Teacher's Sharing Zone

We´ll read the following article and the video and take down notes. 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher Should Have Created with Padlet A Vision of 21st Century Teachers Activity:  Have a look at the list of web tools included in the article. Choose one and prepare a presentation to share with your peers next class. 

This week it´s Ways of Looking. I used a very simple tool called Popplet . I have sent an invite so that you can contribute to our mind map. Just double click on any place and a new bubble will appear where you can write your definition, upload a picture, video. Activity : Look for phrases, idioms, expressions with "ways of looking" to add to the map.  

Fill in the questionnaire and discover what type of teacher you are. This may prompt some further thoughts on how you might improve some things in the classroom and in your teaching. What kind of teacher are you? So, how did it go? Do you think your results describe your teaching style?  Be ready to share your results with your peers. What about teaching today? Has your teaching changed in the last years? Read the article and prepare a word cloud with the main concepts.  33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher Should Have I made mine with  Tagxedo

This time it´s Ways of Breaking. Have you ever considered the amount of words in English you can find which describe different ways of breaking or damaging things? Here I´ve selected only some. Have a look! Activity: Burst into flames. Crack a joke... There are lots of phrases, idioms, expressions with many of the words presented today. Find at least five, write a sentence using each of them and post it as a comment underneath.

simplebooklet.com We´ve been through ways of talking, walking, laughing and now it is the turn of Ways of Crying . Hope you don´t take it too seriously and end up in tears! This time the tool used is www.simplebooklet.com simplebooklet.com After going over the booklet give this puzzle a try:

We are all different and thus learn in different ways. Each of us has preferred or dominant learning style, but we also have a mix of them.  We can also use different learning styles in different circumstances as they are not fixed. Our learning styles model the way we learn and connect with knowledge, how we represent experiences, recall information; even the words we choose are influenced by our learning style.  The Seven Learning Styles Visual  (spatial) : You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding. Aural  (auditory-musical):  You prefer using sound and music. Verbal  (linguistic):  You prefer using words, both in speech and writing. Physical  (kinesthetic):  You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch. Logical  (mathematical):  You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems. Social  (interpersonal):  You prefer to learn in groups or with other people. Solitary  (intrapers...

We´ve been talking about stories and how they impact the brain.  Read this story and think of the visual images it contains.  How effective do you think they are? Do they serve any purpose? Cookies This actually did happen to a real person, and the real person was me. I had gone to catch a train. This was April 1976, in Cambridge, U.K. I was a bit early for the train. I'd gotten the time of the train wrong. I went to get myself a newspaper to do the crossword, and a cup of coffee and a packet of cookies. I went and sat at a table. I want you to picture the scene. It's very important that you get this very clear in your mind. Here's the table, newspaper, cup of coffee, packet of cookies. There's a guy sitting opposite me, perfectly ordinary-looking guy wearing a business suit, carrying a briefcase. It didn't look like he was going to do anything weird. What he did was this: he suddenly leaned across, picked up the pack...

Take a look at the timeline. It shows vocabulary related to different ways of laughing and also some common expressions.     Now write a short story using as many words as you can (min 4) and post it as a comment for this entry. Don´t forget to put your name too!

You can post your word clouds just by double clicking on "the wall" or by dragging and dropping your image on the wall. Created with Padlet

This time we´ll  go over different types of walking and moving. A new word cloud and tool  Wordsift Although not as visually attractive as Wordle or Tugxedo, by clicking on "Create Workplace" you can drag and drop any of the words you like from the word cloud above and organize them in whatever way you prefer. Interesting additions are the pictures you can find when you click on one of the words and the Visual Thesaurus.  Now give this puzzle a try!