5 Tips on How to Start a Course without a Coursebook

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After years of dealing with students who are interested in classes but not really with coursebooks, I came up with five steps that will help you in case you're stuck with covering for a teacher who's forgotten to leave the teacher's book, creating a very short course or managing a course that isn't supplemented with students' copies.

Role-Playing Teaching (Part 5: Character Creation)

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It's the fifth part of my Role-Playing Teaching series of articles and I can proudly say that we're done with theory - today we're going to start working on a proper RPG. Before we go on an adventure we need to create Players' Characters. Since we're going to talk on various topics during character creation, the minimum level required is A2+.

How to complete an online course?

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For a while now I've been sharing ideas on free online courses you can take up every month - hopefully you find them inspiring at least as much as I do. One of the comments I get is that while it's easy to find a nice course and sign in, it's far more difficult to complete it. Some people say that's why paid courses are a better option as you feel the pressure on finishing something you paid for.

"Authentic Learning in the Digital Age" - can we connect technology and better education?

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Larissa Pahomov is a part of Science Leadership Academy, and the book she wrote offers not only her insight on creating an authentic learning environment, but also bears the mark of a true practitioner and some of the answers are the ones that make this book more than a guide for other SLA teachers.

Role Playing Teaching (Part 4: Games From Distant Worlds)

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Today I want to share some examples of the environments and systems you may enjoy with your students. You may take your students to the adventure in the Wild West followed by a crime story a'la film noir in an urban fantasy setting.

New Year, New Me? 5 ideas on how to make 2018 more organised

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Today I want to share some of the ideas I've practised in 2017 which made my life considerably easier. The reason I chose to write about my personal experience is due to my work as a teacher trainer - the longer I work with new teachers, the more noticeable it is to me that a lot of teaching-oriented problems stem from poor time management.

What school leaders need to know...

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I found some parts of the book a little bit outdated, however, the majority of the articles shed new light on some of the digital tools I've been using for a while. If you want to read a book that gives you a moment of reflection on your technological approach - that's a great book for you.

Role-Playing Teaching (Part 3: Being a teacher and being a Game Master)

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In my previous articles I briefly described a phenomenon of Role-Playing Games and shared the reasons for which people play games - and enjoy it. Today, I want to demonstrate similarities between teaching and playing RPGs which will help me prove why RPGs can be the ultimate answer to Game-Based Learning approach.

Role-Playing Teaching (Part 2: What are RPGs)

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This article is supposed to explain the phenomenon of RPG in general, so that in my future posts I am able to show you my idea of blending games into traditional lessons, creating an approach to TEFL where storytelling and adventure compensate for tedious grammar activities.

7 ideas that might be used for Halloween (or any other spooky lesson)

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With the annual influx of Halloween-themed posts by my fellow bloggers I was like "meh, I don't even like Halloween, I guess I only wrote about it once" - so I looked through my own posts and realised my memory is somewhat problematic (it probably goes with my age, ah well...). Having brushed the dust off my old ideas I found six activities more or less connected to this pleasantly grim festivity you may enjoy with your students.

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