Dictogloss is a powerful EFL classroom activity that transforms listening into a collaborative learning experience. In this online dictogloss lesson, students work together to reconstruct a text while developing listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills. How to Use an Online Dictogloss Activity in EFL Classes I love using photos when teaching Present Continuous Tense. They…
Wordwall is one of the platforms that I’ve been using since we went online. The idea is simple sign up and start creating. There are really cool templates. You can create an activity on a template but then you can switch the templates if you want. You can also print the activities. I usually assign…
If you are not correcting the writing assignments on Google Drive, there is a very simple way to do so. First download the paper on the desktop. Save as pdf Open the tools on pdf Click on ‘Fill and Sign’ You will see a bunch of tools on the top of the page. Underline, circle…
I’m very excited about the new feature of Quizizz. It now allows teachers to prepare lessons on Quizizz. You can prepare your whole lesson there; warmers, tutorials, explanations, reading passages and then if you like to ask a question, add a poll, you can do so. It still has the ‘gaming’ option. You can follow…
Since the schools closed, I’ve been reading articles, watching webinars, attending short courses to tackle with the difficulty of remote teaching. As we all were thrown into the big ocean of online teaching in March, we tried to save the day using the knowledge and tools we already had. However, things have changed now. We…
I spent some time attending courses at FutureLearn this summer and I found them very useful and inspiring. As the coming academic year will most probably be a more hybrid system, these courses will be helpful to you too. So if you haven’t attended them, have a look at those courses: How to Teach Online…
We are all getting ready for a new school year, which will be totally different from what we are used to. Waiting for this term, I realised I’m more confident than March. I’m leaving here a very quick and handy ‘Getting to know you’ activity which I’m planning to use on the first day of…
Jamboard is an online interactive whiteboard tool that can easily be used to in distance learning. The App can easily be reached from Google Drive. Click on Jamboard and you’re ready to create your first board. Tap the orange + to start. Now you are ready to use the board. Choose the background. I really…
Suddenly we all went online.. The techy, the old school we are all on the same boat, trying to sail safely to the shore. Language teaching will not be complete with student interaction. We need to find ways to make students more productive instead of keeping them in front of the screens pretending they are…
My guest post on Larry Ferlazzo’s blog My Corona Days’ experience as Guest Post: Teaching An Istanbul English Class Online During The Time Of Corona https://t.co/SmZyPNlXZ5 via @Larryferlazzo — Eva B. (@dream2edu) March 25, 2020
The new normal is the remote learning until we enter our classrooms again. Online classrooms will also give us a chance to interact with our students, to participate the lessons actively. If we just follow a PowerPoint presentation or the lesson material, they will pretend that they are in the class but they will find…
Zoom, an online conferencing tool that can be handy during these crisis days.
