Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Teachers Easy Guide to The Most Important Web Tools in Education When it comes to using web resources with our students, time plays a decisive role.It is next to impossible for a busy teacher restricted by curriculum constraints, day to day lesson preparations, assignment corrections, to mention but a few of his chores, to effectively search the web and find the adequate resources to share with his/ her students. Most people just do not have the time to learn all these technologies and some educators pick just one or two websites of interest and start exploring them. This is definitely not the right thing to do particularly if you want to leverage the huge potential of technology into your classroom.There is, however, a simple roudabout to this problem. Look for educational technology blogs ( such as the one you are reading now ) and subscribe to their feeds to stay updated about the latest web tools to use in your instruction. 1- A List of The Best Video Editing Tools for Teachers 2- A List of The Best Digital Story Telling Tools for Teachers
100 ESL Resources Teaching ESL requires a lot of creativity. Students can range from tiny tots to adults, and their skill level can be very experienced or at the basic level. With all these variables, teaching ESL can be challenging, so this list offers 100 of the best resources and guides to help you be the best teacher you can be. Lesson Plans and Handouts Every teacher has sat down to write up a lesson plan and been struck with the teacher’s version of writer’s block. Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities. Teaching Tips One of the wonderful aspects about teaching is that you are also always learning. Liz Regan’s 20 Teaching Tips. Specifically for Teachers All of these resources below offer information, activities, job openings, support, ideas, and more to enhance your teaching. ESL Cafe. Activities From songs to idioms to vocabulary words, all of these activities offer help and fun for your students. About.com English as 2nd Language. Specifically for Teaching Children ESL KidStuff. CAELA. ESLvideo.com.
Active & Passive Voice - Scholarly Voice - Academic Guides at Walden University The APA 6th Edition, Section 3.18, indicates that writers should use the active voice for clarity (APA, 2010, p. 77). Writing in the active voice means the subject of the sentence clearly performs the action that the verb expresses. APA stresses using the active voice to make it clear to the reader who is taking action in the sentence. The order of words in a sentence with active voice is subject, verb, object. Example: I conducted a study of elementary school teachers. Generally, in scholarly writing, with its emphasis on precision and clarity, the active voice is preferred. if the reader is aware of who the actor is; in expository writing, where the goal of the discussion is to provide background, context, or an in-depth explanation; if the writer wants to focus on the object or the implications of the actor’s action; or to vary sentence structure. Also, much like for anthropomorphism, different writing styles have different preferences.
How to use a semicolon Stickyball Simple Present Exercises Simple Present Exercises Jump to Simple Present Explanation Practice with these Simple Present exercises: Simple Present Exercise 01 Simple Present Exercise 02 Simple Present Exercise 03 Simple Present Exercise 04 Simple Present Exercise 05 Simple Present Exercise 06 Simple Present Exercise 07 Simple Present Exercise 08 Click Here for Step-by-Step Rules, Stories and Exercises to Practice All English Tenses 01 | next | previous | top 02 | next | previous | top 03 | next | previous | top 04 | next | previous | top 05 | next | previous | top 06 | next | previous | top 07 | next | previous | top 08 | next | previous | top What's Next? Get Vocabulary, Grammar and Teaching Tips, Site Updates and Special Offers Directly to Your Mailbox Join now and get a special bonus: First 2 chapters of the English Short Stories Book and Workbook. Are you a teacher or a student? * We respect your email privacy and you can unsubscribe at any time. Return from Simple Present Exercises to English Grammar Exercises Top of this page [?]
The Teacher’s Quick Guide To Pinterest The following article is by Julie Delello of the University of Texas at Tyler. She can be reached at jdelello[at]uttyler.edu if you have any questions or comments. Children learn social skills by interacting freely with peers. For some, the relatively new social network site Pinterest has become a virtual playground allowing users to “pin” inspiring images from around the web. As a new teacher, it’s easy to become overwhelmed trying to create motivating lessons while managing the responsibilities within the classroom. Pinterest, created in 2009 and launched in March of 2010, has been ranked 10th out of the top visited social networking sites across the world, allowing users to search for pins with a specific theme or subject. Getting Started Pinterest is straightforward and doesn’t require a lot of technological experience to get started. Set up an account. The students were very excited and engaged to have a place to network with other teachers. References
Reading Exercises About the Study Zone The Study Zone is for students of the English Language Centre (ELC) at the University of Victoria. ELC teachers create the English language lessons and practice exercises. The site is designed for our adult English language learners, but all are welcome to read the lessons and use the exercises. News and Feedback The comments on the Study Zone blog have been great! Who visits Study Zone? This map shows the visitors to this page only. All levels: Grammar Index What do I do? First, choose your level. Study Zone is made up of levels. Where am I now? The menu at the top of each page tells you where you are.
Free Online English Lessons and Exercises Educational Technology Buzzwords Jul 22 Thanks to Boundless and Getting Smart for putting together and sharing this great infographic outlining the latest trends in Educational technology. It helps to cut through all the buzzwords flying around and pinpoint what we may or may not be incorporating in our learning and teaching. Do we need this many technology based eystems in the current education climate? Education buzzwords have for a long time driven me insane as we spend our lives in schools latching on to phrase after phrase that tries to make us sound more knowledgeable without actually being more knowledgeable. Clearly from reading this blog, you would know I have great hopes for the impact educational technology can have on learning and teaching.
18 Free Mind Mapping Tools for Teachers and Students 1- SpiderScribe This is a great mind mapping tool that allows users to easily visualize their ideas by connecting various pieces of information together and create free style maps. It also combines elements like text, images, files, calendar events and geographic locations. 2- EdistormEdistorm is a great web2.0 tool for educators. It allows you to work on your ideas during a structured brainstorming and organize them into sticky notes for others to see . 4- Bubbl.usBubbl.us allows its users to create concept maps in such an easy way with the minimum tools possible .You can create your project and invite your colleagues to join you in editing its content and when done you can share it with others via a generated link . 5- Wise Mapping Wise Mapping is a free online mind maps editor that allows you to create and share your mind maps with others. 6- Lucid ChartLucid Chart is a flowcharts and mind map making tool . 7- Text 2 Mind MapText 2 Mind Map is a cool website .
Coherencia y cohesión en el discurso académico Ejercicio de Inglés La coherencia y la cohesión son dos características esenciales del discurso académico. Por coherencia (coherence) entendemos la existencia de un hilo conductor que vincula todos los argumentos o las ideas que constituyen el texto. Por ejemplo, en un texto argumentativo, los argumentos que constituyen el cuerpo del texto están relacionados con la tesis expuesta en la introducción (más detalles en la lección Como escribir un texto argumentativo en inglés. La coherencia del texto se manifesta, entre otros, en la repetición de palabras clave y el uso de sinónimos para evitar redundancias. La cohesión de un texto (cohesion) es una característica de la forma y no tanto del contenido del texto. Se trata de los medios lingüísticos que se utilizan en un texto para establecer relaciones lógicas entre ideas y/o partes del texto. Las principales estrategias de cohesión textual son: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. En el siguiente fragmento, los marcadores de cohesión estan en negrita: