Learning Online

"Digital tools and mobile devices are perfect resources for breaking down the walls of the classroom, gathering immediate feedback on learning, and sharing learning in social media communities". - Great point made in this article about digital exit cards https://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-media-exit-cards-matt-levinson?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow And I do agree that for the teacher "the key is how to get the learning to spill out of the classroom and continue the conversation".

Storify  allows you to collect media across the different social networks and apply your own narrative to your story, which you can then share with others. Whether you want to use it to share collections of resources with your students with additional guidance, or as a class project to encourage them to build their own narrative, Storify offers an interesting way to organise information from sites like Twitter into what matters to your class. Best of all it’s free to use. From http://www.blendedmec.com/

Blogging is a great way to share your experiences on a wider platform. Here are some blogs to folllow: An A-Z of ELT by Scott Thornbury Reallyenglish by JJ Wilson Jeremy Harmer authenticteaching by Willy Cardoso Doing some thinking by Henrick Oprea Evidence Based Education by Dr Gary Jones Adaptive Learning in ELT by Philip Kerr Immersivities by Adi Rajan Web tools for educators   - a community of practice

Twitter is an online site that you can join, and you can follow specific themes. So if, for example, you type in hashtag #teachEnglish or hashtag #ELT, you can then follow lots of different posts that talk about this theme. And various people who have interests in these themes will share articles. They will share opinions. They will share webinars, conferences, et cetera. And you can follow them. And also you can publish your own ideas using these hashtags. Another really interesting hashtag to follow is #edtech, E-D-T-E-C-H. And again, this will give you ideas about what is happening in technology and education. And you can follow this. And you can contribute.

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Assessment includes the day to day monitoring and evaluation of learning in class. If we need to know how much of the learning objectives have been achieved, we need to go for assessment. Assessment is also important to promote the students, to grade the students, and to give them feedback as well. Assessment Terminology Formative assessment This is the use of assessment to give the learner and the teacher information about how well something has been learnt so that they can decide what to do next. It normally occurs during a course, and informs the teaching that follows. This can also be thought of as  assessment  for  learning Summative assessment This evaluates a learner’s progress up to a certain point and provides a summary of where they are. Tests may be conducted at the end of year or the end of a course, for example. This is also known as  assessment  of  learning Continuous assessment This means assessing aspects of learners’ language throu...

Differentiation Type of differentiation Examples By task Provide a variety of tasks, use a more or less challenging task than the one provided in the coursebook, use a more culturally-appropriate task By text Use graded listening or reading texts, use authentic materials By media Flashcards, video, worksheets, a role play, a craft activity Task examples