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Meet the Speakers: Pam & Tiffany Borg
25/02/2018 - 23:10
Room 308
11:00-11:40
40-minute workshop
Taking Back Control of Technology
Pam Borg & Tiffany Borg
The World Wide Web has brought an overwhelming explosion of online resources for teaching and learning English; some have already come and gone, while others are proving the test of time. This workshop will introduce some useful online resources that are user-friendly and both teachers and students will love, leaving the teacher in control and not overwhelmed by technology.
Pam Borg’s Bio
Teacher Trainer
Freelancer
Malta
Pam Borg is British and currently living in Malta as a freelance Academic Consultant, Teacher Trainer and Interactive Whiteboard Trainer, engaged by ACE English Malta as Director of Digital Academic Resources. Pam has spoken at international conferences and conducted teacher training in the UK, Malta, and Italy. She is passionate about technology and digital resource building for English language teaching.
Tiffany Borg’s Bio
ELT Teacher
ACE English Malta
Malta
Tiffany Borg is an ELT Teacher of Business, IELTS and General English currently working at ACE English Malta. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Enterprise, a Cambridge ESOL CELTA and is also a qualified Interactive Whiteboard Trainer. Tiffany enjoys creating her own digital teaching materials and is very interested in exploring new ideas to facilitate learning.
Why have you chosen this topic for your presentation?
Innovative technology can be daunting. We’d like to share some user-friendly applications that promote collaborative learning and creativity both inside and outside the classroom. Let’s make tech our friend and not our foe.
What do you want participants to take away from your presentation?
Inspiration! We hope that our participants will want to try out some ‘blind’ Kahoots, introduce Grammarly for writing, engage in collaborative learning with Padlet and inspire student voice with Flipgrid. So be prepared to BYOD.
Summary of presentation
It is important to see innovative technology from both the teacher trainer and classroom teacher’s experience and viewpoint. Teacher time to experiment with technology is always scarce so sharing experiences can be more motivational and inspiring for many teachers who find technology challenging. We will be looking at how Kahoot, Grammarly, Padlet and Flipgrid are engaging and motivational tools for teaching English and would be useful in most teachers’ 21st-century digital toolkit.