Day 7

Russell started the lesson reminding us that



-Edmodo, Moodle and many many platforms are repository tools to organize the students' learning materials especially at home.


-We can link whatever tool we want (YouTube, Google Slides/Docs/Form, SnagIt, Blogger....) to these VLE to make them more powerful.


-Blended Learning is using the platform and linking it to other technologies. For example: create a slide on Google Slides about your favourite book and share it on Edmodo.

-The platform is the very centre of Blended Learning but of course, it always has to be connected to Face to Face teaching.

-Screen Capture is very useful even for high level students to give them a model essay ("you should start your essay..., then make sure you cover the following points....").

-Screen Capture is a useful tool for students too: they can record their performance and self-evaluate it!


Now, the big question is: are we ready for another technology? Hopefully we are...

Google Forms

First of all,  Russell Stannard will make it very clear and appealing to you with one of his video from www.teachertrainingvideos.com/.

Google Forms is used to carry out surveys and collect data.

-What can teachers use it for?
To create questionnaires ( short answers, multiple choice, true/false...)


-What for?
At the beginning of the school year to find out about students' expectations;
mid-term questionnaire to monitor their learning;
end of the term questionnaire to get their feedback.
at the end of a project to get feedback from students, parents....

-How does it work?
The teacher can create the questionnaire, share the link with the students who will complete it , send it back and the teacher will have the results in the form of a graph.


Teaching Tips
Another interesting speaking activity might be the presentation of the graphs by the students.
Teachers can create self-evaluation questionnaires (can you do this? can you do that? If not, we had better revise this point...)






Now, my survey about holiday preferences: please have a look but remember, it's only my first try...


And here is my second production, a questionnaire I am going to use with my 1st class students at the beginning of the school year.
I created it to have a clear picture of the class in terms of motivation, previous studying experience...