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Essential Online Tools and Activities for Summer School TeachersBy Angelos BollasMoodle MOOC 6

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This is what you miss…

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….but this is what you get!

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‘Regular’ vs. Summer Schools‘Regular’ School Summer School

Duration

Learners

Materials

Facilities

Preparation

Learners’ Aims

Learning Aims

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‘Regular’ vs. Summer Schools‘Regular’ School Summer School

Duration Academic Year 2/3 weeks

Learners Not many nationalities, similar levels and ages

Mixed Nationalities/Levels, similar ages

Materials Coursebooks, Readers School-prepared materials, if any

Facilities Not standard but T is familiar

Not standard but T is not familiar

Preparation Enough time for preparation

No time for preparation

Learners’ Aims Certificates, Exams, Communication, Language Acquisition

Holidays! Swimming! Shopping! Meeting new people!

Learning Aims Improve all skills and systems

Focus on speaking and social language.

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What to do first?

Image taken from http://www.bodminphotography.co.uk/Photography/Teachers_Toolkit.html

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Toolkit Essential #1

Establish Good Rapport Learn their names and make all of

them know each other’s name

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Toolkit Essential #1 (2)

• Adjective – Name

• Find Someone Who

• Stereotypes

• 4 Important Numbers

• Share a picture

• 3-2-1 Introductions

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Toolkit Essential #1 (3)

• Change the seating plan every 30 min

• Include lots of pair/group work

• Group/pair SS using a variety of methods

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Communicate Outside the class

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Communicate Outside the class

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Toolkit Essential #2

Do NOT assign Homework or, at least, don’t say the H word.

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Toolkit Essential #2 (2)

• Long-Term Projects

• Short-Term Projects

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Long-Term Projects

• Personal

• Group Work

• Staged

• Flexible

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Long-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Long-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Long-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Long-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Long-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Long-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Long-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Short-Term Projects

• Linked/Relevant to other activities

• Group Work

• Oral/Audiovisual

• Fun

• Competitive

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Short-Term Projects (2)

• Photo Scavenger Hunts• Phone/Tablet camera• Selfies• Recycle Vocabulary• Focus on Culture

• Journalist Missions• Events• Day trips• Pronunciation Map• ‘Backstage’ Reports• How-to…

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Short-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Short-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Short-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Short-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Short-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Short-Term Projects – Tech Tools

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Things to Consider with Use of Technology• Parents

• School

• Students’ Involvement

• Public/Exposure

• Safety

• Rules

• Supporting Environment

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What to do next?• Connect! Ask! Learn!

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What to do next?

• Connect! Ask! Learn!

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•Enjoy your SUMMER!