The purpose of this post is to share the generalities of a research project I participated in during 2019 while a more formal research paper is published. Please feel free to comment or inquire about the details, since, as you will read ahead, there was a lot of work put into this project and a […]
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Para leer la versión en español, haz clic aquí! One thing I always include in my classes is peer feedback. This is usually done with the task rubric of the activity being carried out and students are placed in small groups. This allows them to become familiar with the criteria and subsequently better understand the
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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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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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The other day I was doing some shopping with my husband when I saw a bright and colorful pack of mini play-doh containers. My eyes lit up. I thought, “for sure I can think of some way to include this in my classes.” Of course, my husband’s first reaction was an are-you-really-going-to-buy-all-that-play-doh-for-your-classes type of reaction,
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USING VOICE DICTATION WITH STORY CUBES In one of my speaking classes this week, I was teaching about storytelling, so I designed a warm-up I would like to share. First of all, I started the lesson by dividing the class in two groups of 6 students, and I handed each group a bag of story
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