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In a previous post, I discussed the importance of Empathy Mapping and why cultivating empathy, both in ourselves as educators and in our students, is essential. In this article, I want to revisit the concept of empathy mapping and explore how incorporating AI prompts can streamline the process, making it easier to create empathy maps and derive meaningful conclusions from them.
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By leveraging tools like AI to simplify project design and assessment, you can integrate PBL more effectively into your teaching practice. So, with the willingness to embrace innovation, PBL can become a powerful tool for your students' language development and their lifelong learning.
There is a third option and this is what I feel we need Genuinely intelligent teachers who have the knowledge and ability to work with artificially intelligent software to develop emotionally and intellectually intelligent students.
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It’s always tempting at the beginning of a new year to look forward to what might be the new trends in the coming year. Looking around at a collection of blog posts and Edtech magazine articles, it looks […]

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I’ve been thinking about writing this post since I shared the quote below through my social network channels. I was surprised that it stirred up so much strong feeling and controversy, both against and in support of the […]
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Managing, organising and reorganising your students can be challenging in any classroom, especially if you have large classes. This can be made even more difficult in the remote classroom where your view of the order of students on your screen can be different from the order your students are seeing.
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One of the most frequent questions that comes up regarding students working within remote and virtual classrooms is that of assessment. The reality is that most forms of computer-based learning are actually easier to track and evaluate than […]
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I discovered a whole range of new activities that were enjoyable for students and really beneficial to the development of their speaking and listening skills. Yes, I did say speaking. The spoken element of the dictation doesn’t have to be done by the teacher, we can get the students to dictate the texts to each other. This simple change opens up a much wider range of possibilities.
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Socialisation is an important part of any learning experience. Many students enjoy coming to class to meet and make friends and find out about and share experiences with each other. This aspect of socialisation is often neglected in the remote classroom where students aren't having the kinds of shared physical experiences they have when they come to a school.
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Creating your own infographic tasks can be time-consuming though, so in this posting, I’m presenting a number of generic ideas that should work with a number of types of infographic.

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