MariaVlachopoulou

ΤΡΙΤΗ 9 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΑΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΟΥ 1ο Δ/Σ ΑΜΥΝΤΑΙΟΥ-ΠΡΕΒΕΥΤΗΣ: ΜΑΡΙΑ ΒΛΑΧΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ Για δεύτερη συνεχή χρονιά το 1ο Δημοτικό Σχολείο Αμυνταίου πραγματοποίησε δράσεις για την Ημέρα Ασφαλούς Διαδικτύου. Το σχολείο είναι πρεσβευτής του www.saferinternet.gr από πέρυσι.  Οι  μαθητές των τάξεων Ε' και ΣΤ' συμπλήρωσαν αρχικά τα φύλλα εργασίας "Δικαιώματα και υποχρεώσεις online" , στα οποία έπρεπε να επιλέξουν τα 5 πιο σημαντικά, δικαιώματα και υποχρεώσεις όσον αφορά στη διαδικτυακή τους ασφάλεια. Οι απαντήσεις τους συγκεντρώθηκαν και καταγράφηκαν στο υπολογιστικό φύλλο που είχαμε στη διάθεση μας και με αυτόν τον τρόπο μπορέσαμε να δούμε και να σχολιάσουμε τις πιο δημοφιλείς απαντήσεις. Μεταξύ των σημαντικότερων δικαιωμάτων που επέλεξαν οι μαθητές ήταν το δικαίωμα να προστατεύουν την ιδιωτικότητα τους, να αισθάνονται ασφαλείς και να απολαμβάνουν Διαδίκτυο, το δικαίωμα να μπορούν εύκολα να αναφέρουν ύποπτες ή ενοχλητικές συμπεριφορές στους διαχειριστές...

It all started with a lesson plan based on an activity from Günter Gerngross, Herbert Puchta and Scott Thornbury's "Teaching Grammar Creatively". The activity aimed at teaching verbs of the senses-looks, sounds, smells, tastes, feels-a problematic area for students, at least the way it was presented in the school book of 6th grade.I needed something to make an impression, to stay with them after the lesson. So after the presentation and the consolidation I decided to try something I had never tried with this class before. Ask them to write poetry. When I started explaining the activity I was not at all sure if everybody would be able to cope with it. In fact, I thought that some students may even start nagging or refuse to do it.To my surprise, nothing of the above happened. On the contrary, the moment I explained what they had to do everybody-and I mean everybody-set to work. Some of them asked to work in pairs and I didn't mind this. So adapting the activity a ...

The most vivid memory of my school years is my dear English teacher, Naki, who used to make us circle prepositions spotted in texts, lesson after lesson. This is something I like to do with my students, too, from the beginning of my teaching career. It is a "ritual" we follow in every reading lesson and my students know it by now! Prepositions are an important part of the English language and they are everywhere! They are in prepositional phrases, phrasal verbs, idioms and expressions. They can go with verbs, adjectives or nouns and then we also have prepositions for time and place. Greek learners- and not only them,I am guessing- find it really hard to remember where to put it and if they remember that they need a preposition, they may still have problems in finding which one they should use. A problem with prepositions is that they usually cannot be translated especially if you try word-to-word translation - something Greek students try more often than needed- contra...

As a foreign language teacher the option not to "go by the book" can give you a freedom and a power, which will give both you and your students an insight you never imagined! The option to raise awareness using English as a vehicle, will take off you the "burden" to just teach rules,and random lists of vocabulary! After all, being a teacher is more than just a job! This year I have chosen to focus on  four different issues to raise awareness: Safer Internet, Bullying, Racism and Environmental Conservation. Each of them was covered occasioned by the respective Day dedicated to it. And on this day I taught it to different levels using a variety of lesson plans according to level. I must admit that we only had time to scratch the surface, but I like to think that this is only the beginning and we will be able to do more in the future. Starting with Safer Internet Day on February 10th, being an Ambassador of Saferinternet campaign in my school, I was given the chan...

In September I always give a welcoming letter to my 3rd grade students. They are the ones who are about to do English for the first time at school.  What I try to stress in this letter, among other things, is the idea that learning English IS fun (of course we all know that it can be dead boring sometimes, but this is something I omit on purpose!). And this is somehow a promise to them and a reminder to myself to try incessantly and make it fun for them. I believe it is crucial to make a good start when you start learning a language. So throughout the year I am trying to put my words into practice and maintain their interest for the language as keen as possible! Here are some ways I rely on-everyone has their own, and there is always room for trying something new! Vary the way of starting and ending a lesson . Ken Wilson in his plenary in Tesol MT, March 2015 said that apart from teachers we are human beings and we might  (just an idea) start a lesson differe...

New technologies and social media are very popular with students nowadays, so educators should take advantage of this advancement and use it to engage their students and allow for communication and collaboration with peers around the world. Participation in collaborative projects with classrooms from other countries can have many advantages and help students develop some of the 21 st century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation. It can also broaden their horizons as they get in touch with students from different cultures and they are able to share their experiences with them. There are, however, some things you need to consider in order to participate in a successful project actively or even design it yourself. 1. There must be a clear timetable with carefully designed activities and deadlines. 2. Clear instructions for the activities should be given and other parametres should be defined such as “Is...

This is for Marjorie Rosenberg , who gave a wonderful plenary at the TESOL MTNG CONVENTION in March and inspired us to do some serious thinking about the ways we use to develop professionally.Thank you, Marjorie! As a student I loved English. Back then, however, I never imagined I would become an English teacher. I actually thought I wasn't cut for teaching, at all! And yet, here I am, many years later, an English teacher! A teacher who still loves the language, loves teaching it-and has never stopped learning it. Because teachers, especially  language teachers, are committed to life long learning. And this is a commitment both to themselves and to their students. Life long learning assists professional development and can prevent boredom and burn out! Professional development starts the moment you start teaching. Every day you teach you learn something new, you try new ideas and not a single lesson is the same with another lesson,even you follow the same lesson plan. ...