Teaching Online- Shift Shoes
Simple things seem to take much longer in the online classroom and even beyond! Planning for online lessons, for example, can take up to three times longer for online lessons. No surprise that we all feel the emotional toll that the sudden shift to home teaching is taking on us, not to mention the physical […]
Teaching online- CARE
Roosevelt’s famous quote ‘People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care’ carries possibly more weight than ever. The unexpected events of the last months required us and our students to change and adapt quickly, for some overnight, to a new learning and teaching environment. For many, this might have been an overwhelming experience. And we all know, […]
Teaching online – FACE it
Suddenly, overnight the face-to-face classroom that was the norm for decades was no more. As a result, our common, convenient way of teaching changed overnight. What was once considered as an alternative for F2F teaching became our new normal: remote teaching or teaching online face-to-face. Whereas many teachers were already using technology in the English […]
Teaching Online- Checking-in
Relationships and well-being are areas that, in this period of sudden change, need as much attention, or one could argue maybe even more, as what and how to teach online. We all experience good and bad days whilst we are adjusting to this new learning and teaching environment, so how can we go about this? […]
Encouraging extensive reading to advance intensive reading skills
The fact that our human brains are not hard-wired for reading means that the only way to develop our reading habit and become an effective reader is through reading. In this session we explore the ins and outs of extensive reading, why it is invaluable to develop learners’ reading for comprehension skills and possible challenges […]
Do you know what it takes to advance your students’ learning?
This webinar series was organised by Macmillan Education to celebrate Women in Education on March the 8th, International Womens’ Day, 2019. In this webinar I talk about how we can make learning more aligned with our brain’s learning preferences and how students’ learning can be enhanced. How we teach in the language classroom is often […]
Teaching Online – Less is more
Even when learning in a F2F environment some students think our lessons are too long! However, when teaching online it is even more important to be aware that we should not teach at the speed we talk, but at the speed learners can follow us and process the information we want to get across. Keep […]
Teaching Online- Be present
As an online tutor you’ve got many things to do, setting up your platform, planning your sessions but possibly the most important task is to develop teacher presence and bring your positive energy into online lessons. Learners need to be able to: 1- Meet you & Connect with you: When starting a new class it […]
Teaching Online- The 5As
Technology is everywhere and with so many tools, sites and apps being easily accessible it is easy to incorporate these into the lessons without putting much thought into it. However, using technology needs to serve a clear purpose: it needs to enhance students’ learning. So when selecting additional tools & Apps for online learning it […]
Teaching Online- Connect
One of the most important foundations for learning is that learners feel safe and have a sense of belonging. In remote teaching learners are not in the same classroom physically or perhaps not even in the same country so the distance created by the technology can have an impact on your classroom dynamics. Learners don’t […]