Rubrics for Assessment Teachers who integrate technology into student activities and projects often ask us this question - “How do I grade it?” Fundamentally, assessing multimedia activities and projects is no different than evaluating traditional assignments, such as written essays. The primary distinctions between them are the unique features and divergent possibilities associated with their respective medium. For instance, a blog has a unique set of possibilities (such as hypertext, embedded video, interactive imagery, etc) vastly different than those of a notebook (paper and pen notes and drawings within a contained document). The first thing to realize is that you cannot separate the user from the device. iPads, Chromebooks, and tech tools themselves don’t demonstrate great learning; it’s about what students do with the technology that matters.
Learning Games – English – Classroom Aid Digital Play is a blog with game-based learning resources and ideas for EFL/ESL teachers interested in using games and digital tools for their learners. The British Council’s Learn English website and Learning English Kids are great resources for learning with games. The BBC’s Skillswise website is a good resource for learning English and Math. On the grammar and spelling page there are 21 activities suitable for students of middle school age. Starfall has a lot of free teaching resources including pdf files of handouts to use with students. The Kindersite has 1,000s of links to the best games, songs and stories for young children and language learners. Smarty Games features games for developing basic mathematics and reading skills. Grammar Ninja is a fun game for students to play as they develop a working knowledge of the parts of speech. The Houghton Mifflin Company produces Grammar Blast. Game Goo – It’s a English learning site for young kids. Languagegames.org – English learning games
Fourth Grade Educational Computer Games, Ages 9 - 10 ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for kids. The innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities. Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year. Apple, The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine and Scholastic, to name just a few, have featured ABCya’s popular educational games. ABCya’s award-winning Preschool computer games and apps are conceived and realized under the direction of a certified technology education teacher, and have been trusted by parents and teachers for ten years. Our educational games are easy to use and classroom friendly, with a focus on the alphabet, numbers, shapes, storybooks, art, music, holidays and much more!
10 Great Collaborative Whiteboard Tools for Teachers May 26, 2017 Collaboration and team work are at the centre of meaningful learning experiences both inside and outside classroom walls. Luckily technology provides us with various tools and applications that support and enhance collaborative realtime work. In today's post, we are sharing with you 6 good web-based whiteboard platforms you can use with your students and peers to collaborate and coordinate your work in realtime.1- Jamboard ‘This Google’s latest collaborative tool. Jamboard is designed specifically to enhance realtime collaboration and brainstorming among teams across the globe. It is basically ‘a collaborative, digital whiteboard that makes it easy for your team to share ideas in real-time and create without boundaries’.’2- Web Whiteboard ‘A Web Whiteboard is touch-friendly online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone to easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and share them with the world.’ 3- Mural 6- Twiddla 7- GroupBoard 9- ConceptBoard
'Have got' Examples I have got a brother. They have got a swimming pool. He has got a cat. Remember! I have got a brother. = I’ve got a brother. Be careful! For negatives add ‘n't’ or 'not'.I haven’t got a brother. We say... Have you got a brother? ESL Embarrassment Advanced Listen to the audio and answer the multiple choice questions below. This is a conversation between two friends talking about a situation that happened last night. Tab between answers. The definitions of the words used in the audio are found at: Embarrassment Expressions Other practice worksheets are found at the bottom of the page. To see the script for what you will hear click on: Script (Press play ↓) Conversation Activity for Embarrassment VocabularyScript for Conversation Activity on Embarrassment ExpressionsESL Worksheet for Embarrassment ExpressionsListening Exercise for Embarrassment ExpressionsEmbarrassment Reading WorksheetEmbarrassment Worksheet IIEmbarrassment Vocabulary Matching Copyright 2011 Andrew Lawton
Months, Ordinal Numbers ESL Vocabulary Game Activity Online Practice Months of the year and Ordinal Numbers with this ESL Vocabulary and Grammar Interactive Monkey Fun Game for elementary and pre-intermediate (January, February, March, first, second, third etc). ESL Learners and Teachers can use it to review English vocabulary and grammar or simply practice these words. This Sentence Monkey activity is also great for a lesson on general knowledge. There are images and in some cases audio in these types of games. Games are great for motivating students to learn. More Games Age, How old, ESL Interactive Board Game Practice Using the "How old are you?" question format to ask about age with this ESL Vocabulary and Grammar Interactive Pirate Waters Board Game for Beginners (I'm one, I'm two, I'm three). ESL Learners and Teachers can use it to review English vocabulary and grammar or simply practice these words. There are images and in some cases audio in these types of games. Games are great for motivating students to learn.
Colors Vocabulary ESL Interactive Board Game Practice Colors (Colours) Vocabulary with this ESL Vocabulary and Grammar Interactive Pirate Waters Board Game for Beginners (yellow, red, purple, pink, white, black etc.) . ESL Learners and Teachers can use it to review English vocabulary and grammar or simply practice these words. There are images and in some cases audio in these types of games. Please note that if you want to stop hearing the introductory audio repeating, simply click the start button. Click on the dice to roll. A random number will show up and your ship will advance. Games are great for motivating students to learn. 5 Web Tools to Create Awesome Digital Newspapers for Your Class To help you create digital newspapers for your class, we curated a list of some of our favorite web tools for this purpose. The list below is an updated version of the list we created last year. enjoy 1- Issuu This is my favorite. To create a newspaper using Issuu , all you need to do is upload the content of your news paper into Issuu and choose the template you like and there you go. The tool is free and requires a sign up. 2- Scribd This is another popular web tool to use for publishing your class digital magazine. 3- Zinepal This tools lets you create an ebook or magazine from posts and articles of a blog. This one here is very simple and easy to use.
Miscellaneous reading worksheets Are you experienced?An American English worksheet to read a list of life experiences and find out how experienced you are.Are you experienced?A British English worksheet to read a list of life experiences and find out how experienced you are.Cultural tic tac toeAn American English worksheet to practice the present passive.DescriptionsAn American English worksheet to write a description of a place or person using given words and expressions.DescriptionsA British English worksheet to write a description of a place or a person using given words and expressions.Did you know …?An American English worksheet to match two parts of a sentence.Did you know …?
Present perfect aspect – tips and activities By Kerry G.Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield Tips and ideas from Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on teaching the present perfect aspect. Introduction When teaching the present perfect, or explaining the present perfect, it is often easiest to focus on the use of the present perfect rather than the meaning. This is especially true for the first time students encounter it (usually associated with the use of talking about experiences). However, sooner or later you will be looking at different uses of the present perfect, and more often than not its relation with the past tense. An easy way of explaining perfect is to use the word before. Activity: experiences A frustrated teacher once asked, “How many activities can you make for the present perfect?!” 'Have you ever …' questionnaires are good for restricted personalised practice. Cinema experiencesHave you ever met a movie star? Activity: Why not? Because I’ve seen it a hundred times! Why don’t you want to see Mission Impossible 2? Example: