Comics are an effective tool for engaging students. Comics also have the ability to meet the needs of students in a variety of learning styles.
The Guardian Teacher Network offers some comic-themed resources, activities and ideas for lessons.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/aug/26/teaching-with-comic-books?CMP=twt_gu
jueves, 30 de agosto de 2012
martes, 28 de agosto de 2012
Busy Teacher
BusyTeacher.org is a place where teachers share their printable worksheets (more than 7,000), lesson plans and lesson activities with colleagues for free.
The resources can be very helpful in preparing your lessons and inspiring new excercises or ideas.
martes, 21 de agosto de 2012
Planning the first day of school
Larry Ferlazzo, an English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, shares some free online resources for planning the first day of school. You can find them on his blog.
Game-Based Learning
Top 20 best blogs that cover gamification/game-based learning. According to Wikipedia, Game-Based Learning (GBL) is a branch of serious games that deals with applications that have defined learning outcomes. Generally they are designed in order to balance the subject matter with the gameplay and the ability of the player to retain and apply said subject matter to the real world.
sábado, 18 de agosto de 2012
Beques d'assistència lingüística en anglés
En el DOCV del 16 d'agost s'ha publicat l'ORDE 54/2012, de 9 d'agost, de la Conselleria d'Educació, Formació i Ocupació, per la qual es convoquen 329 beques per a la realització de pràctiques professionals en matèria d'assistència lingüística en anglés en centres docents dependents de la Generalitat durant l'exercici 2012-2013.
viernes, 3 de agosto de 2012
London 2012
Celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics with infographics to learn all about the historic games.
http://visual.ly/olympic-infographics
http://visual.ly/olympic-infographics