As teaching virtual classes sinks in, I’ve had to rethink all of my face-to-face classes. This has not been an easy task and planning has consumed more time than I had foreseen. I know I am not the only one. One activity I absolutely love is using story cubes for the module I teach about […]
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A medida que las clases virtuales se vuelven más cotidianas, he tenido que repensar todas mis clases presenciales. Esta no ha sido una tarea fácil y la planificación ha consumido más tiempo del que había previsto. Sé que no soy el única a la que le pasa esto. Una actividad que me encanta es usar
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For my first online class, I planned a get to know each other session. This is a face-to-face Speaking for professional purposes class (public speaking) converted into an online one due to COVID-19, so there are very interesting challenges ahead! Let me share with you what I did in an 80-minute session with 23 students.
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Including sketchnotes in my teaching The first time I heard about sketchnoting, I thought it was a great way to enhance notetaking. I was looking for new ways for students to show understanding of concepts and I bumped into this strategy online. However, I was a little hesitant on how my students would respond. I
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Here is the presentation I made at Fliptech Latam 2019 sharing my experience about innovation and how mindset has everything to do with it. The video is in Spanish with English subtitles. Below is the script with the slides. Innovation in education is a mindset matter. Hello. Thank you very much. I am very happy
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In this blog post, I would like to share a video I made with the steps I take when planning a flipped lesson. SCRIPT: Here is the script (with some corrections, of course) I want to share with you the steps that I used to flip my classes.The first thing that I do is that
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A couple of years ago, I published a blog post with my understanding of what an in-class flip was. Since then, I have tried different ways to in-class flip in my teaching setting to figure out all the possibilities that come with this approach. During this discovery process, I teamed up with my dear friend
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Teaching pronunciation communicatively Because pronunciation has been one of my teaching and research focus in the past few years, I know for a fact that it is neglected by many teachers around the world. I decided to flip pronunciation some years ago (without knowing I was flipping) because it just made sense. I mean, how
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Note: this infographic was made using Canva.
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In the three years that I have been involved in the Electronic Village Online sessions, I have always been asked what they are. It surprises me to know that such an enriching and accessible professional development opportunity is not as known as it should be. If you, reader, are asking yourself that question as you
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