MariaVlachopoulou

Anyone who has taught a fifth grade in a Greek state Primary School would agree that choosing to do an Etwinning project would be the ideal thing to do with students of this age. I don't mean to sound harsh but it is a common secret that the book for this class is completely inappropriate both for the age and the knowledge level of the students. It is difficult and if you don't supplement it according to the class you teach students are bound to either lose interest early or feel discouraged because they will be unable to follow you. So this year I have decided to try Etwinning with my students. I was amazed myself about how good this decision really was! I can only start listing the advantages and at the moment it would only be fair to say that there are a few disadvantages and these are not even worth considering. So, first of all, MOTIVE! This must be the key word. Students are motivated to look up, find, write and create because they are really interested! They want to...

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ΜΕΡΑ ΑΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΟΥ 1ο Δ/Σ ΑΜΥΝΤΑΙΟΥ         ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗΣ: ΒΛΑΧΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΙΑ Στα πλαίσια του εορτασμού της Ημέρας ασφαλούς Διαδικτύου, το 1ο Δ/Σ Αμυνταίου, όντας από φέτος πρεσβευτής του www.saferinternet.gr  πραγματοποίησε δράσεις με τις τάξεις Γ, Ε και Στ.  Οι μαθητές της Ε και Στ παρακολούθησαν βίντεο και παρουσιάσεις prezi ,από το υλικό που διατίθεται στην επίσημη ιστοσελίδα και ακολούθησε συζήτηση κατά την οποία οι μαθητές μοιράστηκαν τις εμπειρίες τους από την χρήση του διαδικτύου και αντάλλαξαν απόψεις πάνω στις έννοιες του κυβερνοεκφοβισμού και της προστασίας των προσωπικών δεδομένων στο διαδίκτυο. Στο τέλος μοιράστηκε ενημερωτικό υλικό σχετικά με την ιδιωτική ζωή στο διαδίκτυο. Οι μικρότεροι μαθητές της Γ συμπλήρωσαν φυλλάδια εργασίας από το βιβλίο "Παίζω και μαθαίνω"(safer internet) σχετικά με την προστασία της ιδιωτικής ζωής, (σελ. 16,17,21) με σκοπό την εξοικείωση τους με έννοιες όπως ασφάλεια στο διαδίκτυο,προστασία των προσωπικ...

I have been spending time on courses about web tools 2.0, online learning, virtual learning, blended learning, flipped classrooms etc. for about a year now. I have to admit this has been the best thing I have done for my professional development for ages! What I have learnt has open new horizons for me. It has changed my perspective as a teacher no matter how exaggerated this may sound! The way I see it now, the role of the teacher should change or at least adapt to the new conditions.  Times change and we, as educators, should change, too, if we wish to stay close to our students. The place of the teacher among a group of students should change as well. The teacher should act more as a  facilitator, a helping hand in the students' journey of dicovering the knowledge. Let's face it. We are not the only source of knowledge for our students any more, neither we nor our textbooks! Students are bombardised with loads of information everywhere, everyday. So we have to take advan...

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I never really thought I would become an English teacher. I was really good at English at school, yes, but  teaching, no, had never crossed my mind. When I succeeded  in the university exams in the English Department I loved everything about it! I enjoyed my studies,but yet I couldn't imagine myself in front of an "audience" teaching! I thought it would be hard. However, when I finished my studies I got my first job as a teacher. And it was not that hard! In fact, I started enjoying it more and more. But in May I got fired! I got fired from my first job! I couldn't understand what went wrong and I got really depressed. A friend of mine suggested that I forget all about it and try to look for something new. It got me some time to get over it but when I did, I got really organised, prepared a new C.V. and started sending it to schools. I remember sending it to about 15-20 schools. I also did some interviews. There was one school in particular, which made an im...

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