Approaches“All learning has an emotional base.” 

– Plato

Technology is our new social glue for creativity

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Educational Technology is fun !!!

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Educational Technology is fun !!!

1 We are all here today because we know that we are not just teaching language, we

are teaching people.

2 As teachers we can teach language better through integrating social and emotional

intelligence into thecommunicative process.

3 Technology makes this easier because i t allows for enhanced creativity through social interactivity.

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Promoting social & emotional learning: guidelines for educators

Appealing to emotions on different levels

Social and emotional resources from Edutopia

Brain-friendly level and best practice (Creativity)

Personal levels with regard to social responsibility (Caring)

Social interaction through learning (collaboration)

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Technology helps us to get socially & emotionally engaged

1) Visual design , colour, presentation.

2) Psychology, grammar and language of mindmapping.

3) Psychology of comics as creative mediums.

4) Music, collaboration , and infinite language-building resources.

5) Collaborative storytelling websites .

How do your students engage with content?

The importance of imagery article link

Colour coding

helps to explain

grammar

Colour visuals

increase willingness to read by up to 80 percent.

Using colour can increase motivation

and participation by up to 80

percent.

Colour enhances

learning and improves

retention by more than 75

percent.

How do your students engage with content?

The importance of imagery article link

Colour coding

helps to explain

grammar

Colour visuals

increase willingness to read by up to 80 percent.

Using color can increase motivation

and participation by up to 80

percent.

Color enhances

learning and improves

retention by more than 75

percent.

A vocabulary mindmap by Gordana Popovic

The importance of imagery article link

Colour coding

helps to explain

grammar

Colour visuals

increase willingness to read by up to 80 percent.

Using color can increase motivation

and participation by up to 80

percent.

Color enhances

learning and improves

retention by more than 75

percent.1,003

people say it’s brain-friendly;)

Psychology of mindmapping

Thoughts on visual design inspired by global educators at #ebookevo

Radiant thinking

Brainstorming

Making choices

Organising ideas

Organising other people’s ideas

Memory

Creative thinking

Problem solving

Storytelling

Thinking

Teaching

The group mindmap

significanceCo-operating in groups

Brainstorming together

Social and emotional themes

Organising ideas together

Imagination

Fun

Self-expression

Shared expression

Collaborative expression

Thinking

Catching and sharing dreams

Confidence and curiosity

Mindmapping tools

imind Mindmaple

Popplet

coggle Xmind

Recommended book: mindmaps for kids

Comics

1 BRAINFRIENDLY: Comics are fun to read and easy to remember and demonstrate

linguistics in action..

2 CREATIVE: Students identify with the comics which also lend themselves to self-expression

and self-discovery through story-telling

3 CARING: Theme-based topics can be planned to teach interpersonal and intrapersonal skills through L2 language development in non-threatening ways.

50 resources to use animation as a teaching tool

And language development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

11) 1) Collaborative story-telling 2) Social themes 3) Collaborative time-travel – tenses and story 4) Dialogue building 5) Problem solving 6) Dilemmas 7) Mixed-up stories 8) Guessing games 9) Practising parts of speech

Digital storytelling by Nik Peachey

Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

11)1) Collaborative story-telling 2) Social themes 3) Collaborative time-travel – tenses and story 4) Dialogue building 5) Problem solving 6) Dilemmas

Language Development through comics

Understanding comics by Scott McCloud

“THE DEGREE OF READER INVOLVEMENT IS GREATER WHEN READING COMICS BECAUSE DEDUCTIVE REASONING IS OFTEN

REQUIRED TO WORK OUT THE STORY IN SCENE TO SCENE

TRANSITIONS.”Scott McCloud

Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

11)1) Collaborative story-telling 2) Social themes 3) Collaborative time-travel – tenses and story 4) Dialogue building 5) Problem solving 6) Dilemmas

Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

11)1) Collaborative story-telling 2) Social themes 3) Collaborative time-travel – tenses and story 4) Dialogue building 5) Problem solving 6) Dilemmas

Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

11)1) Collaborative story-telling 2) Social themes 3) Collaborative time-travel – tenses and story 4) Dialogue building 5) Problem solving 6) Dilemmas

Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

11)1) Collaborative story-telling 2) Social themes 3) Collaborative time-travel – tenses and story 4) Dialogue building 5) Problem solving 6) Dilemmas

Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

11)1) Collaborative story-telling 2) Social themes 3) Collaborative time-travel – tenses and story 4) Dialogue building 5) Problem solving 6) Dilemmas

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Language Development through comics

imind Mindmaple Popplet

coggle Xmind

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Language Development through music

Top all-time pop songs for the classroom

50 ways to use music and song in the classroom

Collo-tunes by Fluency MC

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Popullar

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Storytelling with technologyStorybird

intermediate

Storybird advanced

Poetry glogster

Prezi idioms story

Prezi proficiency vocabulary story

Britlit

learnenglishkids

Pic lits Domoanimate

Educational Technology in ELT: digital Storytelling

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Online playgrounds and more

How to turn your learning management system into an online playground

The psychology of storytelling for fluency development

Enhanced listening through storytelling

Storytelling webinar

Empathy in Ed. webinar

Listening and storytelling

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Featured comic sites

British Council comics

50 Resources using animation as a teaching tool

Pixton Makebelief comix

Bitstrips

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Safe Social blogging sites for students

ClubEFL

50 Resources using animation as a teaching tool

Something to write about

Class wikis

Spark your writing

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Safe Social blogging sites for students

50 Resources using animation as a teaching tool

Special thanks to the British Council for hosting this webinar and toThe British Council/Teaching English page on facebook for encouraging Creativity in English Language Teaching.

Thanks also to Edutopia for so much information about social and emotional learning.

Finally, thanks to all interested teachers who are passionate about professional development.

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Time to explore