Google Hangout Session on " Task-based Instruction"

             

Google Hangout Session on Integrating Blogs in EFLT

Google Hangout Session on "Introduction into Access Teacher Training: Blended Learning, Using Newspapers in Class, and Project-based Instruction" , March 15, 2015

Introduction into access teacher training: Blended Learning, Using Newspapers, Project-basedd Instruction from Olga Morozan

Access Teacher Training Close-Up

Access Teacher Training Online Instruction

Access Teacher Training Start-Up

Optional Assignment: Interactive Ways to Use Films in the Classroom

Dear Access instructors,

 To find out more things regarding interactive ways to use films in the classrooms, please consult our Training Resources blog page  and consult the following book reference:

• Ceban, C. Teaching Leadership through Video. Retrieved from: https://www.scribd.com/doc/125101030/Modern-Trends-and-Resources-Journal
• Stempleski, S, Tomalin, B. (2003). Film. Oxford University Press. 
• National Geographic Film series
• Using movies in EFML Classrooms

Online resources: 

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/the-best-popular-moviestv-shows-for-eslefl/

http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Heffernan-MovieTrailers.html

http://film-english.com/tag/efl-film-lesson/

http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/February2002/art882002.htm

http://teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/article/viewFile/701/532

Optional Assignment: Game-based Instruction: An innovative EFLT approach

Dear Access instructors, 

To find out more details about integrating games into EFL classes, please visit Training Resources blog page, in order to consult the following book reference: 

• Rinvolucri, M.(2007) Grammar Games: Cognitive, affective and drama activities for EfL students. Cambridge. 
• Gunn, V., Lanterfish, E. English Vocabulary Games. MacGrow Hill Education.
• Granger, C., Play Game with Engish: Games, puzzles, and quizzes for practicing your English.
•  Wallwork, A., Southern, A. Mind twisters, puzzles, and games. 

Video resources: 

Make Power Point Game for EFL Classes

TEFL Online Tutorial: Teaching English With Games
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire! Game 
PowerPoint Tutorial: How to make a maze game 

Online resources:

• http://www.newmedia.org/game-based-learning--what-it-is-why-it-works-and-where-its-going.html
• http://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-games-learning-american-english
• http://www.funenglishgames.com/
• http://resources.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
• http://www.edutopia.org/blog/guide-to-game-based-learning-vicki-davis

Svetlana Lungu's Mentoring Forum

Diana Retcu's Mentoring Forum

Doina Morari's Mentoring Forum

Corina Ceban's Mentoring Forum

Dear Vera and Mihai, 

This blog is meant to discover new teaching English wisdom. 

I really hope you will enjoy all the activities and will have great time “blogging” with all the members of the team. 

Good luck!

Corina 

Prof. Sheryl Feinstein's Mentoring Forum

Dear Svetlana and Gheorghe,

Welcome to Access Path to Success!

 I'm so glad I was chosen to be your mentor and I'm eager to work with you and offer any constructive thoughts. I'm sure we are going to enjoy this  project, it's a chance for us to learn and  ultimately it helps our students.

Please feel free to write any questions or thoughts in this forum  as we move forward. 

                    Take care, 

                   Sheryl

Discussion Forum Tutorial

Dear Access instructors, 

To get actively involved in the Discussion Forum, each of you will be responsible: 

a. once in 7 weeks on Wednesday to start a Conversation thread (discussion) on the instructive topic presented in the same week. 
You will have the role to coordinate and monitor the entire discussion, replying to comments the other participants will post as a response to your prompt/question. Your question should generate an interesting discussion among your colleagues, who will share their teaching experience with you. The  prompt should include  a general statement based on Assignment topic and a question you would like your colleagues to express their opinion.

Discussion Prompt sample: 

"Planning a lesson  involves the teacher’s skill in the selection of the material, the techniques or method or approaches to be employed, the activities to be taken up, and in getting the pupils involved in the successful completion of the lesson assignments. It is a complete preview of the difficulties likely to occur in the course of the lesson, of introducing new teaching approaches and strategies while using various updated technologies. What difficulties do you meet in planning a lesson/activity for Access classes, and what you usually do to overcome each of them? "

b. once in 7 weeks by Sunday to end up a Conversation thread, making general conclusion of the colleagues' shared opinions as answers to the moderator's prompt. 


c. each week by Saturday to reply to 3 comments of your colleagues posted as answers to the Moderator's prompt, in the form of  feedback.  

