Nr / Dates

Please read: ClassroomManagement2.doc 

as a preparation for the first session on Feb 19.

1  /  19 Feb

Can classroom behaviour be improved? And if so, how? / Presentation of "triangle of success".

Tasks: read Influences_on_student_learning.pdf ,  Teachers_make_a_difference_-_ACER_(2003).pdf

Ericsson-Deliberate Practice-Expert.doc , ClassroomManagement2.doc ,  Was Fachdidaktiker gerne verschweigen: A-Barth1.pdf  / FDEIII-CLM Triangle.ppt  finalkouninpresentation.ppt

Anser questions on worksheet "expert teacher" AFTER reading the above documents.

Prepare questions / comments on the studies above for discussion in Session 2.

Please DOWNLOAD these e-books: (Marzano) , (using technology), (effective feedback)

2  /  26 Feb

Discussion of studies read.

Link to Geoff Petty's homepage (click)

Link to John Hattie's homepage (click)

On "effect size" (Petty video, click) Hattie's table of "effect size"  Petty video on Bloom's taxonomy  Webpage description of Bloom's Taxonomy  BloomsTaxonomy (graphic).pdf  More Petty videos for your interest

Tasks: read chs. 1 and 2 of CLM-Marzano, prepare questions / discussion points / contribute from your own experience, if you can.

3  /  5 March

Exercise on "BLoom's Taxonomy" bloom-exercise.pdf / Discussion of chs. 1 and 2 of CLM-Marzano / Your questions, comments.

Tasks: read ch. 3 of CLM-Marzano, prepare questions / discussion points / contribute from your own experience, if you can.

4  /  12 March

Tasks: read chs. 4 and 5 of CLM-Marzano, prepare questions / discussion points / contribute from your own experience, if you can.

5  /  19 March

Tasks: read chs. 6 and 7 of CLM-Marzano, prepare questions / discussion points / contribute from your own experience, if you can.

6  /  26 March

Tasks: read "Effective Feedback.pdf", think about how to apply in daily classroom

--  / 2   April

(no session: IATEFL)

Come and join Cardiff online. The virtual IATEFL experience...

Thanks to collaboration between IATEFL and the British Council, this year’s online conference will be bigger than ever before.

Delegates have been registering for Cardiff Online since 9 March. Anyone may join and contribute to the Online Conference which runs alongside the Cardiff event and continues for some weeks afterwards. All the presenters at Cardiff are being invited to upload handouts and powerpoints, and 10% of the Conference will be filmed and posted on Cardiff Online. As well as accessing all this material, you can take part in interactive forums where you can share your ideas with many thousands of other delegates from around the world. It’s free, so if you haven’t registered yet, whether you’re coming to Cardiff or not, you need to sign up at http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2009 . Cardiff Online is open to non–members too, so please encourage your friends and colleagues to sign up for the most exciting and the most useful virtual ELT Conference in the world, with a selection of video talks, plenaries and social events and a bustling online community of forums, chat and photo albums!

7  / 9  April

Tasks: in addition to the specific interests that you have already expressed, study ICT in ELT.pdf and decide which area of ICT in the classroom you would like to work on, as well.

--  / 16  April

Easter Break!

8/9  /  23 April

double session 14.00 - 17.30

(no session on

2nd April)

14.00-17.30

Tasks: work on project / bring up questions for discussion in group

10 /  30 April

Work on project / input as desired or necessary

Simon's presentation about feedback: Fachdidaktik English III Content-Specific Suggestions for Feedback.ppt

Input (next time): slides for vocab learning (click)

Computer parts:

Tasks: work on project / bring up questions for discussion in group

11 /  7 May

Tasks: work on project / bring up questions for discussion in group

12/13  14 May

double session 14.00 - 17.30

(no session on

21 May)

14.00-17.30

Tasks: finalize project.

Publish your projects (links to them) here: (click!)

--  21 May

no session: Ascencion day

14  28 May

final session / END

Presentation of projects, publish here: (click!),

final discussion.