The document discusses different types of classroom exercises and their effectiveness for student learning. It lists 6 examples of exercises, ranging from students working individually on a computer exercise to the teacher demonstrating a chemistry experiment. It then ranks the exercises from less effective to more effective for retaining knowledge, with individual, pair, and group work ranked as more effective than teacher-led demonstrations or lectures. The document goes on to discuss challenges and opportunities teachers face in incorporating online learning and technology into their lessons.

1. Turn your learning platform
into an active resource
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3. Types of exercise
1. Students work on their own, using a computer to do a multiple choice exercise, based on a reading activity
2. Students work together to create a poster on ways to help the environment.
3. Students work in pairs on an information gap activity
4. Students listen to the teacher telling them about the battle of Lepanto.
5. Students follow-up a video on earthquakes by talking in groups about steps to take to survive an earthquake
6. The teacher demonstrates the effects of sulphuric acid on iron
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Retaining knowledge

4. Less effective
More effective
Students listen to the teacher telling them about the battle of Lepanto.
Students work on their own, using a computer to do a multiple choice exercise, based on a reading activity
The teacher demonstrates the effects of sulphuric acid on iron
Students follow-up a video on earthquakes by talking in groups about steps to take to survive an earthquake
Students work in pairs on an information gap activity testing simple past verbs
Students work together to create a poster on ways to help the environment.
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6. “All my children have access to a computer at home.”
“My students all have their own smartphone.”
“We have class sets of tablets for use in class.”
“We use a learning platform that comes with the course book.”
“I'd like to incorporate online learning into my CLIL lessons.”
“I want to use online activities but don't know where to start.”
“My students know more about the online world than me.”
“Kids today can't concentrate for more than 10 minutes on a book.”
“My kids' eyes light up whenever we use the Internet in class.”
“Children are often left frustrated by lessons on the computer.”
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Computer Aided Language Learning

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