Hello! My name is Todd Beuckens and I am a teacher based in Asia. I have been teaching ESL for over twenty years. I have taught in Japan, Taiwan, the U.S. and Thailand. I am currently teaching in Kyuushuu, Japan. I started elllo.org ten years ago and since then have started other sites for educational purposes.
I'm Shayna, originally from the U.S. but currently based in Brazil. I have a CELTA certificate and several years' experience teaching ESL both one-on-one and in groups. I'm also the founder of EspressoEnglish.net, which provides short, sweet online English lessons.E-Learning
With e-learning, students can study remotely from the comfort of home or on the go. Teachers can also share their materials with fellow teachers and student around the world. This section looks at some ways teachers can create e-learning sites and material for consumption outside of the classroom.
What is e-Learning?
In this post, you we go over the basics of e-learning and why it is becoming more and more popular as an alternative to tranditional education and why it will will become even more prevelant in the future.
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How to Teach Online or Create an Online School
Do you want to teach online? Learn how to conduct video lessons with students using various web conferencing tools, but free and commercial.
Membership Sites
Similar to online classes, teachers can now have online schools in the form of communites that gather students in one membership site.. We look at some free and commercial options for creating a digital community for people with similar interests or goals.
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Self-Access Sites
Self-access sites are the modern version of the traditional library, a place student can go to for resources and materials about particular content. Self-access sites are part-resource center, and part-lesson page. We take a look at a few and discuss why they are valuable to students and teachers.
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E-Mail Course
With e-mail courses, teachers can create lessons and then send them to students either at an automated date or a time of the choosing. E-mail courses can be powerful educational tools because they initiate engagement to lesson material rather than having the student come to the content.
Media Channels
From MOOCs to Youtube, media channels allow educators a cheap and effective way to share lessons and instructional videos that can be viewed on various devices. Media channels also spare the creator the burden of creating a fully functioning website.
Downloadable Content
With cloud hosting and payment gateways that also serve as online stores and storage and distribution centers for digitial content, educators now can create material for offline consumption in the form of downlaodable videos, audio, and PDFs.
10 Reasons Teachers Need Websites
Have you ever thought about creating your own website for your students. If so, we have ten reasons why it is a great idea to do so.
How to Share Large Files with Students
Learn how to store content and distribute it to students via various digital storage options such as Dropbox.com, Box.com and Google Drive. Learn the pros and cons of each service.