Use technology to boost your learners’ skills

Use technology
to boost
your learners’ skills
http://linoit.com/users/dprimalis/canvases/elt
A 4 hour practical workshop
with Dimitris Primalis and Chryssanthe Sotiriou
Athens 6th June, 2015
Use technology to boost your learners’ skills Chryssanthe
Sotiriou, Dimitris Primalis

Use technology to boost your learners’
skills Chryssanthe Sotiriou, Dimitris Primalis
Do your students use mobile phones, tablets, laptops?

Overview
New teaching realities
Collaborative writing
Webquests
Feedback (office mix)
Information gap activities
Flipped classroom
Language Production
Putting theory into practice
Use technology to boost your learners’ skills Chryssanthe
Sotiriou, Dimitris Primalis

21ST century learner

http://www.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework

Are all these
related to my
teaching reality?
Exams:
Pairwork
Groupwork
Argumentative writing (essay)
Reports/Proposals/Emails

Ways of thinking
CRITICAL THINKING
PROBLEM SOLVING
DECISION MAKING

Recognize assumptions
separate fact from opinion
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/skills-practice-distinguishing-between-fact-and-opinion/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Evaluate arguments
Analyze info accurately and
objectively
Draw conclusions

Use technology to boost your learners’ skills
Chryssanthe Sotiriou, Dimitris Primalis
Where have you seen argumentative
writing in your daily practice?

Collaborative writing
United we build language blocks
to reach new heights!!! Use technology to boost your learners’ skills
Chryssanthe Sotiriou & Dimitris Primalis
6th June 2015 The Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens

feeding??? NO THANK YOU!!!
Empower your learners with e-feedback
Use technology to boost your learners’ skills
Chryssanthe Sotiriou & Dimitris Primalis
6th June 2015 The Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens

In my opinion is junk food restaurants must close
for many reasons. Firstly, it isn't healthy for us
because it is rich in sugar. Secondly, it can harm
our health, because it contains bad ingredients.
Finally, it is low in vitamins.

Benefits of giving feedback in electronic form
Personalized
Discreet
Students can revisit it
No time pressure

Your mom and dad are celebrating their wedding anniversary and
would like to spend a weekend abroad.
Organize a weekend for them and present two holiday destinations
they may go to. Below there are some points to consider:
• Their budget is about 600 Euros
• They would like a place with many sights to visit
• They can depart on Friday after work and they have to be back by Sunday evening.
• You will need to calculate tickets, accommodation, food and any other expenses they may
have
• Suggest what they can do there e.g. visit museums, do sports, taste local food etc
Prepare a powerpoint presentation and share with the class before presenting it to your
parents.

Define the problem clearly
Design strategy
Gather analyze info
Develop possible solutions

List solutions
Weigh up risk/difficulties
involved
Make the final decision

Understanding space travel
the Quest…
Background information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUJG
R6qNVzA
brainstorming writing a paragraph post it in edmodo
discussion /possibility of poll

Class divided in teams each including
1. Researchers
2. Inhabitants
3. Designers

 building materials ?
 jobs ?
 skills ?
 recreational facilities ?
 power, food, water, oxygen—the necessities?
 conditions and services ?
http://todaysmeet.com/

www.edmodo.com

COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION
Ways of working

Flipped classroom

Before …
• Ss have limited
information
• Ss try to follow
along
• Ss attempt
homework-
sometimes
feedback is
delayed

After …
• Ss have specific
questions in mind
• Ss practice
performing the skills
they are expected
to learn
• Ss apply their
knowledge skills

Flipped classroom
school work at home
and
home work at school

Flipped Learning
Group learning space
individual learning space
Dynamic interactive learning
environment

http://ed.ted.com/lessons?student_level=1

Around school:
Themed photos
• Coursebook theme
• 2-3 photos
• 10 min time limit
• Share & justify choice
http://goo.gl/gt1XPw
Flipping with mobile

http://schoolonthecloud.eu

Wolk
CLOUD
ΣύννεφοBulut
NuvemNor OBLAK
CHMURA
Nube
Wolke Nuage
Debesis
облак
Doukas School (Greece, Coordinator)
Innovative Learning Network Ltd. (UK)
EUROGEO European Association of Geographers (Belgium)
GO! Education of the Flemish Community (Belgium)
Ghent University (Belgium)
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained
twitter.com/school_cloud
facebook.com/schoolonthecloud
schoolonthecloud.eu
linkedin.com/groups/schooloncloud-7426807
SCHOOL ON THE CLOUD
Connecting Education to the Cloud
for Digital Citizenship
Chryssanthe Sotiriou
Dimitris Primalis
Doukas School
19 November 2014

57 Partners Consortium
o School Education
o University Education
o Vocational Education
o Adult Education
Our vision
‘School on the Cloud’ Network
http://bit.ly/SoCMembers

School on the Cloud 1st Summit 2014
http://bit.ly/SoC1stConference
http://bit.ly/SoFSlideshare

What?
http://bit.ly/SoCroadmapUse technology to boost your learners’

• think
• share
• learn
• collaborate
Connecting

https://education.skype.com/

• education policy
• curriculum choices
• improve education via
Cloud technologies
SoC + Global education

Producing language
Use technology to boost your learners’ skills Chryssanthe Sotiriou, Dimitris Primalis

Voice
recording
Video
BlogCartoon
Brochures

Producing and creating
• Puppet pals
• http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/comic-strip-maker
• Comic life
Making movies
Windows movie maker
http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/ (animation)
http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-563404
Producing word clouds
 http://www.wordle.net/
 http://www.tagxedo.com/
 Leaflets
 www.smore.com

Finally found a great
new app that will make
my lesson super!!!

IT’S RAINING APPS

29/11/2014 Dimitris Primalis - Nancy Tasiopoulou Integrating Technology into the EFL syllabus

TAKE IT STEP BY STEP
Aims Techniques
Part of the
lesson
Tool

• Storm in …
my
room???!!!
• Ooops!!! We
thought we
thaw a
puthycat!!!
• What are they
doing there?

Dear Blog
I’m utterly shocked!!! Still fuming with
anger
My master has always been strict with
me and since I was a kitten, I was never
allowed to climb on the furniture or the
TV set. I was always sent on the balcony
whenever I wanted to go to the loo and I
was constantly told off if I scratched the
carpet or hi-fi stereo with my paws. And
I swear I did my very best to follow the
rules.
But yesterday, my master opened the
cage door and the two budgies came
out, flying all over the living room. They
scratched the furniture, flew on the TV
set and the CD player. As if this was not
enough, there were droppings all over
the carpet and picture frames while the
master’s newspaper was chewed to
pieces by their beaks.
If I had done that, my master would have
kicked me out. Instead of doing the same with
the two birds, he burst into laughter and
started taking photos.
I feel like eating them tonight!!! What should I
do? I wish somebody could tell me what to
do….
Best
Desperate pussycat
Idea adapted from Advanced Communication Games by Jill Hadfield - NELSON

Thank you for being such a wonderful audience!!!
Chryssanthe Sotiriou
Dimitris Primalis
differentefl.blogspot.gr
sassy_gr@hotmail.com
@chryssanthe
dprimalis@gmail.com
@dprimalis

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