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Power Up your Classes with Youtube Videos

28 de outubro de 2017

There´s nothing new on the use of Youtube for learning, but how often do you use its features beyond watching the videos? I´d like to suggest three ways to enhance the use of Youtube videos in the classroom. First, encourage your group to create a collaborative playlist about the topic they are studying. By doing...Read More

Educational Technology, Technology

classroom, classroom activity, EdTech, elt, Google, RSA, TED-ED, video, video in the classroom, Youtube

The Art of Storytelling as Curriculum

19 de fevereiro de 2017

by Carla Arena

Our humanity is expressed through our stories. More than ever before educators are in the look for different ways to engage their students by telling their own pieces of stories each class they meet their students, but they are also aiming to help their learners to tell their own stories. By doing that, a transformative...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Lesson Ideas, Technology

classroom, cogdog, digital education, digital resources, digitalstorytelling, npr, storycorps, storytelling

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

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

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

Every place tells a story

18 de março de 2014

by Teresa Carvalho

As English teachers, we never know when and how we impact people and generally we think this is limited to the classroom, but this is not always the case. There is this teacher who unknowingly encouraged me to reflect on a picture that I had posted to the Eltpics Facebook page. For those of you...Read More

Classroom Experiences

classroom, dynamics, eltpics, learning spaces, Music, space, student interaction