Informed Teachers

The title explains everything, apart from using technology in my daily classroom practice, I also believe it's important to share knowledge. I very intensely do so in social media: Twitter    @Rach_Ribeiro Linkedin  https://www.linkedin.com/in/raquel-ribeiro-4b027151/ And also here on Informed Teachers blog! Here in this post we take a look at two posts I wrote for Brazilian magazine  Nova Escola  giving more information on how Google Educator Groups work: https://novaescola.org.br/conteudo/4797/blog-tecnologia-professores-trocam-experiencias-sobre-tecnologia and to  IATEFL   LTSIG  ( Learning Technologies Special Interest Group ) describing my presentation on IATEFL Glasgow. It was about the integration of Virtual Reality with EFL syllabus. http://ltsig.iatefl.org/iatefl-presentation-virtual-reality-in-the-efl-class/ In Glasgow I took part in a great event organized by  ELTJam  &  Cambridge English Language As...

Hi guys!  It's been a while! Here's what I have been doing in the past few months: Researching the use of affordable VR (Virtual Reality) and the integration with class purposes for the different age ranges. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/raquel-gonzaga/supplementary-resource-virtual-reality-efl-class In August I took part of IV Congresso Brasileiro de Recursos Digitais na Educação (IVCBRDE) IV Brazilian Congress of Digital Resources in Education at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in São Paulo, Brazil. There I presented my classroom practice of promoting students' collaboration via mobile to develop their discourse and enhance the brainstorming phase of the classes on the first day. And a hands on workshop on the last day. The theme was: 'Mobile phones and productive classroom collaboration'  Research that also granted me a scholarship to present at IATEFL LTSIG ( Learning Technologies Special Interest Group ) for the 2016 confe...

Brazil Summit Featuring Google for Education was held at St. Nicholas School on May 16 & 17, 2015. . This two-day high-intensity event focused on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education (and other Google tools) to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. The sessions catered for the different levels of expertise with educational technology, ranging from basic and intermediate to advanced and leadership. More detailed information on the event site  http://br.gafesummit.com/ Global Calendar of 2015 Summits  http://www.gafesummit.com/ EdTech Summits throughout 2015   http://www.gafesummit.com/ I presented three sessions: *Collaborative work with the app Google Docs                                          *Google Docs in mobile environment: possibilities                ...