5 creative Google Jamboard TEFL activities! - Level Up your Teaching
Every now and then there’s an ICT tool that catches my attention. Unfortunately, the more years I spend teaching, the less frequently I like a tool a lot. Maybe it’s true when they say that you can’t teach an ‘old’ dog new tricks. Or maybe because, with more experience, there is a greater need for actually useful tools with real pedagogical value. In any case, Google Jamboard caught my attention and here is a list of my 5 most favourite activities I’ve been using with my students!
5 Simple Tips for Telling Better Anecdotal Stories
Stories are the lifeblood of community. They are how we humans have evolved to share our values, contextualize our place in the cosmos, and connect on a deeper level with other human beings. An anecdote is nothing more than a simple story. The kind that every single human being on Earth tells on a daily basis.
Scrambled Text Generator - Free Online Text Conversion
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Warmers (with a Business English flavour)
Update. Thanks for visiting my blog! I was very happy to learn that this post was shortlisted for Teaching English – British Council blog award. If you decide to vote for it, let them know by ‘liking’ the post on their Facebook page: Last Friday we met together with a group of colleagues at EPAM Systems to share some of the ice-breakers, warmers and games that we use.
Ideally in a sentence (esp. good sentence like quote, proverb...)
1. People should, ideally, eat much less fat. 2. She was ideally suited to the job. 3. Ideally(sentencedict.com), your car should have high security locks.
Sounds from around the Home Quiz
How many of these sounds from around the home do you recognise? The answers are at the bottom of the page. There is also a Slideshow version of this quiz. See How to Play for ideas on how to run the quiz and resources for making your own guess the sound quiz. Sound 1 – vacuum cleanerSound 2 – ice in a glassSound 3 – frying eggsSound 4 – spreading butter on toastSound 5 – a microwave ovenSound 6 – unlocking a doorSound 7 – a toilet flushingSound 8 – a stirring a drinkSound 9 – a hair dryerSound 10 – drawing the curtainsSound 11 – sharpening a knifeSound 12 – chopping vegetablesSound 13 – opening a tinSound 14 – sweepingSound 15 – a sewing machine
Telling Is Listening: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Magic of Real Human Conversation
Every act of communication is an act of tremendous courage in which we give ourselves over to two parallel possibilities: the possibility of planting into another mind a seed sprouted in ours and watching it blossom into a breathtaking flower of mutual understanding; and the possibility of being wholly misunderstood, reduced to a withering weed. Candor and clarity go a long way in fertilizing the soil, but in the end there is always a degree of unpredictability in the climate of communication — even the warmest intention can be met with frost. Yet something impels us to hold these possibilities in both hands and go on surrendering to the beauty and terror of conversation, that ancient and abiding human gift. And the most magical thing, the most sacred thing, is that whichever the outcome, we end up having transformed one another in this vulnerable-making process of speaking and listening. Why and how we do that is what Ursula K.
21 Free fun Icebreakers for Online Teaching and virtual remote teams
Last Updated on January 4, 2021 Here are 21 free to use icebreakers for online teaching that you can use. Icebreakers are an important part of any training program, as they encourage people to participate from the start of a session, to get to know each other and to feel comfortable working with others. How do you run icebreakers for online sessions though? We have written a separate post on ‘How to run group activities in virtual classrooms for your students here.
English by Juanico Scavenger Hunt Ideas: 13 Free Ideas You Need To Try
Finding fun scavenger hunt ideas is something I have never worried about before this last crazy year of 2020… In 2020 when we went home for remote teaching, I needed to add some fun to my lessons so that my students liked being in front of a screen learning English. I did it then, I’m trying to do it now.
Thing 4: Digital Storytelling
Our next topic is Digital Storytelling. In the past this topic was combined with Presentation Tools, since the two topics are so intertwined. After all, giving an effective presentation is really all about good storytelling. But the lessons were getting far too long and there are so many great tools to explore, so this gives you a chance to do 2 separate lessons instead of cramming it all into 1 lesson. Keep in mind that there’s still lots of overlap in the tools in these two lessons. For a great introduction to why storytelling is important, check out this excellent and quick read: 6 Reasons You Should Be Doing Digital Storytelling with Your Students
Run Your Bingo Game
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