My newest teaching experience is teaching English online. In this virtual classroom setting, I am responsible for keeping students enthused and engaged. This requires taking the provided curriculum and using total physical response methods, TESOL approved strategies, and delivering successful lessons all through an online platform. I will be using a Learning Management System, which will be the main online tool I will have to become familiar with how to use. The LMS will supply the curriculum and be the platform to connect me with my students. However, I will seek to use other resources online in order to reach all types of learners.
Since this is a new experience for me, I took time to find tools and resources that will help me be a consistent and productive teacher. The first resource I found will benefit myself and, indirectly, my students. It is TESOL resource center that provides teachers tips and ideas for developing their lessons. I thought this was a useful tool because I can often refer to it as a I find new areas or issues that I am unfamiliar with. I have already been able to use it to understand the most essential components of an online learner verses a traditional classroom learner. Looking further into the website, I found tools for teaching various English lessons, ideas for engaging my students, and using online tools. The second tool I found beneficial for online teaching is Lyrics Training. It is resources such as this that make learning English effortless and relevant. Students listen to their favori te songs and follow along with the words and type in the blanks. It seems like a good bonus resource I could use with students or ask them to do on their own time. The other resource isn't new, but offers many great tools for learners and teachers. YouTube's selection of English lessons and how to say various words is expansive. I can use this as a tool to find ideas or direct my students to YouTube to learn the concept in a different way. Additionally, I can make my own videos and post it on their for students to view after our session. There are many benefits for using YouTube in the online English classroom. These resources are just a few in the thousands of ready available tools for virtual classrooms.
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