![]() ![]() ![]() It’s perfect for that – no more email confusion! At a minimum, Slack should be your staff room, a communication tool for all teachers at your school. It’s a powerful tool for “presence” and keeping in touch, managing students, communicating with students. Many think of Slack as just a messaging system like Whatsapp – couldn’t be further from the truth. And that’s the point – language teaching is all about communication and meeting our students somewhere that makes communication job #1. The gold standard for communication among teams – and our class IS a team. ![]() I’ve been advising schools and teachers making the transition to online teaching to use Slack. Lastly, download this tutorial presentation I created for helping teachers understand #Slack. Thirdly, see this huge LinkedIN discussion I moderate with a lot of thoughts and advice. They expand a lot and most of what I’m saying here. Secondly, jump to the bottom of this post for a full list of important articles expanding on using Slack as an LMS and teaching tool. If you would like some more formal training or consultation – don’t hesitate to contact me here at ELT Buzz.įirst, please see all the ELT Buzz related reference articles regarding teaching during the coronavirus health emergence. So I’d like to share the advice I’m giving schools and teachers regarding an online management and teaching solution. I’ve been at the lead when it comes to educational technology over the years – even building a few LMSs, online curriculum platforms and even a video conference platform. What to do? Where to turn? How to transition, quickly? Many schools are looking for a digital / online solution to communicate with and manage students and also teach students. The coronavirus has thrown many schools and teachers into the deep end of the digital teaching swimming pool. ![]()
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