I started blogging when I was doing some Moocs online some years ago.
I am still blogging about education and the use of technology in my job.
I am a life-long learner and love doing what I do.
Another interesting conference online thanks to Doctor Nellie Deutsch and a great team of educators working online worldwide. The event was MMVC19 and it is one of the free events that educators can follow in the summer. I feel that it is a great opportunity for learning and sharing ideas about technology, education , safety online and well-being.
The events took place in August when I was doing my training course in Dublin this year. I could only see the events on the final day but I am going to catch up now.
I am going to watch the recordings about these interesting events which were online from 2nd August to 4th August and share some new contents or tips from experts and educators who are now part of MMVC every year.
Here is the presentation by Nellie, one of the greatest educators in the world who loves collaborating and sharing online.
Read to start now! It is still summer time and I am working on my CPD
It is an emergency but we cannot buy things without having plastic containers and bottles.
It is time to think about our behaviour and to work with our students and make them aware of the importance of recycling and changing materials for containers as plastic is destroying our environment.
Try to answer the quizz: you will be surprised when you learn about the correct answers!
I watched tonight's news in English and then I created my " work" about the new Prime Minister, Boris Johson:
I had to choose the headline, the date and the image , and here is my activity shared with you:
The next step for an English activity could be to find information about the politician and to work on an interview to be recorded by the students. The students will work on the text and the dialogue, they will work in English and record the interview.
I think the app can be used to work on writing skills with lower -intermediate level students but also for creative writing tasks. It is a pity that books cannot be downloaded but we can share them.
I will try the app to present some tasks for my first year students in secondary school.
Internet and the web, Twitter and FB. I have been Learning so much online.
Today I learnt about how to record and share an animated GIF thanks to Tony Vincent.
Some weeks ago I finished the Mooc about Bullying which was run by Academy and lasted three weeks.
The Mooc is one of the many I have done thanks to some European platforms which are promoting professional development online.
I have published the main diary online too.
The Mooc has helped me think about the ways young people behave and how to approach this behaviour that can be devastating for the ones who are bullied.
Here you can find my Learning Diary and some important links which I am going to share and will check later.
I have tried to use songs and new online tools which were suggested in the Mooc.
This is the slide which I used to create my online ebook and which will have more links for further learning.
I found this interesting video which I think I will use with my learners of English in order to introduce the topic : sometimes bullying can be very aggressive and teenagers can do wrong to the old and people who are are in need.
Among teenagers I have always found girls and boys who were the ones who started bullying the others. Some victims were students who were weak or had good marks and the bullies envied them.
As a teenager I was bullied as I was one of the best in class. We do need to open our eyes and see what can happen during the lessons and at school. Families need to monitor their children as they are active on social networks and use their smartphones almost every day and at any time of the day.
I would like to thank the teachers working in the Mooc and the educators who shared interesting materials online online and on FB.
