Let’s welcome Teacher Jolande to share with us her insights into teaching science online with the Abridge Academy curriculum! Jolande is a qualified science teacher and currently teaches with a UK-based company as well as independently to students overseas.👉 Connect with Jolande on Facebook or SuperTeacher. Why did you choose the Abridge Academy curriculum? At […]
Do you want to inspire your students to care for our planet? 💚 As the educators of the next generation, we can have a huge impact on how our students see the world around them. By teaching them about climate change and inspiring them to take action, we help protect their future. 🚀 If that
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Are you brand new to online ESL teaching? Just got your TEFL certificate and not sure how to get your first paying online English teaching job? Firstly, welcome and congratulations on making the jump to teaching online! Why teach for an online ESL company? Although Abridge Academy is generally a big supporter of independent teaching
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Let’s welcome Teacher Ivy to tell us more about how she makes vocabulary learning fun! Ivy, creator of SuperTeacher, has been using the Abridge Academy curriculum for over two years now with her online ESL students across Europe and Asia. How do you teach new vocabulary during class? I always send my students the lesson
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All Abridge Academy core lessons come with lesson previews you can send to your students before class. Check out the video to learn how to share these with your learners as well as top tips for ensuring they make the most of them:
Zoom apps are a new feature (launched Autumn 2021) which extend Zoom’s functionality beyond simple video conferencing by integrating with third-party tools directly within Zoom itself. We love the Kahoot app for fun online quizzes, Scribble together for an upgraded whiteboard experience, Countdown timers for timed activities to keep everyone on task, and Mentimeter for
Does your laptop have a low quality webcam? An easy upgrade is to use your phone’s camera to replace it! For this tutorial, I used Camo studio – a great, free app for connecting your phone to your computer for use as a webcam.
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Teaching group classes? Breakout rooms are smaller Zoom rooms you can separate your students into for small group activities. This could be anything from collaborating on a task or presentation to practicing a dialogue or mini debate together. Breakout rooms tend to work best with teenage or adult students, who have the maturity to work
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Want to inspire your students with an immersive virtual environment that puts them right in the context of your lesson topic? Check out Zoom immersive mode: Immersive mode This relatively new Zoom feature enables you to create or use a pre-made virtual background in which you and your students are directly positioned on the image
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Let’s learn how to record your classes, on both the Zoom free and pro plans: Note that on the free plan, you can only save locally (to your computer), whereas on the pro plan you can also opt to save to the cloud for more convenient sharing with students.
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