You might think that social networks are not useful but for educators they can provide a lot of interesting sources.
Here is a coloured image depicting a burning Ghetto in the Second World War - it is a document that tells us about the atrocities of what happened in the areas which were occupied by the Germans . We can teach about the past also by using images and by using resources which we cannot find in books. I feel that this a different approach to help our students think and reflect on what happened .
venerdì 20 aprile 2018
giovedì 19 aprile 2018
Those who survived and their message for us today
An interesting video reminding us what happened a long time ago in Poland.
75 years ago, the most famous act of armed Jewish resistance during the Holocaust occurred in the Warsaw ghetto. 93-years-old Simcha Rotem is the last remaining fighter of the #WarsawGhettoUprising still with us. Today, this is his lesson for the future generations. pic.twitter.com/XwTBBP1jEv— (((WJC))) (@WorldJewishCong) 19 aprile 2018
Simcha Rotem has a lesson for us today- it is worth sharing :
" Among the two -legged animals there are those who are worthy and those who are not worthy of being called human beings"
domenica 15 aprile 2018
Liberation of the Concentration Camp Bergen-Belsen on 15th April 1945
15th April 1945
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp was liberated. Today I was online and I came across the Tweet which the Auschwitz Museum had just posted to remind us about it.The images and the events that occured there must be remembered by us. Thousands of people died there because of the belief - most of them were Jews while other people fighting against the Nazis.
I visited this camp many years ago, we could not see much about the camp but we learnt about the stories of men and women who had died there. Among the people who were killed or died there we have the famous young girl whose Diary is still read today: Anne Frank.
I was visitng the camp with my students and an old Italian man who had been imprisoned in Germany and he was presenting the voice of a person who had survived- many are not living anymore. We learnt how the war had changed people and violence had shaped the lives of the many who were living in concentration camps.
Let's remember and let's work together to make this world become a better world today.
Link to the concentration camp:
https://bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de/en/history/theconcentrationcamp1943-1945/
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp was liberated. Today I was online and I came across the Tweet which the Auschwitz Museum had just posted to remind us about it.The images and the events that occured there must be remembered by us. Thousands of people died there because of the belief - most of them were Jews while other people fighting against the Nazis.
15 April 1945 | Soldiers of the British 11th Armoured Division liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. At least 52,000 of the total of around 120,000 prisoners died in the camp. https://t.co/cqLqkFalRM pic.twitter.com/jEWgfPY9pf— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) 15 aprile 2018
I visited this camp many years ago, we could not see much about the camp but we learnt about the stories of men and women who had died there. Among the people who were killed or died there we have the famous young girl whose Diary is still read today: Anne Frank.
I was visitng the camp with my students and an old Italian man who had been imprisoned in Germany and he was presenting the voice of a person who had survived- many are not living anymore. We learnt how the war had changed people and violence had shaped the lives of the many who were living in concentration camps.
Let's remember and let's work together to make this world become a better world today.
Link to the concentration camp:
https://bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de/en/history/theconcentrationcamp1943-1945/
venerdì 13 aprile 2018
Blendspace My lessons about the Victorian Age
For my fourth year class in a Liceo Artistico I had to design some lessons and tasks about the Victorian Age. Since we have just 11-12 lessons in class till the end of the school year I decided to create some virtual lesson containers online where my students could work on their own and learn about the age of Queen Victoria and one of the most important writers of the time- C.Dickens.
I have often used Google Slides to present my content, this time I chose Blendspace.
The Platform has enabled me to design a lesson plan with lots of direct links to videos and materials online that deal with the topic I am going to do in class. I will guide them to read and watch some documents dealing with the time we are studying and I would like them to reflect on the many contrasts of the time in which Dickens lived. Most of the tasks will be done from home, I need to rely on the students' working at home as we have poor internet connection and now at school we have no whiteboards with internet connections.
The next step will be to help them speak about the topic and find links among the many events that took place in the long time in which the Queen ruled. It is also possible to add quizzes in the online platform. I will think about some guided compositions or quizzes to help the students study and present what they have learnt.
I think that Blendplace is a nice and versatile tool. If you want to add more documents you might need to pay for some but when teachers have access to documents that are shared and are free , we can easily build a good lesson for learners.
The gallery offers some nice lessons for many school subjects. It is worth trying them.
Useful links
https://www.tes.com/lessons
https://www.tes.com/lessons/gallery
http://testeach-blog.tes.com/
I have often used Google Slides to present my content, this time I chose Blendspace.
The Platform has enabled me to design a lesson plan with lots of direct links to videos and materials online that deal with the topic I am going to do in class. I will guide them to read and watch some documents dealing with the time we are studying and I would like them to reflect on the many contrasts of the time in which Dickens lived. Most of the tasks will be done from home, I need to rely on the students' working at home as we have poor internet connection and now at school we have no whiteboards with internet connections.
The next step will be to help them speak about the topic and find links among the many events that took place in the long time in which the Queen ruled. It is also possible to add quizzes in the online platform. I will think about some guided compositions or quizzes to help the students study and present what they have learnt.
I think that Blendplace is a nice and versatile tool. If you want to add more documents you might need to pay for some but when teachers have access to documents that are shared and are free , we can easily build a good lesson for learners.
The gallery offers some nice lessons for many school subjects. It is worth trying them.
Useful links
https://www.tes.com/lessons
https://www.tes.com/lessons/gallery
http://testeach-blog.tes.com/
giovedì 12 aprile 2018
Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day #YomHashoah begins at sundown. A time to remember and mourn. Millions of faceless victims alongside family members we never knew. Find someone's story, read it and remember them. Remember them all. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #neverforget #fightantisemitism pic.twitter.com/qtyByzCsax— David Collier (@mishtal) 11 aprile 2018
It is time to remember but it is also time to think that what is happening now after the end of WWII is something we should be ashamed of.
It is a tragedy that is happening in many countries like Syria and where children are suffering because adults and politicians do not care.
The inspiring story of a 7-year-old Syrian refugee and his love for school. pic.twitter.com/BaDzmYC5fr— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) 2 aprile 2018
Let's hope we can make this a better world for all the children who are suffering. Let's stop wars .
Well-being and Teaching
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Right now I am following a webinar about the importance of learning about the mind and how we can support our learners.
SimpleK12 has just presented a great webinar tonight : it had to do with well-being and teaching.
I am sharing their great tips and resources : https://www.sjbrooks-young.org/five-simple-stress-relief-strategies-for-educators-april-17-2018/
At school we have to remember that our teaching can have a negative impact on learners, sometimes learners can become engaged in spite of our bad way of working and interacting or they can make us feel under pressure. Our reaction is often the worst , especially when students do not cooperate.
It is important to learn how to deal with stressful situations and to find a way for keeping on working while forgetting the moments in which we had to cope with such difficulties.
The last years have been hard in terms of expectations and more and more families rely on teachers who are also helpers. Some people find this is the hardest task. You need to be a teacher, a listener, a facilitator and this is sometimes too much. You end your day home without forgetting what has happened at school.
Well-being is a must for any worker. Educators who work with teenagers and also kids need to work on themselves to become resiliant and continue working in the best ways, in spite of the difficulties they have faced or are expected to face.
Here is the repository with most of the resources which I will have to check later this year since like many other teachers I often feel overwhelmed with the many issues I have to cope with.
Click here to open this binder in a new window.
lunedì 2 aprile 2018
Books and Literacy
Today we are celebrating books and children. I came across this important event while surfing the web and Twitter. In general children love books and reading them, but we do need to help them love them as reading can open your mind and your creativity.
Books can open new paths into Learning and support learners. It is important to begin reading books and loving them when you are young. Once you have started, you will continue doing it.
Students who are learning a foreign language should be encouraged to read on their own. Children's book can help also struggling learners as they may read something they have already read. Hopefully , we can rely on many free books online and also on ebooks.
Here is an interesting article for English Language Learners which I found online
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/books/how-use-books-learn-foreign-language?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens
It is important to underline that reading requires a lot of exercise, learners need to work on this skills and how to approach reading- teachers need to be supportive and be able to help them choose the right books.
Have you ever started to read a book in English, then given up because it was too hard? Check out these useful tips from one of our bloggers to help you! Watch the video then read the blog here: https://t.co/2YA82oApcM pic.twitter.com/knGzHe2th2
Let's celebrate today and let's invite our learners to read for pleasure.
Happy #ChildrensBookDay! What do some of our @NatGeoExplorers recommend for student readers? What do YOU recommend?https://t.co/33gjy7Lz3l pic.twitter.com/qX6PhTUF3m— Nat Geo Education (@NatGeoEducation) 2 aprile 2018
Books can open new paths into Learning and support learners. It is important to begin reading books and loving them when you are young. Once you have started, you will continue doing it.
Students who are learning a foreign language should be encouraged to read on their own. Children's book can help also struggling learners as they may read something they have already read. Hopefully , we can rely on many free books online and also on ebooks.
Here is an interesting article for English Language Learners which I found online
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/books/how-use-books-learn-foreign-language?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens
It is important to underline that reading requires a lot of exercise, learners need to work on this skills and how to approach reading- teachers need to be supportive and be able to help them choose the right books.
Have you ever started to read a book in English, then given up because it was too hard? Check out these useful tips from one of our bloggers to help you! Watch the video then read the blog here: https://t.co/2YA82oApcM pic.twitter.com/knGzHe2th2
— LearnEnglish (@LearnEnglish_BC) 29 marzo 2018
"Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have."— Booktasters NonFiction (@TasteNonfiction) 9 marzo 2018
— Lloyd Alexander#amreading #amwriting #nonfiction pic.twitter.com/M7EoOnhkbH
Let's celebrate today and let's invite our learners to read for pleasure.
domenica 1 aprile 2018
Happy Ester 2018
I have been busy in the last months and I have not written many posts. I have written about my experiences online in my blogs and new websites. Learning Diaries and sharing ideas on most social media have been required and thus I have done it.
From Evo sessions to interesting courses online: I have learnt a lot and together with the other Teachers. These experiences online have me understand that it is important to keep on Learning and that " No man is an Island".
I will post some information later about what I have learnt and what I would like to share with the other educators. Some tools need sharing and more educators should use them as they are engaging and support our daily activities.
Since I am on Holiday and we are celebrating Easter and other religious celebrations in other parts of the world, I would like to wish you all
Happy Easter!
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/A_Happy_Easter._%2836%29_%28NBY_418549%29.jpg
From Evo sessions to interesting courses online: I have learnt a lot and together with the other Teachers. These experiences online have me understand that it is important to keep on Learning and that " No man is an Island".
I will post some information later about what I have learnt and what I would like to share with the other educators. Some tools need sharing and more educators should use them as they are engaging and support our daily activities.
Since I am on Holiday and we are celebrating Easter and other religious celebrations in other parts of the world, I would like to wish you all
Happy Easter!
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See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/A_Happy_Easter._%2836%29_%28NBY_418549%29.jpg
Ready for Easter! pic.twitter.com/iTyv5h6E8U— Charlie Brown (@Peanuts_comics) 31 marzo 2018
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