Avatars everywhere

Hi there, I am doing a research about on line resources for next school year. I try to look for those apps and tools that maybe will make the English lessons time to have fun and to learn at the same time. Also, you know that I have just finished my request for the eTwinning Quality labels and, because of that, I am diving into those resources that can help us in a European project. So, today I will pay attention to presentation tools. Here you have the easiest and coolest links:
Funko offers to you a way to design a peculiar avatar. It can be fun for your English lessons because after creating the avatars, children can describe them and practice writing skills.

Pixton is a cartoon tool that allows to create awesome comics and also you can design your avatar.

Avatar maker is another free tool where you are able to create an avatar.

Face.co similar to the previous one, what do you think?

and there are many more that maybe you already know: 

Face your manga is a social application which allows to create a Japanese style avatar. Judge for yourself

or voki where students can choose a different avatar. Also they can customize what they say.

So, we have many free resources that can make our lessons awesome and unforgetable. I encourage you to use them when you want to introduce writing skills. They are going to engage kids in a flash!

What's going on?

Hi everyone! If you are a follower of this page you know that, in general, teachers always try to make our job better and improve things in and outside the classroom. That's the reason because I keep on doing training courses. In e-Twinning network you can find interesting ones and the post today is because I finished an amazing one. It made me think about education today, apps, new technologies...among other issues that are changing our enviroment. They are in our lifes, so why don't we reinforce English with them? Looking on the bright side always seems to help me make things better! 
Nevertheless, I want to introduce some tools you can download in your device. They will allow very young children to learn the foreign language by themselves. 
The first one is the AR Flashcards Animal Alphabet app. It is a new way to interact and make flashcards more entertaining for children. You will find the link to the website by clicking on the monkey below. 

Other apps:
Alphabet and English. Learning English spelling words.
My life in English (crosswords, wordsearch, searches, find and match...)
Little smart planet (different grades for children and parents)
Pet desk (related to pets and their care)
Creapp cuentos (first writings)
ABA English (3rd cycle: listen, speak, read and write in English)

My tools for eTwinning projects

Engage language learning!

A lot of adults regret not having learned another language different to the mother tongue or the foreign language learnt at school. Personally, I think that language teachers have the advantage of encouraging children learning languages. We have many resources and technology to engage children in a flash, but specially in September, at the beginning of the school year, we have the opportunity to inspire them and get them excited about learning languages planning activities to celebrate the European Day of languages (September 26th). So, if you are a teacher and you want to plan some activities for that celebration, here you have some resources from TES.

Resources for teachers

Hi there,

here you have the top 10 digital resources I have used this school year.

Click on the pic below and have a look. 

They are awesome!

My symbaloo

Hi gorgeous! 

there are lots of resources and links I need to have in mind. Symbaloo is perfect for this issue. Here you have my personal symbaloo:

It's a rainy day today!

Although the weather is a little bit silly, spring has just arrived. If you click on the picture below, you will find lots of colouring resources for these days. Whether if it is cold or if it's raining, those pages can be useful for you and your children.

Past simple game

Dear all,
this is a fun game to make students speak and revise the question form of past simple.
Rules of the game:
1)  Work in groups of 3.
2)  Each student thinks of 6 actions he/she did yesterday and writes them down in a paper.
3) In turns, roll the dice and read out the sentence that corresponds to the number it got.
Eg. I roll the dice and I get 1. I read out the first sentence in my paper.
4) The other two students in the group need to make up a suitable question for my answer.
5) The child who rolled the dice decides which question is the most suitable for his/her answer.
6) The child who guessed the correct question gets as many points as the spots on the face of the dice

Digital resources

Happy New Year everyone! New year, new projects, new resources and new updatings. I believe that teachers are students throughout our lives. Never stop, never give up. That's the reason of this post. I love sharing materials, worksheets and resources that I use in my lessons with all of you, a follower or a reader. Nowadays there are some educational issues that are quite different from the past. I mean, a part of lesson planning, teaching, management and knowledge among others, ICT keeps the students engaged. Because of this, I want to share the top 10 digital resources I used in 2017. As we live in a digital time, there would be more resources that they will be also useful, but the ones you will see in the blog linked in the pic below, are the ones I used last year and it is sure I am going to use them in this new year. Click on the pic below and start to use them. They are awesome!

Web 2.0 applications

Larry Ferlazzo is a high teacher in Sacramento. He is also an expert in searching good websites to help EFL and ESL teachers. Here you have the best web 2.0 applications he considers in 2016.

Worth to read it

Hi everyone! 

Here you have an interactive web that offers and encourages the development of sharing ideas and knowledge among their visitors.

Tap on the picture below (an interactive resource about stories and legends) and deep into lots of ideas and resources.

An event for teachers

The English group-team from Sabadell invites YOU to the second What's up afternoon in this school year.
The EGT organizes this opened session for all those teachers who want to become confident with digital resources. If you are interested in the event, write an email to  crp-sabadell@xtec.cat just saying that we can count on you for next Monday 24th at 5:30pm.

Stories for children

Hi there,

kids world's fun is an excellent web for everyone, not only for students but also for parents and teachers. I am searching an amazing story to tell my students and I have just met that portal. I want to share it with all of you because, among other important resources, you will find free ebooks for primary students.

An interactive publication for APAC

Hi there,

I will use this interactive magazine to introduce the top ten digital resources for English Teachers. 
Hope to see you at the UPF!

A new blog for digital resources

Hi there,

next February 18th, I will introduce the audience at Pompeu Fabra University into the best resources I use right now.

Tap on the image below and you will visit the blog I created for my presentation.

Top Digital resources

Hi there,

here you have the 10 top digital resources I use in my English lessons nowadays.

Click on the pic below and start to use them. 

They are awesome!

Top resources to tackle bullying

Nicola Davison is a former teacher and shcool librarian who now produces content for TES Resources. She has just published an excellent article  giving some ideas to stamp out bullying at school. Worthy to read it !

An amazing tool for teachers!

Hi teachers!

Today this post is specially for you all.

I have started to use ClassDojo in my English lessons and my students are very excited.

Class Dojo is an online behavior management which its primary goal is to encourage positive student behaviours.

Watch the next video and know how it works:

Storytelling resources

Hi everyone!

Thanks to Shelly Terrell who has collected lots of resources in a symbaloo!

Simple past resources

PAST TENSE, REGULAR VERBS

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PAST TENSE, IRREGULAR VERBS

Exercise on line

Videos for you to learn past simple