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Online Educational Comic Strip Generator; MakeBeliefComix
Do you like comic strips? I love’em! I discovered Make Belief Comics which is a web tool which enables users to create entertaining comic strips. It’s free and it is...
Teachers learning from teachers: The Butterfly Effect
Dear All, I would like to share an activity which I have learned from Petek Şirin who posted on ScOLa CPD Blog recently. After having read her post “The...
Motivation Blog Challenge: Our PRECİOUSSSSS
Our students face many challenges when it comes to academic writing and this may lead to a certain level of motivational issues in class. Although some might find ways...
Motivation Blog Challenge: The Ugly Truth
Teaching for diverse abilities is a huge challenge and, very often, we find ourselves retrofitting certain components of a course to cater for the needs of these different profiles....
Motivation Blog Challenge: Students are bored all the time?
Our students get bored easily, and this is one of the comments I keep hearing from my colleagues. I could offer some suggestions to overcome this conception. As our...
Motivation Blog Challenge: Messy Friday!
I think that the intrinsic motivation is extremely important, especially for 16 Week Advanced groups. I mediate several engaging activities, in which the students are fully responsible for selecting...
Challenges & Learning Together: MOTIVATION
Dear All, Heartfelt thanks to all our contributors. We received some daily teaching challenges that we meet in class in response to our “Challenges and Learning Together” blog post,...
A Letter to ScOLa Teachers from a Kahooter
Do you have difficulty convincing yourself that technology can really help learning not only as teacher but also as a learner? You think it will not have a positive long-term...
Challenges Faced & Solutions Offered: December 2014
In ScOLa CPD Blog we are aiming to identify challenges that we go through and collaboratively find solutions to these sharing our ideas. Therefore every month we are planning...
Icebreakers: What’s Your Favorite?
Do you feel stressed at your first lesson at the beginning of the academic year? Do you worry about how to introduce yourself and to create a friendly environment? Most...