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Teaching English as an Additional Language using an interactive whiteboard
The course that gives you everything you need to use your whiteboard to its full potential. Suitable for teachers who teach pupils aged 8 - 18.
In an international school every teacher teaches EAL to one degree or other. This course is aimed at all teachers who have responsibilities for improving English. There are fantastic resources and teaching materials available that work well with an interactive whiteboard. These IT resources can significantly increase the speed at which these pupils learn English and thus integrate themselves fully into mainstream education.
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Coffee, registration and introduction |
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Session 1
• How to use an interactive whiteboard in the classroom
• Specific lessons that can be created on a whiteboard
• Hands-on session 1: Getting familiar with the tools at your disposal for creating interactive lessons |
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Coffee |
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Session 2
• Lesson ideas and activities to add interactivity into your
‘English as an Additional Language’ lessons: Here Francis demonstrates the numerous ways in which the whiteboard can be used to inject colour, movement, sound and greater interaction into your EAL lessons. Many examples covering different curriculum areas are provided
• Using specialist EAL software with the whiteboard:
Guidelines to help you choose software that works well with the whiteboard
• Hands-on session 2: Creating these lessons yourselves to develop experience in the use of an interactive whiteboard through practical exercises including: starters, puzzles, quizzes and games |
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Lunch |
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Session 3: Editing
• Advice on editing systems
• Editing the documentary film |
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Session 4: How to use this information
• The Internet and existing EAL software and how to use it effectively: Here Francis reviews some of the latest Internet technologies and existing EAL software. He will demonstrate how to use them in your lessons
• Going through the course CD and the materials you will be taking back with you |
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