How often do you play board games with your English learners?

Being an experienced educator, I grew up using blackboards and green boards with chalk as well as white boards with dry erase markers. My grand mother used the heavy slate boards in a one room school house in rural Iowa in the 1930's. In this digital age I have had to learn how to use the computer and inter-active white board. I would like to think I have a good grasp of both old school and new school techniques. So here are 10 old school ways to play games on your board from the teach English Spain website. Click on the link below for more information. 

http://www.teachenglishspain.com/10-board-games-for-elt-teachers/

13 websites that teach words and grammar in a fun way.

This is a post from Blog de Cristina, It has links to all the sites. The sites are free to try, however on some you can register so that students can track their progress. Please click on the link below.

http://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=6230

ClassDojo for Feedback and Communication

Classdojo is a tool that helps teachers, especially those with younger learners, deliver feedback on student performance to students and parents. It popped up on my radar again recently and I was surprised to discover that I had not yet written anything up on it yet, so let’s see what it is all about. Please click on the link for the YouTube tutorial and the TESOL article below. 

http://blog.tesol.org/classdojo-for-feedback-and-communication/


https://www.classdojo.com/

GoNoodle for younger learners

Have you ever had a tired or lazy student who is uninterested in your lesson? GoNoodle might have the answer. This website can get your students up and moving and motivated.  Check out the video and web links below. 

https://www.gonoodle.com/about/

What should I write in my lesson plan?

Have you ever asked this question? Maybe this post from the TEFL Academy can help. Click on the link below.

http://www.theteflacademy.com/how-to-write-a-good-tefl-lesson-plan

TEFL.net

I have seen this website before, I have just not gotten around to posting a link to it. tefl.net has a lot of good content for English educators.  Check out the "TEFL site of the month" page which is a portal to dozens of great sites.   

http://www.tefl.net/

International Education Week

Wishing all teachers where ever you are a happy International Education Week!

Two articles from the Bangkok Post that Greatly affect the "way or if" foreign educators work in Thailand

http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/758228/last-chance-for-education

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/763348/ministry-aims-to-cut-foreign-english-tutors

Fighting (for) Creativity – The creative & educational black hole in Thailand

Here is a post about the Thailand education system from "my-thai.org". It is a good article, you can teach people many things but to change the way a people think which is deeply a part of their culture. So difficult! Find out more in the link below.

http://my-thai.org/fighting-for-creativity-the-creative-educational-black-hole-in-thailand/ 

Teaching words with multiple meanings

Here is a post from a blog called "Linuga.ly". Many of my students have difficulty with English because the words in English have more than one meaning. Click on the link below to know more. 

https://lingua.ly/blog/teaching-words-with-multiple-meanings/