Teacher's Sharing Zone

In my experience, Part 2 (long turn) is probably one of the most demanding parts in the speaking paper.  One minute might seem like a short time, but there are a number of aspects candidates need to cover efficiently in that time.  This is a presentation we've used to help our students get ready to tackle the test with confidence.  Haiku Deck  is a wonderful tool to prepare presentations. It provides pictures and a limited number of fonts. Its main advantage is how quick you can get ready a super presentation to share with your students.      FCE - How to go about Paper 4 - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires ;

  Giving students assignments can have all shapes and forms. Some can involve just a paper or line on the board, others can be a little more attractive.   What about this preparing one like this?  Glogster is a great tool for presentations, posters, assignments. It can have any shape, background, colour you can think of. It will give all the space your imagination needs. Give it a try!  This is a presentation I prepared for a group of teachers starting to use Edmodo

At the end of the year, teachers have tons of dates and assignments we need to comply with, that is the case here and in almost every educational setting I can think of.  Last weekend I wanted to send a reminder of the dates we needed to take into account in the following weeks but I wanted something that could make it memorable, I didn´t want to send an ordinary reminder. Something different... a card ?, a short video? a presentation?  Bearing in mind one of my main objectives is to show teachers different tools and how they can be used for educational purposes I wanted something new... that´s when I remembered QR codes. Just what I was looking for, and I could show how they could be used!  What are QR codes?  Mashable explains: QR Code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside the industry...

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We´ve been through ways of talking,    Ways of looking,    Ways of laughing,    Ways of crying,    Ways of breaking    and now it´s  the turn of Ways of Eating.  

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.  

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:

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!