As is already mentioned in some of the previous posts, staying in touch is very important to anyone, especially to teachers that continue to work on FUSION. And in the New Year, we decided to continue with our online meetings and talk about our future activities.
Our first meeting in 2021 was on the 15th January. One of the most important thing for us, is to be able to continue our work and the project. In order to do that, the project coordinator Hacer Yayla in agreement with all the other participants involved, decided to apply for a prolongation of the project for a year. Hopefully we will get the chance to meet again and finish the project successfully in August 2022, with all of the planned activities completed.
Since all of us had to move to online teaching, we as teachers had to upgrade our skills and teaching methods and techniques. We all learnt new web tools that will help us do our job more efficiently.
During the meeting, teachers decided to share some of those web tools and try to incorporate them in their everyday teaching. We mainly talked about Language Teaching Apps. So some of the tools that will be used are:
1. Liveworks sheet – a tool that allows you to transform your traditional printable worksheets (doc, pdf, jpg...) into interactive online exercises with self-correction, which we call "interactive worksheets";
2. Wordwall – a teaching resource that allows you to create a customized pack of interactive and printable activities;
3. Padlet - an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location;
4. Classcraft – a tool that combines time-tested pedagogy with a modern approach, harnessing the power of what kids love, games and stories to promote strong connections between students and teachers;
5. Kahoot – a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes;
6. Learning apps - is a versatile tool for learners, teachers and teacher trainers who want to use or create a variety of different activities to practise the full range of language systems (grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation) and language skills (reading, listening, speaking and writing).
We all started this year with a lot of plans and many hopes. Teaching and learning go hand in hand and it’s a never ending relationship. We learnt many new things and found new ways to teach. Teachers and students together found a way to adapt and adjust to the new kind of education and we can all agree that one of our biggest hopes for this year, is to go back to school, to be in a classroom with our students, to be able to meet and see each other.
FUSION team members are looking forward to a year where meeting your friends will be possible once again.
