The many benefits of online teaching

I must confess that since teaching students via Skype or Google hangout, I am having a lot of fun! I have also noticed the many benefits of online instruction.

First of all, the learner is in the comfort of his home which helps lowering the affective filter.

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Vizify: interactive infographics that show the best of you.

This evening, my dear mum shared a cool web tool to present yourself in the best way possible! Vizify is “a new kind of personal website based on the best of your social media content. It’s effortless,

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Mentormob: the perfect tool for independent learning.

José Picardo who is Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Nottingham High School in England is the curator of Box of Tricks which I follow since I started using the Web 2.0, a few years ago. It is always a mine of discoveries for the best tools to use in the classroom.

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