Building Resilience in ...
In my first article, I discussed how bullying impacts students and how to stop the cycle of bullying in the classroom. Part of stopping the cycle of bullying is to build resilience and bolster confide...
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Special Needs in EFL: D...
Upon starting at HCT, I was assigned to the pre-foundation class with characteristically low-level students with poor study skills and an inability to focus on/follow a lesson which lead to disruptive...
iPad-friendly Materials...
In a previous post, we discussed SoftChalk, a helpful e-authoring tool that allows you to create iPad-friendly activities. SoftChalk documents are automatically created to be responsive, that is, its...
SoftChalk: Create Inter...
As I pointed out in a previous post, for a while, I had thought that providing students with static PDF documents was an effective utilization of iPads in class. However, once I stumbled on SoftChal...
The Big Heart Bazaar at...
Foundation students at Sharjah Women’s College joined the HCT in contributing to the Big Heart Campaign, which is under the patronage of Her Highness Shaikha Jawaher. The campaign aims to help S...
Peer to Peer Observatio...
This academic year, I’ve had the opportunity to visit some of my peers’ classes on ordinary days. I wanted to gain exposure to the students’ abilities and behavior at different points of the...