Biodata: Carla Arena supervises the Educational Technology area at the Casa Thomas Jefferson (CTJ) and has been involved in the design and management of CTJ e-learning. She considers herself a lifelong learner. Her main interests are faculty development and educational technology.
Contact: carlaa@thomas.org.br
Outline: This station will give you an overview of how a photo sharing site, Flickr, can power up students´ writing in an engaging and creative way.
Biodata:.Has been an English teacher since 1994 and has worked at CTJ for eight years now. Holds a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics and is currently a member of the EdTech team at the Casa.
Outline: An overview of some online tools (Zoom words, safe share TV) that can enhance your students' learning and production in class.
Biodata: Erika Cruvinel has been teaching English as a foreign language in Brazil for 11 years. Erika is a Deputy Coordinator at CTJ and she is also a member of the EdTech Team. She has presented workshops on the use of technology in the classroom and international collaborative projects.
Contact: erikat@thomas.org.br
Title: Digital tools for Classroom Management
Outline: In this station, participants will learn about free online tools to enhance classroom management: group maker, seatting chart maker, name generator, scoreboard and fun timers.
http://www.superteachertools.com/
http://www.barryfunenglish.com/enter/toolsScoreBoard.html
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Biodata: Has been working at CTJ since 2004 and is currently a member of the EdTech team at the Casa.
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Outline: Participants will learn how to enhance students´ language production through the use of visuals in the classroom.
Biodata: Has been an English teacher for eleven years, started teaching at Casa Thomas Jefferson in 2006 and is currently a member of the Casa's EdTech team. She holds a degree in Translation from UnB. She also has a Michigan certificate and a CTJ Teacher Development Course Certificate.
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Outline: In this station, participants will learn how to use "xtranormal" to engage students, have them create fun dialogs and reinforce language production in a meaninful way!
Biodata: Claudio has been teaching EFL for over 16 years. He's an enthusiast of the use of technology in the classroom as a tool to enrich classes, motivate students and increase their learning opportunities.
Contact: claudios@thomas.org.br
Title: Online Speaking Activities
Outline: This session shows some free online tools that can be integrated into your classes and be used to help students practice speaking in the classroom and outside.
Biodata: José Antônio has been teaching English for 20 years. He´s been a CTJ EdTech monitor at Taguatinga branch for over 3 years. He holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in TESOL. He is also an E-tutor for the British Council-SENAI SPEAK e-English for Teachers.
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Title: Social Networking for Language Learning
Outline: Social networking is one the most popular online activities with the general public. This session presents ways of integrating a social networking website into your teaching and connecting your students.
Biodata:. Victor Jatobá Botelho has been an English teacher for twelve years. He started teaching at Casa Thomas Jefferson in 2003 and has been a member of the Casa's EdTech team for over a year. He has a Michigan certificate and a CTJ Teacher Development Course Certificate
Contact: victorjatobabotelho@gmail.com
Outline: Are you tired of being the only active part in the building of knowledge? Come to this presentation and learn how to access and use 3 (three) Web Tools that can put your students in command of their learning process.
Kako Messenger , Oddcast and Spellingcity