Hello, my dear educators! A couple of days ago we had a brilliant workshop followed by a very productive discussion about green classrooms and green activities. This workshop was just a first of many free online sessions we plan to organize for all ESL teachers worldwide. This post will be very concise and it will …
Hello, my dear educators! Here’s a short piece from Owan from eltsustainable.org that discusses the mere existence of the word ‘sustainable’ in the (V)YL classroom. Simple, eye-opening, and a very quick read! Have you ever thought that you can’t plan environment language lessons for elementary? If so then you are not alone, but here are …
Hello, my dear colleagues! Using videos in the classroom is really nothing new, and ESL teachers have been using videos for decades – we just love videos! However, we rarely have activities where we actually make videos in our classroom, either individually, or collaboratively. This post will share 10 collaborative ESL activities with video and …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This post is a short excerpt from a Master’s thesis of our dear colleague Nevena Marković and it explores the motivation behind CPD and what motivates educators to continue to develop their practice according to the latest research. Teachers’ motives for CPD It is a universal truth that the teachers need …
The years 2020 and 2021 have been years of great development in teaching, and also years where so many teachers cracked under the pressure of online teaching. Teacher burnout hit all of us hard. To start this article, I have to share a disclaimer: I usually write more academic articles, and I focus on methodology …
Hello, my dear educators! This post will be a full noise pollution SAMPLE unit designed in the National Geographic Geo-Inquiry course. Why did I choose noise pollution? Because noise pollution is definitely no bueno, and many people are not even aware it exists, let alone children. This unit is one of the units that aims …
Hello, my dear colleagues! Welcome to another post with teaching tips in the form of a picture! These tips are also posted both on my Facebook page and Edmodo! This post will share some proven strategies, tips, and tools for teaching students with dyslexia. I believe we are all visual learners in a way, and it takes …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This post is focused on the student and the parent side of the platform and it is meant for parents and students to understand the importance of a classroom app. Class Dojo is a great LMS or learning management system for young students, and all of the classwork, homework, communication, rewards, …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This will be a super short post! I want to share a podcast link from the Teacher Talk Radio when I was Harry’s guest! We discussed how we became teachers, how do I make my online and face-to-face classroom more sustainable, and how do I use storytelling to develop environmental literacy. …
Hello, my dear educators! Have you ever wondered how you can teach very young learners and what are some effective games you can play? The next few posts will be guests from Nevena Živković, an amazing preschool teacher from Novi Sad, Serbia, who also teaches English to very young learners in a public preschool! She …