If you crave some social contact (who doesn’t?),free online courses may be a great idea to consider… especially when you try to learn a completely new language! That’s right, I think this December we should take up this challenge – it will make us understand our students better, make new friends and perhaps add something new to our New Year resolutions?
To make this easier for you, I’ve already picked a traditional set of seven free online courses!
Do you like plush toys? And do you use them in your classroom… not necessarily with children?
If not, let me share some ideas that will make your lessons soft, funny and cuddly – even if you teach teenagers and adults!
If you like lessons that are:
– easy to prepare
– fun to have
– engaging for your students
– full of magic
then you found a lesson plan you will love!
I love creative writing – it’s a brilliant way not only to unlock your students’ creativity, but also assess their real language.
I want to share my favourite no-prep ideas you can use with your classroom… and I also have something extra: a Spotify playlist full of epic music!
If you feel like developing your skills and broadening your horizons, I’ve got a traditional batch of seven free courses you could find really useful, especially that three of them are focused on mental issues… and deep dark thoughts in November can be quite annoying.
I think post-it notes make a really nice teaching tool. They’re small, easy to carry around, and you can use them with students on various levels. Here are my favourite simple, creative and of course no-prep ideas.
This month, the 7 free online courses I’ve found are focused on the basics of teaching: helping students feel good in your classroom, lesson planning, various teaching strategies etc. You may also find the last course I recommend quite interesting to include in your classroom – respecting diversity, especially online, is something most of us need to learn.
Recently I’ve read an article about teachers and educators that had to switch online due to Covid19. The authors said that the level of stress is really high and some of us may even develop some somatic symptoms. So, I’ve decided to share my top three activities that help me survive the day – as […]
I want to deliver a short lesson plan that will help your students understand the idea of planners, and maybe even create their own study planners.
I am a maniac of planners and planning. I have planners that help me organise other planners, and I keep planning even my time off, which really makes sense in my scheme of things! So when I see a study planner, I simply have to check it.