Presenters Marisa Constantinides & Angelos Bollas Teachers, teacher trainers, writers, keynote speakers

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Lessons from Online Classrooms
Lessons from Online Classrooms
Top Tips for Success in
Online Teaching
Top Tips for Success in
Online Teaching

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Angelos Bollas
CELT Athens CELTA Tutor
Marisa Constantinides
CELT Athens Director
CELTA & Delta Course Tutor

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Your biggest problem?
https://answergarden.ch/1864418

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Who are you?
Digital Pro
Digitally Evolved
Digital
Adopter
Pre-Digital

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Can do statements
• analyse learner needs
• work without a coursebook
• design their own material
• design their own syllabuses
• support learning with other tools
(edtech)
• select methods & approaches to fit
learners
• moderate online learning
• use online platforms well

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Managing:
•Technology
•Room & Learners
•Materials
•Learning

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Managing
the Tech

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How much technology?

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As much as you and your learners can handle …

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Your basic toolkit
Display
Board
Community
Social
Media
Text Creation
& Editing
Online
space
Resources
Repository

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Synchronous
Learning
 Video
Conferencing /
Live Online
Classroom
Live Chat
Asynchronous
Learning
 Email
 Screencasts
 LMS (Learning
Management
System)

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Some free tools – you need to make a choice
Facebook
WeChat
WhatsApp
Telegram

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We asked some learners what they think
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Managing the Learning

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Online Classes

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• Embarrassment
• Fear of mistakes
• Fear of ridicule

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• Loss of face
• Poor self image
• Low self esteem

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• Lack of certainty
• Confusion
• Lack of understanding

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Nominate

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Instructions

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Support you will
be eventually
able to
withdraw
Teach your
learners to be
autonomous

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Scaffolding
Strategies
Models
Diagrams
Visuals &
Realia
Verbal
prompts
Use of
L1/L2
Activating
knowledge

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Tips from our trainees

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Managing your
Learners

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Student/Teacher Talking Time

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Time matters

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Establish prompts – your shortcode to success
Was
your
guess
right?

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Learner Training
• Invest time to train your Ss
• Use Learner training as language lesson input
• Make relevant to age, level & VLE
What do your learners need to know?
Make a list and create lessons

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Managing Materials

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Padlet

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Google Classroom

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Handouts (Design)

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Handouts
(Display)

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Classroom Screen

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Jamboard

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Managing Learning

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PPP
Presentation
Practice
Production
TTT
Test
Teach
Test
TBL
Pre-Task
Task
Feedback
Language Focus

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Practice or Practice

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Using
Answer
Keys

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Last minute tips

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•Give clear instructions
•Include careful checks
•Discuss the purposes of activities
•Reduce uncertainty
•Inform learners of outcomes
•Offer support while Ss are working
•State what your feedback will focus on
•Involve Ss in the Feedback
•Don’t make it just about the tech!

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Thank you all
for coming.
Angelos Bollas
CELT Athens CELTA Tutor
Marisa Constantinides
CELT Athens Director
CELTA & Delta Course Tutor

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