Teacher Resources.
Right now I think that on this week
8 we got a long list of teacher resources.
What I think is that although these resources are on the web, free for everybody,
we have to be conscious about the way we use these tools. I think that we have to plan an ABCD objective
for each activity, like puzzles, scrambles, bingo etc. I have seen that many
teachers use them because they did not plan anything, or because they just want
to wais time, to have students doing something instead of use them as a tool connected
with our lesson plan programs.
I create a verb exercise, for one
of my beginners group. I also practice with Google doc.
The idea to have these exercises
done or to be able to elaborate yours covering your students needs is a time
saving for teachers like us, who are busy all day all night.
Hello Andrea ,
ReplyDeleteYour right this week is rich !
Yes plan is a must .Technology has tools but it doesn't have the brain to think for you .In fact it gets very tricky when we deal with it unconsciously . Still it reduces time and efforts that could be invested to create a better learning .
Batool
hello Andrea!
ReplyDeleteYou are right, this week we learned about some great online resources that we can use in our classes. You are also right that we have to carefully plan how to use those resources, they are always as effective as teachers who use them. As you say, we must use such tools to improve the learning process, and not just ot kill time, and make fun.
Have a great day,
Dzemal
You are right Andrea; there are plenty of advantages of using technology in EFL classrooms for providing easy, practical and authentic activities as well as creative tasks. Although technology does not substitute for a good teacher it will motivate the language learners and enrich classroom atmosphere.
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Hello Andrea,
ReplyDeleteI have seen the crossword you published in the wiki, it's very nice. I have a question? Did you do it in the tools for educators site? How did you save the URL to share it? I have designed some crosswords and puzzles but as soon as I close the site they disappear.
I'd really appreciate your help, please.
Regards,
Mónica
Monica
ReplyDeleteThese are the links
To save it I just copy the last link.
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/crossword/crosswordq.php?p=verbs
try it, and if you have questions let me know.