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FINAL PROJECT LESSON PLAN Title: Our Own London Itinerary Chat Room Level: Upper Intermediate Students Time Frame: 2 classes (2 days) Objectives/Overview of Lesson Plan: By the end of this lesson, each student will be able to do independent research on a city they would most like to visit and to write a short essay on what they would do in the city. Learning Outcomes: This kind of activity is especially good for students who intend to live in a new city while studying, as it encourages learn… Continue

A site I enjoy visiting is www.bbc.co.uk. I'm quite sure many of you are familiar with it, but if you're not it's worth taking a look at it. There are radio programmes that can be dowloaded which are about the changes we are all facing in the classrooms and in the way we teach, I mean if we want to be a "Professor Antenado", these programmes were produced a few years ago, but they are still quite interesting. There's also this link called "Learning English" that has this section called General a… Continue

Here's an article just released by Veja (a Brazilian magazine) about the connected educator in the XXI classroom. We all know that you've been overwhelmed by the new challenges as educators, but the new needs of our digital era have a direct reflex on how we teach and learn, and we need to be aware of that start to think how we can make the digital shift that can make a difference to our learn… Continue

How do you see this tool being used by students? I just thought it was really cool! It's a text-to-speech software. You write the text and it transforms it into voice. You can even decide if you want male, female voice and the accent. How do you envision your learners using it? … Continue

Dear all, I've been trying to keep my hands dirty and feet wet. I must look as messy as anything. Well, I'm slowly introducing my students to our wiki and I created a screencast to help them go about their business (Woohoo! Thanks, Carla!). I can't seem to be able to get the html code to work, though. I enter the code, hit preview and... nothing happens. Soo troubling. However, I got to post a scrapblog last night. Suggestions are more than welcome! Have a wonderful week and thanks for your hel… Continue

This is just a wonderful reading for all innovative educators who are in this space. I'd love to hear what you think of it. The article is very down-to-earth in the sense of giving 6 practical recommendations to incorporate technology in the classroom. Which one do you think is the most valuable for you in your teaching practice? … Continue