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The impact of your teaching

14 de agosto de 2017

Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who can integrate technology effectively in their pedagogical practices will replace teachers who can’t. The quote above has been repeated time and again (with different wording each time) in education conferences where the focus is technology in education – so much so that it’s hard to find the correct attribution...Read More

Career, Educational Technology, Inclusive Teaching, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education

communication, critical thinking, educational technology, student engagement

Using songs in the classroom

6 de dezembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

If you had been my student at around 2010 on of your complaints would have been that I never used songs in my lessons. Earlier in my career I used songs quite frequently, in that gap-fill let’s-kill-some-time kind of way. However, as I became more experienced, I realised that this kind of activity is not...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Skills

Classroom experiences, communication, creativity, EFL, elt, esl, songs, student engagement

My journey to becoming an e-moderator – Part II – the time when I became an online student

2 de maio de 2015

by Michele Schwertner

Dear all, this is my second post about my journey to becoming an e-moderator. This time, I’m going to tell you about the time I became an online student myself. Some of the courses I had to take at university were only offered online. I had never done anything like that before (as a student)...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Technology

career, challenges, educational technology, engagement, interaction, professional development, student engagement, teacher development, technology, virtual learning environment

Do instructions have to be that dull?

9 de janeiro de 2015

by Rubens Heredia

Instructions are an important part of every teacher’s life. They can either make or break our lessons, getting students in the best mood imaginable or sending them into a downward spiral of discontentment (has anyone ever heard students react with sighs of “reading again?”). How can we guarantee that the second doesn’t happen? Imagine a...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development

Classroom experiences, EFL, elt mantras, engagement, motivation, student engagement, teacher development, teacher training

Building Learner autonomy – Part II

17 de dezembro de 2014

by Vivian Magalhães

Last month, I wrote about the need for students to become autonomous learners, and the difficulty that most teachers face in developing such autonomy in them. My students responded very well to the article, admitting that they hadn’t been investing as much time or effort as they should towards their goal of becoming proficient speakers...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Resources

learner's autonomy, student engagement, tools

The challenge of developing learner autonomy

17 de novembro de 2014

by Vivian Magalhães

Robin MacClure starts her article “Unnecessary Parents” by saying that “the ultimate job of parents is to raise kids in a way so that they are not needed. In other words, parents should work themselves out of a job.” Well, I think that also applies to teachers, and especially to language teachers. Our goal should...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Reflections about Education, Resources, Teacher Development

autonomy, student engagement, tools

Engaging learners (Part 1)

9 de setembro de 2014

by Rubens Heredia

When I was an English student, some teachers had the magical ability to deliver lessons that were fun and engaging, which allowed me to express myself and to feel I had an active role in my own learning. As I tried to learn how to teach, the ready-made activities that I came across (and the...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development

EFL, motivation, pract, student engagement

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