Kinesthetic activities and techniques for class

The importance of movement in class

Some links to find activities:

http://www.kinestheticlearningstrategies.com/

http://learningabledkids.com/multi_sensory_training/page24-kinesthetic2.htm

http://www.fluentu.com/english/educator/blog/esl-games-for-students/

http://www.itbe.org/v_newsletters/article_11881185.htm

http://busyteacher.org/14223-how-to-teach-tactile-kinesthetic-learners-9-ways.html

18 April 2017



MEMRISE (Ma Fernanda)

Memrise is an online learning tool with courses created by your community, mainly used to teach languages, but also for academic and non-academic subjects. It uses increased flash cards with mnemonic rules, partially gathered through mass psychology - and the memory effect spaced to increase the speed and ease of learning.

BRITISH COUNCIL (Laura Polo, Tatiana Mujica)

The British Council is a public cultural institute which mission is to spread knowledge of the English language and its culture through training and other educational activities. In addition, this public body plays a relevant role in improving UK external relations. Its main office is in Manchester and London.

MY ENGLISH PAGE (Nicolas, Yorlexi)

ENGLISH CLUB (Tania, Paula)

20 April 2017

LEARN ENGLISH (Andres Duque, Melanie Gomez)

It's a british network that provides support to ESL learners and teachers since 1999.

It offers english grammar and british vocabulary, it also gives an insight to british culture and traditions.

It's and organisation all the volunteers provide help through thepage due to the love they feel of english and they want to people love english too. 

Drama across the curriculum

"In their quest to introduce more kinaesthetic techniques into their classrooms, many teachers toy with the idea of using "some kind of drama".  Unfortunately, many of them rarely go any further than that because they lack awareness of the various dramatic techniques available.  Listed below is a brief synopsis of a number of such techniques that can be used across the curriculum.  This guide is not intended to be exhaustive - and it certainly will not turn you magically into a "drama teacher".  However, it may give you sufficient confidence to introduce into your teaching a number of new approaches.  If these add interest to lessons, foster pupil engagement and encourage children to think, then they will have served their purpose."

 

Study techniques

How to study better? 

Some pages you can find tips at :

http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/studying-training/studying-tips-resources/top-10-study-tips

https://www.academictips.org/acad/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/study-tips-10-techniques-_n_1893190.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/08/27/study-techniques-that-work-and-surprisingly-dont/

Study Skills

4 April 2017

STUDY SKILLS

Study skills are approaches applied to learning, considered escential for acquiring good grades and useful for learning throughout one's life.

DON'T:

*Don't leave revision to the last minute
*Don't avoid revising subjects you don't like or find difficult
*Don't forget that there is life beyond revision and exams
*Study after 11.0 pm







PREPARE FOR THE BIG DAY!

*Have a good breakfast
*Give yourself plenty of time to get the exam room
*Make sure you know where the exam is being held
*Take everything you need (pens, pencils, water,anything else?)

PACE YOURSELF

*Read the instructions
*Read all the questions and give yourself time to answer those you are required to answer
*Plan how much time you will need for each question
*If you are stuck, go to the next question. You can come back to the unfinished one later. If you are really stuck, try to have an intelligent guess


ABOVE ALL

*Perform as well as you can -"YOU are YOU" so you can only do the best you can on the day
*Don't go through the answers with your friends afterwars, if it is only going to worry you
*Try to put the last exam out of your mind and look ahead to the next one - you can't go go backto change things  





SOME STUDY SKILLS

*Pay attention in class
*Take good notes
*Keep an organised notebook
*Ask question in class
*Plan definite study time and place for each day
*Don't crame for hours the night before a test or exam
*Don't make study sessions too long
*Practice skills learned by doing problems, exercises and essays
*Aim to build a clear understanding by connecting areas of knowledge
*Prioritise your options and study



April 6 2017
 

How Can I Study More Effectively

Taking Notes

All good study techniques Start with good note taking Habits. Knowing how to take good notes will improve your ability to study more effectively

10 Study Habits of Successful Students

•Try not to do too much studying at one time

•Plan specific times for studying

•Try to study at the same times each day

•Set specific goals for your study time

•Start studying when planned

•Work on the assignments or materials that are the most difficult first

•Review notes before beginning an assignment

•Eliminate distractions during study time

•Call another student for assistance when needed

•Review schoolwork over the weekends

There are many methods and techniques

Available to use for studying

You will have to decide which method is best

For you depending on:

