eLearning

Introducing Creative Augmented Reality E-books (CARE BOOKS)

Introducing Creative Augmented Reality E-books (CARE BOOKS)

According to English Language Curriculum and Assessment Guide (2021), our objectives for primary English education are to “provide students with learning experiences to increase their language proficiency for study, work, leisure and personal enrichment; develop their...

The Gingerbread Man: E-books for Process Writing

The Gingerbread Man: E-books for Process Writing

E-books can be used for various classroom activities. In this example, English teacher Zoe from Hong Kong Baptist Convention Primary School made an interactive e-book with different endings of the Gingerbread Man story and used it as an example for her students to...

DIY E-books for Storytelling

DIY E-books for Storytelling

E-book sounds fancy and mysterious when it involves sophisticated authoring tools. However, you and your students can also create attractive e-books and tell interesting stories just using the one of the most common tool - Microsoft PowerPoint. The examples of...

Flipped Learning: Video Examples

Flipped Learning: Video Examples

In this session, we will present some examples of pre-recorded videos used for flipped learning. Originally designed and used for Ma On Shan Ling Liang Primary School, the videos below cater for P4 and P5 English curriculum. Each video has a specific language focus...

Think Twice about Your Class: to Flip or Not to Flip?

Think Twice about Your Class: to Flip or Not to Flip?

Some technologies are very helpful in allowing us to do familiar things better. PowerPoint, compared with pen on a whiteboard or chalk on a blackboard, is a superior visual experience. But some technologies or IT approaches have the power to transform learning – allowing us to do things that would be impossible otherwise.

Recommended e-Resources for Teaching English Listening

Recommended e-Resources for Teaching English Listening

Most students of English as a second language have few opportunities to improve their English listening by listening to authentic English in context. To give students more opportunities to listen to comprehensible English, teachers can turn to technology for…

Adding Subtitles with Ease

Adding Subtitles with Ease

Subtitles are very useful for primary and secondary students when you have found (or made) an appropriate video but want to provide additional listening support. Subtitles are also a great addition when videos are used for Flipped Classes or with EdPuzzle activities....

6 Easy Apps for Video Editing

6 Easy Apps for Video Editing

1. Adobe Premiere Clip (iOS & Android, free) This is an excellent and easy app to use on iOS and Android mobile devices. It is very hands on and intuitive. The editing of clips is very easy and it makes great use of your mobile device's processing power to render...

Make Your First E-book – PowerPoint (Advanced)

Make Your First E-book – PowerPoint (Advanced)

If you have grasped the basics of making an eBook with PowerPoint, the following tutorials that introduce more advanced eBook features are right for you. Advanced E-book Text Features 1. How to sync audio with texts in PowerPoint This is a 3-minute video that shows...

Google Services (G Suite): Google Chrome

Google Services (G Suite): Google Chrome

As one of the most powerful browsers in the world, Google Chrome provides you with a simple, secure and fast online experience. This is a tutorial to help you get started with Google Chrome (8 Minutes)   Highlights from the video: the differences between logging...

Google Services (G Suite): Google Drive

Google Services (G Suite): Google Drive

Google Drive is a popular cloud storage service that allows you to store, access and share files across various devices. With a Google account, you can enjoy up to 15GB of free cloud storage in Google Drive. For G Suite for Education users, the storage space of Google...

Make Your First E-book – Book Creator

Make Your First E-book – Book Creator

E-books can make English teaching and learning more effective and interesting, and teachers and students can create any types of e-books with their creativity. A good e-book can be a well-balanced combination of teacher input and student choice as shown below. Here...

Make Your First E-book – PowerPoint (Basic)

Make Your First E-book – PowerPoint (Basic)

Compared to traditional printed materials, digital books are more favorable to English learners as listed below. They can be designed to match the specific needs of students.They are easily changed and adapted for other groups of learners.They can include...