Discussion Forum for Assignment 1: Introduction into" Innovation in the English Language Teaching" Training

Dear Access instructors, 

To get actively involved: 

a. the Discussion Moderator will have to start a Conversation thread (discussion) on Blended Learning topic by Wednesday.  

b. the Conversation wrapper will end up  the Conversation thread by Sunday, by making general conclusion of the colleagues' shared opinions as answers to the Moderator's prompt. 

c. each  participant will offer feedback to 3 comments of  their 3 different colleagues ( 1 comment for 1 colleague) by Saturday.   

Enjoy Sharing Ideas!!!

Discussion Promp: 

"Write a short welcoming message to 2 team members living geographically closed to you. The message should include the following: 

• a welcoming greeting, and your brief presentation  (maximum 2 phrases), 
• 1 advantage of using Blended Instruction in your Access classes ( maximum 2 phrases)".

Conversation Wrapper: 

Mihai Soltan, 

Access teacher assistant , Ribnita

Discussion Forum for Assignment 5: Task-based Instruction

Dear Access instructors, 

To get actively involved: 

a. the Discussion Moderator will start  a Conversation thread (discussion) on Task-based Instruction by Wednesday.

b. the Conversation wrapper will end up  the Conversation thread by Sunday, by making general conclusion of the colleagues' shared opinions as answers to the Moderator's prompt. 

c. each  participant will offer feedback to 3 comments of  their 3 different colleagues ( 1 comment for 1 colleague) by Saturday.   

Enjoy Chatting!!!

Conversation Moderator:

Svetlana Coiceva, Access teacher, Access-Causeni

Conversation Wrapper: 

Gheorghe Taran, Access teacher assistant, Access-Causeni

Discussion Forum for Assignment 4: Integrating Blogs into EFLT

Dear Access instructors, 

To get actively involved: 

a. the Discussion Moderator will start  a Conversation thread (discussion) related to Integration of Blogs into EFLT by Wednesday.

b. the Conversation wrapper will end up  the Conversation thread by Sunday, by making general conclusion of the colleagues' shared opinions as answers to the Moderator's prompt. 

c. each  participant will offer feedback to 3 comments of  their 3 different colleagues ( 1 comment for 1 colleague) by Saturday.   

Enjoy Chatting !!!

Conversation Moderator

Natalia Constantinov, Access teacher, Access-Grigoriopol 

Conversation Wrapper: 

Olga Taran, Access teacher assistant, Access- Grigoriopol

Discussion Forum for Assignment 3: Project-based Instruction in English Environment

Dear Access instructors, 

To get actively involved: 

a. the Discussion Moderator will start a Conversation thread (discussion)  related to Project-based Instruction by Wednesday.

b. the Conversation wrapper will end up  the Conversation thread by Sunday, by making general conclusion of the colleagues' shared opinions as answers to the Moderator's prompt. 

c. each  participant will offer feedback to 3 comments of  their 3 different colleagues ( 1 comment for 1 colleague) by Saturday.   

Enjoy Chatting !!!

Conversation Moderator:

Daria Prozorovschi, 

Access teacher, Access-Hincesti

Conversation Wrapper: 

Vera Caprarenco,

 Access teacher, Access-Ribnita

Discussion Forum for Assignment 2: Authentic Teaching: Using newspapers in classes

Dear Access instructors, 

To get actively involved: 

a. the Discussion Moderator will start a Conversation thread (discussion) on how to use newspapers in teaching by Wednesday. 

b. the Conversation wrapper will end up  the Conversation thread by Sunday, by making general conclusion of the colleagues' shared opinions as answers to the Moderator's prompt. 

c. each  participant will offer feedback to 3 comments of  their 3 different colleagues ( 1 comment for 1 colleague) by Saturday.   

Enjoy Chatting !!!

Conversation Moderator:

 Daria Prozorovschi, Access teacher, Access-Hincesti

Conversation Wrapper: 

Margarita Bicec, Access teacher assistant, Access-Hincesti

Discussion Forum for Assignment 6: Formative Assessment in EFL Blended Instruction

Dear Access instructors, 

To get actively involved: 

a. the Discussion Moderator will start  a Conversation thread (discussion) related to Formative Assessment in EFL Blended Instruction by Wednesday.

b. the Conversation wrapper will end up  the Conversation thread by Sunday, by making general conclusion of the colleagues' shared opinions as answers to the Moderator's prompt. 

c. each  participant will offer feedback to 3 comments of  their 3 different colleagues ( 1 comment for 1 colleague) by Saturday.   

Enjoy Chatting !!!

Conversation Moderator:

Emma Matriniuc, Access teacher, Access-Edinetl

Conversation Wrapper: 

Arina Tcaciuc, Access teacher assistant, Access-Edinet

"My Window, My World!"

