me know about your success. Here is the original article: How do we build bridges? Step One: Get on Facebook. Steve Hello, Student.
Twitter in the Classroom
There are so many GREAT educators on Twitter and it’s great to connect, learn, and grow from them. One day my class and I tweeted about Greece with someone IN Greece. Now that I have completely embraced Skype in my classroom, I’m realizing even more that global learning adds a whole new wonderful layer to an ordinary day in the classroom. I started thinking, could a Twitter account help us connect to other classrooms, keep our conversations going, learning about weather, cultures, differences, and similarities around the world? I could use my own Twitter account. But, what about my tweets? Since I’ve started it, I’ve been following other classrooms and even started a list of Classrooms that Tweet. Uses for Twitter in the Classroom: 1.) 140 a day Learning Log: Ask a student to tweet “What did we learn today?” 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) Tips: 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) I’m really just starting this journey with my class and I can’t wait to see where it takes us.
