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ΕλληνικάCommunication is the ability to use different languages appropriately and effectively to conduct interpersonal exchanges. It is based on the ability to understand, express and interpret concepts, thoughts, feelings, facts and opinions in both oral and written form (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in an appropriate range of societal and cultural contexts according to one’s wants or needs. It relies on the ability to mediate between different languages and media.
The Tools that Stood Out
Literacy Competence
A picture is worth a thousand words. Images can be powerful teaching tools, as illustrations to in-class lectures, or for studying concepts outside of the classroom.
Thinglink allows teachers and students to select an image or a video and create new presentations based on their imagination, which can later be shared on social networks.
Digital Competence
The efficient organization of tools and web services is essential for both work and study. We need to access different applications or other websites daily and sometimes it takes too much time or we just can’t trace them back.
Our proposal to organize your online activities and communications is Symbaloo.
It is a visual bookmarking tool that makes it simple and fun to organize the best of the web for you classes or your learning.
Multilingua Competence
It doesn’t matter how interesting your idea is if you don’t know how to communicate it. Learning to define ideas helps you to improve your communication and reduce the time you spend trying to synthesize or express what you want to convey. To help your students to improve their speaking skills, not only in face to face classes but also outside the class, we propose “flipgrid”, an ideal tool to kick-start discussions and share ideas.
Literacy Competence
Reading and writing skills will greatly assist learners in learning subjects or in any other daily activities. A motivating, creative and useful way to develop student´s writing and reading comprehension is through storybook creation. Our proposal,”storybird,” will motivate your learner with images to create personalized stories and share them.
Tips for Communication Trainers!!
At all times you must remember that above all you are the trainer! In order to maximise the potential of these tools, don’t forget to:
1) Help learners build confidence and increase self-esteem by recognizing them for their efforts.
2) Give your learners constructive error feedback and help them to learn from it.
3) Help your learners to become independent learners, by giving them the necessary study strategies.