-your learning style

-the teaching method used

-the course material to learn

-the type of tests used  

EXPOSITIONS:

Duolingo (Luisa Mujica, Ana machado)

Is a website and social project aimed at free language learning and certification of the level of english 

Vitutor (Alejandro, Nicole) 

It is another site of great educational value because it brings together a large collection of notes and explanations on the subject of mathematics and languages , for students of different levels

THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOMS 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrKwyVU1DM

Some examples of technology in the classroom

study.com/.../examples-of-technology-in-the-classroom.html

 FIND YOUR IDEAL PAGE

In the links down below you will find almost 70 different pages to improve your languages skills


http://www.vix.com/es/btg/curiosidades/8906/5-excelentes-paginas-web-para-aprender-ingles-en-linea-de-forma-gratuita

http://www.nativos.org/webs-para-aprender-ingles/

https://genial.guru/inspiracion-consejos/los-mejores-50-sitios-de-internet-para-aquellos-que-estan-aprendiendo-ingles-53805/

28 March 2017

WEB RESOURCES

The teacher started showing a web page "Agenda web" as a sign of all the technological resources we have available as a learning or improvement oportunity of the foreign languages, in this case, english, in a quickly, easily, independent  way, in the majority of the cases, totally free.

"Agenda web" its a very didactic page, ideal for kinesthetic and auditory learners, in this page we will find a listening section, it has a lot of audios which will facilitates the listening and speaking process.

Why schools should implement technology in the classroom?

1) If used correctly, will help prepare students for their future careers, which will inevitably include the use of wireless technology

2) Integrating technology into the classroom is definitely a great way to reach diversity in learning styles.

3) It gives students tha chance to interact with their classmates more by encouraging colaboration.

4) Technology helps the teachers prepare students for the real world environment. As our nation becomes increasingly more technology-dependent, it becomes even more necessary that to be succesfull citizens, students must learn to be teach-savvy.

5) Integrating technology in education everyday helps students stay engaged. Today´s students love technology so they are sure to be interested in learning if they can use the tools they love.

6) With technology, the classroom is a happier place. Students are excited about being able to use technology and therefore are more apt to learn.

7) When mobile technology is available in classroom, students are ble to access the most up-to-date information quicker and easier than ever before.

8) The traditional passive learning mold is broken. With technology in the classroom the teacher becomes the encourager, adviser and coach.

9) Students become more responsible. Technology helps students take more control over their own learning. They learn how to make their own decisions and actually think for themselves.

10) Students can have access to digital textbooks that are constantly updated and often more vivid, helpful, creative, and a lot cheaper than those old heavy books. 

 30 March 2017

                                                                                  EXPOSITIONS

 1) ESL games ( Natalia, Santiago)

"ESL Games Plus offers interactive online games for learning and teaching English as a Second Language. Our learning games are mostly suitable for teaching ESL Kids and Teenagers. There are activities for teaching and practising English grammar, vocabulary, sentences, listening and pronunciation skills. By playing our fun educational games, students learn English vocabulary, sentence structures, grammar, listening, pronunciation and phonics"

2) Mansion del Ingles (Maria Jose, Juan David)

This page covers all the levels, from beginner to advanced and its probably one of the most popular web sites among the spanish-speakers. Here you will find a lot of available material and some of them, in spanish.

3) Curso ingles (Gilbert, Juan Jose)

English for everyone: from beginners to advanced students; exercises, vocabulary, grammar, etc.

4) OM personal ( Mauricio, Cristian)

"Thanks to all the staff of OM Personal English, thanks because they make possible to people that dont have  resources to pay for an English course to access their free courses online.

I just received my certificate of the course intermediate upper intermediate and just begin the Advanced. I've made much progress through their free courses".  JUAN RAMON LANTIGUA, REP.DOMINICANA

SUPPORT:

http://www.vix.com/es/btg/curiosidades/8906/5-excelentes-paginas-web-para-aprender-ingles-en-linea-de-forma-gratuita

http://www.nativos.org/webs-para-aprender-ingles/

https://genial.guru/inspiracion-consejos/los-mejores-50-sitios-de-internet-para-aquellos-que-estan-aprendiendo-ingles-53805/