The Most-Used i-Pad Apps For Teachers

The 24 (all the apps you can fit on one screen without using folders) most-used and favorite iPad apps for teachers

What Job Skills Do You Need?

You might think a good education and top grades are enough to get a good job. So it may surprise you to learn that employers look for other important skills. This article from the Daily Mirror outlines the basic skills employers require and provides sample tests to see if you make the grade.
To read this article click HERE.

John Seely Brown on Motivating Learners

Innovative thinker John Seely Brown, known for his ideas for merging digital culture and education, shares lessons educators can learn from surfers, gamers, and artists on how passion and competitive hunger can drive intrinsic motivation. To visit his siite and view the video click HERE.

Free Photoshop Tutorial - Self-Publishing Class Books

This is a quick tutorial for those who would like to use Photoshop to create professional looking class books. The step-by-step photos and descriptions will guide you through importing students drawing and creating simple, colorful backgrounds for your class book. The pages can then be printed out or sent off for self-publishing.Click HERE

Physical Fitness and Sports Activities for Teachers and Parents

A healthy lifestyle should be part of everyday life. This link features activities suitable for teachers and parents who want to engage their students/children.

For more information click HERE

Nouns that Are Countable and Uncountable

Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable, usually with different meanings for each. These pages list the most common ones, together with example sentences and quick quiz to check understanding. Click HERE to access.

Educational Videos

 

 

A Conversation with Elon Musk

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Geoffrey Moore - insights into education

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 Students Leaving the System to Learn

The day that Albert Einstein most feared has finally arrived...

Students & Language

Some teenage students come to class with an unsatisfactory attitude or low self-confidence with regard to L2 learning due to past experiences. They do not see the relevance of language learning in their short or long-term plans or have unrealistic beliefs about language learning. Language teachers have a challenge coming up with fresh ideas to motivate their students to see language learning as acquiring lifelong, real-life communication skills rather than as a jaded academic subject.

This explores the benefits of using a blended learning approach (Sharma and Barret, 2007) with secondary students as a platform for interaction, learning and motivation. To view this article click HERE

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"Is it because?" - a story about bullying

'Is it because?' is a story for pre-teens which skilfully addresses the issue of bullying. There is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook. It forms part of the Promoting diversity through children's literature series, produced by the British Council Teaching Centre in Paris.

This is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook.

For more information click HERE.