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Welcome To Your New Classroom: Tips For Teaching In The Virtual Classroom. Teaching virtual classes can be hard, and it is not the same as what we experience in our normal classrooms. We would all love to be back in the regular classroom environment with our students, but that may not happen this year.  So these are some virtual classroom learning tips, tricks, and ideas that I have learned over the last 8 years as an online teacher to make it easier for you and your students.  These tips will help you with any video conference platform you use.   Virtual classrom Management Tips  – Classroom management is the essence of a successful class and can be very challenging when you are not in the classroom so here are some strategies to help. Set a password and security settings  (and tell families NOT to share it with others or post it on social media) Remind families and tell them what their child needs to bring with them  (ex: notebook and m...

Teaching English Online: Using Photographs to inject color and creativity into activities. Teaching online these days has become the reality for many teachers all around the world. Going from the physical to the virtual classroom, for everyone, has been a challenge in varying degrees, with educators having to rethink their approach to interactivity and their methodology. In this article, we will look at 10 fun activities to use with your students using pictures.  Whilst all of these activities were originally designed to be used in the physical classroom, each of them works great in virtual classes using screen sharing and breakout room functions in video conferencing platforms such as Zoom! Each of these activities is great for students of all ages, they can be adapted to any level and designed with a particular language focus so no matter whether you’re teaching the verb to be in Basic English class or the use of cleft sentences at C1 level proficiency classes, you can u...

Tips For How To Prepare For Teaching  Teens and Adult Students Online In 2020, due to the COVID-19 Virus, the United Nations estimated that 90% of the world's children, 1.3 Billion students, had to adapt to studying online due to quarantines and "Stay at home" directives from governments. Whilst a lot of energy has been put into adapting to the teaching of school-aged children, especially those in kindergarten and primary school, there was also another group, those teens and adults who are studying in institutes, university and secondary schools who were also put into the position of having to study online in order to continue their studies. Online education is by no means new, colleges, universities, and institutes all around the world have been offering courses for years, and for this reason, the concept has been on the rise, and today, more and more people every year are using the internet to take either college, university or institute classes. Teaching onl...

The 10 Best Classroom Games for Teaching English. Academic studies naturally coincide with rote teaching styles and textbook work. However, it is important to make learning exciting for students with interactive activities. Incorporating fun classroom games into your lesson plan offers a simple way to motivate your students, and encourage them to draw on their creativity and imagination. These top 10 classroom games provide fun ways to engage your students in academic learning, without them even realizing! 1. Charades This simple but classic game is a great way to encourage your student to get out of their seats and participate in the lesson. Resources: a list of people, actions, or concepts related to the subject you are teaching. Game:  Select a student to stand at the front of the room and act out a word from your list (no speaking allowed). The rest of the class must then guess what the student is attempting to portray. Other students can shout out the...

ONLINE GAME TIME  25 Online Games  for Teaching English Today, with a multitude of teachers and their students moving to online classes, interactivity and creativity take on a new whole emphasis. For online classes to be successful, they must be interactive and student-focused in a way that is totally foreign to that which was experienced in the physical classroom. No matter the demographics of the students, they can build up their skills, no matter their age or proficiency, through game-based learning. The Internet, in its infinite providence, does not disappoint when it comes to hosting effective resources for teaching and reviewing the core components of the English language.  In this article, I have outlined a few particularly useful games, or more accurately in most cases, suites of games that are guaranteed to add fun, creativity, and interactivity into any English class. Good luck and good game-time to you and your students. GameZone : Dozens...