Bullying Awareness through a Padlet
Web 2.0 Tools in English Language Teaching: Mere add-ons or 21st century skills enhancers?
“It is essential that children are deeply involved in writing, that they share their texts with others, and that they perceive themselves as authors”. – Calkins (1986:9)
Wordles – Word clouds – in the classroom
Wordles enable the user to add emphasis to key words in a toyish way! Visualizing basic terms of the lesson facilitates memory recall and enhances creativity!
The following is a word cloud example defining Web 2.0 Tools.
Glogsters in Education
The radical expansion of possibilities for digital writing allowed by Web 2.0 tools imposes on us teachers the responsibility to equip our students with the ‘pragmatic skills’ as well as the competences required in the complex, networked environment we live in.
Providing both educators and students with digital educational content and tools for its creation, a Glogster is an available online platform that is able to direct our teaching in order to guide students’ process of discovery and collaboration.
Here is an example of a glogster called Revival of the Art of Weaving, which my students created regarding a project on how technology can enhance the power of tradition!
So, watch the tutorial, familiarize yourselves with the possibilities a Glogster offers and enjoy exploring it with your students!
Photo-Essay
STRAY DOGS΄ SOCIETY
STRAY: To move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place.
Stray dogs moving aimlessly around rubbish bins in search of food, a very common sight in our hometown, Lefkada. 
What is the reason for the increasing number of stray dogs? 
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Bullying
Have you ever wondered how you would feel if someone acted violently against you verbally or physically ?
Statistics about bullying in our country Greece, show that almost 50% of students in secondary education have experienced psychological violence, while about 70% have been verbally and physically abused. When students were asked the reason for their behavior, nearly 25 % said that they felt strong when they acted like that. 60% of them did not even consider their behavior violent or they were not responsible enough to face the consequences of their actions.
This I believe
Audio file : ThisIBelieve
This is what I believe about self-reliance.
http://www.spectrumfm.es
Five years ago the economic crisis struck my country, Greece. My family and I used to live in a huge comfortable house in Piraeus. We had everything we wanted, all the comforts a family would ever be able to have. We used to live in a detached house. I personally had everything I wanted and asked for. We used to have two cars and travel a lot abroad. Generally, our life was enviable! Διαβάστε όλο το άρθρο »
Welcome
Students today mistakenly believe that the writing they do outside school, by communicating with their peers on the Facebook or Tweeter, sending e-mails or even exchanging messages through their mobile phones, is for their own pleasure and has nothing to do with the writing taking place in the school.
The advent of Web 2.0 tools has placed upon us teachers the responsibility to ‘shake’ this belief. This blog has therefore been created with a view to promoting digital writing in ways that will help our students take advantage of the new digital literacies through exploration, discovery and collaboration, not only in favour of their pleasure but their learning as well!
Enjoy the journey!
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