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Teachers Finding Self-Confidence for Becoming Digital Creators

28 de junho de 2015

In my daily job in education, I find the most talented and vibrant community of educators. Their very specific skills range from making, sometimes with hardcore engineering skills, to arts, with those amazing strokes of light and hope. Many, though, lack self-confidence. They perceive themselves as just one more in the crowd. Their talent is...Read More

Career, Educational Technology, Teacher Development, Technology

Blog, classroom activity, digital media, eltresource, PD, teacher development, Teachers’ Experiences, teachersdigital resources

Teaching with Instagram

30 de março de 2015

by Carla Arena

Instagram is part of my daily life, and I know it is also very popular among our teen students and some adults. Though the focus is social, the imagery and, depending on the user you follow, Instagram can be a very powerful teaching/learning tool. You can explore with students from grammar aspects of the language...Read More

Educational Technology, Lesson Ideas, Technology

classroom, EFL, Instagram, lessonplan, social media

Menus for a Personalized Learning Experience

28 de janeiro de 2015

by Carla Arena

I was about to start this post, and had a totally different idea in mind. But then I couldn’t miss sharing with you such interesting, simple and effective idea for the classroom with all resources already there, a click away. I’ve just come across this post “Interactive Learning Menus (Choice Boards) Using Google Docs” , which...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Lesson Ideas

"choice board", "learning menus', differentiation, ed tech resources, personalization, teacherchannel

School Recess – Time for Learning

28 de dezembro de 2014

by Carla Arena

We all deserve rest, relaxation and some time off. Educators are working during class time, before and always in late hours, correcting, planning, preparing, researching. So, yes, school recess is certainly a time of a certain relief and a bit of goofing off. However, after reenergizing a bit, meeting friends and family, taking care of...Read More

Career, Educational Technology, Technology

continuing, electronic village online, EVO, learning, MOOC, professional development, teacher development, vacation

Spaces for Learning: Agile Learning Spaces

28 de outubro de 2014

by Carla Arena

For the past year I’ve been interested and have intensely studied, researched and explored the Maker Movement. First, just out of curiosity as I was being fed through my Twitter stream (remember I mentioned in other posts how Twitter is still my number one source of inspiration and daily doses of professional development?). The feeling...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Reflections about Education

change, creativity, design, experience design, learning, learning spaces, make space, maker, maker movement

The Dangerous Trap of Questions in the Classroom

29 de agosto de 2014

by Carla Arena

I´m a mother of teens. As a mother, it is almost unavoidable to ask too many questions, and to my despair getting monosyllabic answers. The story goes more or less like this, “So how was school today?” “OK”. And sometimes the most I can get is, “boring as always”. Well, being a teacher, this questioning...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Lesson Ideas

bloomstaxonomy, classroom, questions, student engagement, transformative practice

Art in Icebreakers

28 de julho de 2014

by Carla Arena

by @KUUNSTKUULTUR , at Flickr, Creative Commons After an exciting and reinvigorating presentation of my co-workers in our 10th CTJ TEFL Seminar in which they inspired teachers to use art in different ways to foster communication and critical thinking, as well as to develop visual literacy, I felt inspired to start my semester using a...Read More

Educational Technology

art, EdTech, icebreakers, ppt, slideshare

Students: Distracted or Hooked to the Screen?

28 de maio de 2014

by Carla Arena

The discussion revolving around the use of mobile devices in the classroom is still strong. Some teachers have embraced the gadgets, feeling that they are powerful learning tools. Others, due to insecurity or strong beliefs argue that cell phones and tablets are a poor replacement for traditional teaching, just substituting what is already done well...Read More

Educational Technology, Technology

cellphones, classroom, edudemic, EFL, esl, lesson plan, mlearning, screen, tablets, TEFL

Still on Twitter for ELT

28 de abril de 2014

by Carla Arena

I still haven´t convinced you to try out Twitter even with Twitter for Professional Development and Try Twitter Before Ignoring It? Here are two additional reasons for you to join the educational crowd on Twitter. This week, the international education conference, Transformar, A Educação Está em Evolução, is happening in São Paulo, and you can...Read More

Educational Technology, Teacher Development

braztesol, education, EFL, mobility, PD, professional development, social media, TEFL, Twitter, twitter search, twitter tips

Twitter for Professional Development

15 de abril de 2014

by Carla Arena

In my last post, I focused on giving Twitter a chance. Before saying No, try a resounding YES! And if I haven´t convinced you last time, how about considering Twitter as your daily professional development hub? For most ELT conferences, there are great tweets coming from the backchannel. Educators who share the resources of...Read More

Educational Technology, Teacher Development, Technology

conferences, ed tech, Twitter, twitter search, twitter tips

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