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My Blogathon Comments 5

posted by Յուրա Գանջալյան on Mon, 25/02/2013 - 10:39

 

         TEDEd: The Shift from Teacher-consumers to Teacher-producers
Submitted by Addeh Hovassapian on 20 February, 2013 - 21:27

I have noticed that videos, films, and authentic materials are one of the most popular topics being discussed by several of you Blogathon-ers :)

 

For this, in this post I decided to introduce you a website which will transform you from mere consumers of authentic video materials into producers: http://ed.ted.com/ .

 

TEDEd, an excellent website which is actually an extension to TED.com, to me, is a revolutionary step towards empowering educators and teachers worldwide to create their own video-based lessons online and share it with the world.

 

How can this site be used by ELT professionals? This website will enable you to create your own easily customized lessons around videos by tweaking and adding certain features to them. That is, by using TEDEd, you can choose videos from TED - www.ted.com , TEDxTeen - http://www.tedxteen.com/ (including interesting speeches by teens), or any video from Youtube or even the one created by you, and then add comprehension questions, open ended questions for reflections, or extra links for extra readings to it.

 

This is a great tool for providing your students extra independent listening comprehension practices, have them dig the topic deeper through reading, and later on have a heated discussions in the classroom.

 

My favorite videos which I continuously use with this tool are RSA animates (on youtube) which use animations to discuss different educational talks.

 

I hope you’ll enjoy using the website as much as I do! Don’t hesitate to try it! :)

 

 

 

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AnnLoseva's picture
AnnLoseva
Thanks, Addeh, that's indeed

Submitted on 21 February, 2013 - 13:01

Thanks, Addeh, that's indeed a brilliant space for educators to get creative, I love it. Can you share a couple of links to which RSA Animations you've been doing with your students? I'm a big fan of RSA animations, too. Thanks in advance!
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Addeh Hovassapian
Dear Ann Thanks for visiting

Submitted on 21 February, 2013 - 19:54

Dear Ann Thanks for visiting the post :) Sure ... here are two of my favorites: http://ed.ted.com/on/H4T865R6 & http://ed.ted.com/on/AfrYujlz I usually dont go more than 5 minutes and use these as supplementary to initiate in-class discussions, extra listening practice, and extra reading :)
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AnnLoseva
Many thanks!

Submitted on 21 February, 2013 - 22:30

Many thanks!
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YuraGanjalyan
Thank you, Addeh

Submitted on 23 February, 2013 - 16:47

Dear Addeh, you are a real modern teacher of English. You are young with good knowledge and already with rich experience. No matter what the results of this blogathon will be, I am happy to have got acquainted with such a bright man and teacher as you are.
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Addeh Hovassapian
Dear Yura, I truly appreciate

Submitted on 23 February, 2013 - 18:23

Dear Yura, I truly appreciate your kind words and they mean a lot to me :) The same is true here and I respect and admire you a lot both as an individual and a language teacher with many years of valuable teaching experience. I have learned a lot from you and all other colleagues throughout this Blogathon and I'm so happy for that..
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