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...

I n this video, I share my  successful experience of having students (adult and teenagers) enhance their lexical and communicative skills by collaborating in real time using the app Google Docs in their mobile phones.  I show the evolution of their first drafts and attempts to their current usage and how that has impacted their written and oral production. Just to contextualize my practice, I am a teacher of English as a foreign language (EFL) in São Paulo, Brazil. Over the course of twenty years of classroom practice, I have given classes to all CEFR levels from A1 to C2, children, teenagers and adult learners. I have been an EdTech blogger since 2011 and have very intensely researched apps to enhance both self study and classroom experience of students and teachers. I am an enthusiast of using tech resources in my classroom practice, as long as they have a clear learning purpose. Here's the video with my participation in the 30 Goals On Line Conference...

                                                           Are you a teacher ?  Have you noticed so much going on about technology to be integrated to classes, used in the classroom and feel like trying but are not sure where to start? Google Basics for Teaching is here to help you out. Learn about new tools to add variety and enhance your students' learning experience and your efficiency. Or find out another possibility for a tool you already know. Creativity and technology walk hand in hand for an incredible experience for both teachers and students!   Click here to Register for the course So, if you need to start from scratch, this is for you. It's your chance to learn and feel confident in using tech tools.  What if you have some knowledge already? There's always something new to learn as creativity can sp...