With summer being around the corner and summer schools being a huge business in the ELT industry, I decided to share some ideas which may be useful to both experienced and new summer school teachers. The following was used in a webinar I presented earlier this month as part of Moodle MOOC 6.

1. Essential Online Tools
and Activities for
Summer School
Teachers
By Angelos Bollas
Moodle MOOC 6

2. This is what you miss…

3. ….but this is what you get!

4. ‘Regular’ vs. Summer Schools
‘Regular’ School Summer School
Duration
Learners
Materials
Facilities
Preparation
Learners’ Aims
Learning Aims

5. ‘Regular’ vs. Summer Schools
‘Regular’ School Summer School
Duration Academic Year 2/3 weeks
Learners Not many nationalities,
similar levels and ages
Mixed
Nationalities/Levels,
similar ages
Materials Coursebooks, Readers School-prepared
materials, if any
Facilities Not standard but T is
familiar
Not standard but T is not
familiar
Preparation Enough time for
preparation
No time for preparation
Learners’ Aims Certificates, Exams,
Communication,
Language Acquisition
Holidays! Swimming!
Shopping! Meeting new
people!
Learning Aims Improve all skills and
systems
Focus on speaking and
social language.

6. What to do first?
Image taken from
http://www.bodminphotography.co.uk/Photography/Teachers_Toolkit.html

7. Toolkit Essential #1
Establish Good Rapport
 Learn their names and make all of
them know each other’s name

8. Toolkit Essential #1 (2)
• Adjective – Name
• Find Someone Who
• Stereotypes
• 4 Important Numbers
• Share a picture
• 3-2-1 Introductions

9. Toolkit Essential #1 (3)
• Change the seating plan every 30 min
• Include lots of pair/group work
• Group/pair SS using a variety of methods

10. Communicate Outside the
class
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11. Communicate Outside the
class

12. Toolkit Essential #2
Do NOT assign Homework
 or, at least, don’t say the H word.

13. Toolkit Essential #2 (2)
• Long-Term Projects
• Short-Term Projects

14. Long-Term Projects
• Personal
• Group Work
• Staged
• Flexible

15. Long-Term Projects – Tech
Tools
Image taken from: http://ilearn.clarkschools.net/web/jcason/?p=758

16. Long-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

17. Long-Term Projects – Tech
Tools
Image taken from: http://www.matthewtonkin.com/evernote/

18. Long-Term Projects – Tech
Tools
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19. Long-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

20. Long-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

21. Long-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

22. Short-Term Projects
• Linked/Relevant to other activities
• Group Work
• Oral/Audiovisual
• Fun
• Competitive

23. Short-Term Projects (2)
• Photo Scavenger Hunts
• Phone/Tablet camera
• Selfies
• Recycle Vocabulary
• Focus on Culture
• Journalist Missions
• Events
• Day trips
• Pronunciation Map
• ‘Backstage’ Reports
• How-to…

24. Short-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

25. Short-Term Projects – Tech
Tools
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26. Short-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

27. Short-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

28. Short-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

29. Short-Term Projects – Tech
Tools

30. Things to Consider with Use
of Technology
• Parents
• School
• Students’ Involvement
• Public/Exposure
• Safety
• Rules
• Supporting Environment

31. What to do next?
• Connect! Ask! Learn!

32. What to do next?
• Connect! Ask! Learn!

33. What to do next?
• Connect! Ask! Learn!
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34. •Enjoy your SUMMER! 