Dear Access instructors, 

 This is the space for  "My Window, My World!" Photo Gallery with their descriptions. 

  "My Window, My World!" Photo Gallery


1.    Title: "Waiting for the Spring...", author: Olga Morozan

"Through my Window to my World... to my Mind and Heart... Dreaming  of Spring... The symbol life, when the air is filled with the new scents of appearing life, bringing new physical and spiritual sensations, hopes, and aspirations. Waiting for the GREEN... " 





2. Title: "  " , author: Margarita Bicec, Access teacher assistant, Hincesti 

"This is what I see from my grandma's window, in the Buteni village. The view is breathtaking at every moment of the day. In winter, I can see something like a white fairytale taken straight from a magical book. In summer, everything is green and happy, including many birds that can't get enough of singing. For now, I see a village in the transition to spring, the season that will make blossom not only this view, but my heart, too."

3. Title:  “Some people walk in the rain…”, author: Prozorovschi Daria

"Roger Miller said “Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” I prefer to stay in a warm place, with a cup of tea, reading a book or listening to some good music and patiently waiting for the sun to appear and bring out the spring buds, flowers and joy ".

3. Title: "Spring's revival...", author : Olga Taran, Access teacher assistant, Grigoriopol

"Spring is my favorite season.With the arrival of spring, people come back to life and are glad and happy.The nature is green , trees flourish, birds sing and around dominates the beauty and harmony. The sun comforts us with its rays and brings us the soul's inspiration". 

Assignment 6: Formative Assessment in EFL Blended Instruction

                                        Dear Access teachers and teacher assistants, 

    When teachers assess student learning and performance acquired through blended instruction, it mainly concentrates his /her main goal on purely formative purposes, since often there is no final mark on the paper and no summative grade in the grade book. 

  This formative assessment – the most valuable one -supports learning through an immediate online peers or teachers’ feedback, or even better a self- reflection posted as text-/media-based comment.

This week we provoke you to try new digital tools for applying effective assessment strategies and developing multitasking rubrics. 

Enjoy experimenting!

  

Task1. Analyze the following resources:

Formative, Summative, Interim: Putting Assignment in Context

(In)Formative Assessment: Keys to Accountability, page 21-23 

Formative Assessment: Deepening Understanding

The Importance of Formative Assessment

The Best Value in Formative Assessment  

 Homework as Formative Assessment

10 Assessments You Could Perform in 90 seconds

53 Examples of Assessment

Quick and Easy

and write your reflections on the following tasks:  
 
a.       Define a formative assessment, and reasons of using it in instruction ( maximum 2 phrases);

b.      State the difference between formative and summative assessment ( maximum 2 phrases);

c.       Identify 3 strategies of formative assessment you consider most effective for your students, justifying your choice ( maximum 2 phrases).   

  Task 2. Digital tools represent innovative and effective ways to express feedback on the accomplished students’ assignment in Blended Instruction classrooms.

 a.       Scavenger the links below:

Digital Technology Tools for Implementing Formative Assessment- Post One

Digital Technology Tools for Implementing Formative Assessment –Post Two

Assessment with Web 2.0 tools

Using Web 2.0 for Formative and Summative Assessment

Making sense of assessment with Voice Thread

Enhancing Formative Assessment using Free Web 2.0 Tools

Alternative Assessment in Digital Classrooms

Madaline Obrzut’s self-evaluation  using Movenote

b.      Select 2 online tools you could use to ensure the formative assessment strategies you presented in Task 1.   

Share your choices as a comment to this Assignment.

Task 3. Rubrics, as a simple scoring tool, can be used to assess almost any type of student work, be it essays, final projects, oral presentations, or theatrical performances. 

 
 Read the information below: 

 What are Rubrics

What is a Rubric

New Tools for Teams and Institution Rubrics

Rubrics

Creating Rubrics

Samples of Rubrics

 RCampus Rubrics

 and outline in a 50-word paragraph what the rubrics are and what they are used for; the types of rubrics; the steps to follow while creating rubrics, and criteria to consider when evaluating a rubric.

Task 4. From the previous Assignments you posted during the whole period of Access teacher training (your  project idea, a blog and a lesson plan) choose one you like most, and create a rubric to assess the accuracy and completeness of the accomplished task. Post the created rubric as a comment to this page.

Watch the following tutorials and other useful online resources to complete this task: 

 Rubrics for Project-based Activities  using Rubistar  (watch the tutorial )

Goobrics : Assessing Students’ Work

RCampus Rubric Builder

Rubrics Maker Tools

Assessment Generator