Managing the Lesson

This booklet helps teachers identify areas for development and provide ways to improve their knowledge and develop the skills they need in and out of the classroom. Teacher educators can use the materials with developing teachers to help assess and address their learning needs.

Teachers can explore lesson management skills, including:

• how to use the classroom space and classroom equipment 
• putting learners into different groups
• giving clear instructions and checking that learners have understood 

The booklet also includes how to manage learner behaviour and how to respond to what’s happening in the classroom by making small changes to the lesson plan. Finally, teachers are encouraged to think about decisions after the lesson and use that experience to improve ideas and techniques for future lessons.

Source British Council Teaching English https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/managing-lesson-self-study-booklet

Download it from:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/J105_04_Managing_the_lesson.pdf

Skills Workshop (English) @skillsworkshop

Owned and maintained by Maggie Harnew, skillsworkshop dates back to the year 2000. The site has been hosted and developed by Fonant Ltd since 2011.

Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources selected by subject area, level and type. From any list of resources, you can click on the resource title or thumbnail image to go to the individual resource page. Here you will find full details for your selected resource, including a description, links to related resources and the downloadable files.

Website:

https://www.skillsworkshop.org/english

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/skillsworkshop

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/skillsworkshop.org

The History of English Podcast

Created by Kevin Stroud, The History of English Podcast: The Spoken History of a Global Language is a collection of approximately hour-long podcasts that explore the development of the English language from its roots. 

An amazing resource for word and language lovers.

Episodes can be listened to online or downloaded.

Webpage:

http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/englishhistpod

Make Me Genius

Free science videos for kids. Tons of engaging videos to support or enrich your science instruction, cool facts, educational PowerPoints, jokes for kids, science test & quiz... 

Videos are arranged into different categories and grades

Website:

http://www.makemegenius.com/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MakeMeGenius

On Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/makemegenius

Estancias formativas en el Reino Unido e Irlanda y de inmersión lingüística

Recientemente se ha publicado la RESOLUCIÓN de 6 de febrero de 2019, de la Secretaría Autonómica de Educación e Investigación, por la que se convoca la realización de estancias formativas de inmersión lingüística y estancias formativas en el Reino Unido e Irlanda para el profesorado de Educación Infantil, Primaria, Secundaria y Formación Profesional de centros públicos y concertados ubicados en el ámbito territorial de la Comunitat Valenciana

Se ofrecerán un total de dos mil plazas para la realización de las estancias, distribuidas por grupos, en función de la etapa educativa y del área en que el profesorado imparta la docencia.

El plazo de presentación de solicitudes empezará a partir del día siguiente de la publicación de esta convocatoria en la pagina web de la Conselleria de Educación, Investigación, Cultura y Deporte y finalizará el 4 de marzo de 2019 a las 23:59 horas.

Instrucciones:

http://www.ceice.gva.es/documents/162880217/167522484/Instrucciones+Convocatoria+Estancias+2019+pdf.pdf/e60589f1-4484-4fb9-b46c-a66137875c67

Texto de la resolución:

http://www.ceice.gva.es/documents/162880217/167522484/RES_ESTANCIAS+EXTRANJERO_2019DEFpdf.pdf/57add27c-93f7-4043-b8d3-14745d39045a

Happy birthday Mr. Dickens!

Charles Dickens was born on February 7th in 1812 in Portsmouth. He left school to work in a factory when he was just a child. Despite his lack of formal education, he began his literary career as a journalist and became the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.

Remembering him on his birthday, we have compiled a list of interesting resources about Dickens and his works:

Charles Dickens Teaching Resources (TES)

https://www.tes.com/articles/charles-dickens-teaching-resources

Charles Dickens Teacher's Resources (BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/teachers_resources.shtml

Charles Dickens (Teaching English. British Council)

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/uk-culture/charles-dickens

Charles Dickens (British Library)

https://www.bl.uk/people/charles-dickens

Charles Dickens (Teaching Ideas)

https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/authors/charles-dickens

Dickens (Victorian Web)

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/index.html

An Introduction to Design Thinking

Design thinking refers to the cognitive, strategic and practical processes by which design concepts (proposals for new products, buildings, machines, etc.) are developed by designers and/or design teams. 

Many of the key concepts and aspects of design thinking have been identified through studies, across different design domains, of design cognition and design activity in both laboratory and natural contexts. Currently there is a growing interest towards Design Thinking as applied in education.

This guide is an introduction to Design Thinking provided by the Institute of Design at Stanford:

https://dschool-old.stanford.edu/sandbox/groups/designresources/wiki/36873/attachments/74b3d/ModeGuideBOOTCAMP2010L.pdf

900 Free Audio Books

If you are interested in literature, you can download more than 900 free audio books in English language to your MP3 player or your computer from this website:

http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks