Save lesson preparation time with online resources

Figuring out how to get it all done is a challenge for all teachers. Sometimes it will feel like there are simply not enough hours in the day. It is estimated that between 20 and 40 percent of the 50 hours that a typical teacher currently works a week could be saved through existing modern technology. That could ultimately help relieve teacher burnout. In this talk we will look at different online services and resources that teachers can take advantage of preparing for their lessons.

Universal activities or how to stop reinventing the wheel

It's not a secret that teachers spend hours on lesson preparation, and sometimes it might take even more time than the teaching itself. In this session I will share my favorite materials and activities that may be effectively used at different ages and levels to save you precious time for something else on your teaching or personal list.

5 TimeSavers for Checking Homework Online

Have you ever noticed that checking homework can be even more time-consuming than lesson preparation ?
An effective teacher also can not afford to spend much time on checking homework during the lesson.
Teaching online makes the process of checking homework and giving feedback to your student much more interesting and motivating!
I'm going to share some resources and tips which will definitely make your life easier and help you to engage your students!

Efficient Lesson Preparation and Effective Teaching

Time sometimes feels like it just slips away? Our job is a vocation and our dedication to quality education can drive us to sacrifice too much of our personal time. Can we make lesson preparation more efficient without losing quality and dedication? I know we can! We have a job to do and we have tools to help. In my talk, we are going to streamline lesson preparation by building our toolbox. We are going to go over methodologies, types of activities, classroom management, and how to streamline our choices when preparing for a lesson.
This simple approach starts with understanding our goals for a lesson, picking the right tools to reach that goal and putting together a solid lesson plan efficiently that will help students reach that goal.

Templates. Templates? Templates!

Did you know that you can create a template for EVERYTHING? Of course not! :) But many things can be carefully prepared for with the help of certain digital tools and your imagination and experience. Templates save a lot of time when you plan lesson sequences, activities and... well, what else do you need? :)

How to teach Young Learners online. Ideas and Tips for successful classes

In this session you will explore techniques for teaching English Young Learners (TEYL) Online. You will learn about lesson preparation and time management. Нow to create not only effective but also fun and engaging lesson, activities and tools that can help children hold attention, getting them to speak, collaborate and use functional language, sites and resources that can help you to save time for preparation.

Student-designed tasks: bringing out stidents's creative potential and saving teacher's time.

Teachers sometimes spend hours creating tasks for students. We will look into ways of helping students to create tasks for each other at different levels, and at ways of using such tasks in online and offline learning

To hit four birds with one stone: multifunctional approach to teaching English in contemporary materials

One of the ways of saving class time without reducing the effectiveness of classes is using a new generation of teaching materials that tend to be multifunctional. The examples will be considered from the newest Cambridge publications 'Power Up' and 'Open World" that serve as General English courses for Primary and Secondary school learners, exam preparation materials, multicultural awareness resources and, what is very important today, develop 21st century skills systematically on the basis of the new Cambridge Framework for Life Competencies.

Minimize your lesson preparation by automated homework checking and recommendations

Imagine never having to grade a paper or queue for the photocopier again. Imagine never sitting late at night and trying to figure out about what your students are finding difficult. How to provide extra support for your students outside the classroom when you're not around? In this talk we'll discover what can save you time with grading, how to store all of your course content in one place and how to organize easy online class management.

Personalized learning: time-saving or time-consuming?

It is a commonly recognized fact that personalization is an integral part of a successful communicative lesson. Utilizing your students' interests, ideas and experiences to teach languages forms the bases for Humanistic methodology, facilitates building rapport, increases students' confidence and motivation, brings life and authenticity in the classrooms.

Personalized activities are sometimes viewed as demanding and time-consuming, requiring extra preparation time from teachers. In my presentation I will try to prove that the outcomes outweigh the efforts and share some practical ideas on how to turn time-consumers into time-savers.

Turning activities into meaningful tasks

Research supports using tasks in the classroom as a way of supporting second language acquisition. However, creating focused, meaningful and engaging tasks from scratch can often be time consuming. In this session, we will discover what defines a task and how it is different to an activity, why tasks are important, and how to create meaningful tasks from uninspiring coursebook activities in a quick and easy way.

Canva+Padlet - Tools and secrets to make tasks interactive

Our students expect us to surprise them every day. So let me teach you some of my tricks and secrets how to add a tinge of sparkle to your lessons without spending hours on getting ready.

Gaming Vs Gamification – Is There A Difference?

Everyday a lot of teachers use games in the classroom and say that they gamify their lessons. But games are not gamification. Gamification and games help to engage students, motivate them to succeed, and inspire them to achieve their true potential. But there are notable differences between these two popular approaches.
In this talk, I'll compare and contrast gamification versus games, then highlight the benefits of using them in your teaching practice..

Trendy English Games playing test

Online card games to practise English grammar

How to use modern technologies to involve students into the process of learning foreign languages, optimize time and learning process

No matter what classroom activities you choose for your lesson, you must be sure, that they're not too difficult for your students, but still have the educational effect. The more students you have in your group, the more challenging your choice is. We need to give any student a chance to feel successful during the lesson.
I want to share my way of dealing with various-level groups with you, the ways of raising students' motivation by means of game technologies and how to teach with greater benefits, combining traditional approaches with new technologies.

Grab - and - Go teaching tools for an effective revision lesson

Having once experienced the workload of 200+ hours a month, I've become a fan of non-stop search and creation of versatile teaching tools that help to save a ton of lesson preparation time. For instance, it's often a challenge for a teacher to put together an interesting revision lesson where multiple unconnected topics might be used. I'll be happy to share some highly adaptable ideas and ready-made solutions that will help you save up your time and energy for the classroom.

Online Escape Room Games for ELT

An escape room is an adventure game set within a confined space in which players solve puzzles to unlock the door. Online escape room games lend themselves particularly to language teaching and include elements of interactive storytelling and role-playing games. During this workshop, we will look at designing an online live listening escape room game for language learning. First you will be invited to play an escape room game and then I will present ideas of how different elements such as puzzles, props, and codes can be combined to produce a stimulating game and which can be adapted to maximize the practice of English.