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 …
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 …
Environment. Such a scary word, right? Why do we feel existential dread whenever we hear someone mention the word ‘environment’? The answer is very simple – we know how polluted nature is, so mentioning this word makes us feel something I like to call ‘global guilt’, and some people even feel environmental anxiety. Overcoming the …
Interculturalism is a buzzword in the world of education. We constantly hear this word, but it is hard to introduce intercultural activities in our classrooms that are not clichés, especially for young learners. This post will discuss raising interculturalism by connecting kids from all over the globe through free online English lessons. (This article was originally …
Science experiment in my ESL classroom?! Just what are you talking about Alice, we already have enough work as it is! Of course, this is the reaction of most teachers, but please don’t dismiss it before you even tried it because the power of contextual learning through simple, relatable science experiments is immense. I am a massive …