NEED TO REVIEW THE TWELVE TENSES IN YOUR LANGUAGE LESSONS? THE FOLLOWING SITES AND GAMES CAN HELP YOU DO THIS IN A FUN WAY … An understanding of the different tenses in English can be challenging for Additional Language learners, so finding fun ways to get students to use and practice their tenses can go a long way...
21ST CENTURY LEARNING VS NEXT-GENERATION LEARNING We talk a lot about 21st century learning but Global Digital Citizen team member Andrew Churches suggests that the term “Next Generation” learning may be a better description now that we are almost twenty years into the 21st century. His take on the 8 habits of...
Recent findings by the Family Online Safety Institute from a survey on children’s technology use revealed some interesting trends in parents’ views on how they manage the way their children use it. Most parents stated that they had rules for technology use as far as online access was concerned, including what sites...
Many teachers have worked with portfolio collections of student’s work over the years, particularly for internal assessment purposes, but the digital age offers a whole new realm of possibilities for online versions of these tools. So what are they all about? Portfolios essentially have three purposes – for...
Technology ‘rules’ the world and it most certainly plays a most vital role in the lives of learners. How can you harness their fascination with their hand-held devices to improve the overall classroom experience? In a recent article about using blogging in the classroom, some interesting ideas were suggested: The...
TIME FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Teachers often bemoan either the shortage or overload of Professional Development (PD) sessions, depending on their particular contexts. You are no doubt familiar with the cries of “If only someone would give us some training on this” or, on the other hand, “Oh no, not another dreary...
WHAT IS PERSONALISED LEARNING? AT THE MOMENT IT IS A BIT OF A BUZZWORD – WITH MANY PEOPLE HOPING IT WILL TRANSFORM SCHOOLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, WHILE THE SKEPTICS SEE IT AS JUST ANOTHER PASSING PHASE. It is not easy to get a clear definition of the concept – there is the idea of "individualised" learning, where...
The digital and social networking life of teenagers has had its share of debate in the press and other forums lately. Is all this online socializing really creating a generation of people who cannot empathise and communicate? Or do the benefits outweigh the costs in this trend towards a digital arena of...
Flipped classrooms are having a significant effect on teaching and learning, according to a national research project surveying over 400 000 USA schools. The Speak Up National Research Project established that interest in flipped classrooms had surpassed all other digital learning trends. What is a “flipped...
A recent Facebook posting to mark the 450th birthday of the Bard pondered the scenario ”If Shakespeare had Twitter…” making the point that @billyshakes1564 could provide a great commentary on modern-day life, with words of wisdom to pen on everything from selfies to sport. A quick look at some other ideas online...