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  "Mastering Pronunciation: ELSA as Your Pocket Coach" Elsa is not that princess in the film Frozen, it is the English Language Speech Assistant which is informative to practice speaking skills in authentic settings. It's just like having a personal coach in your pocket! ELSA uses AI technology to help students improve their English pronunciation by providing instant feedback on their spoken English.   Cute Webpage of ELSA In terms of teaching ,teachers are encouraged to use ELSA into classroom activities to enhance pronunciation instruction, as a supplement for their lessons, tracking students' progress, and providing additional support outside of class. Teachers is also capable of borrowing the education system in ELSA and implement it in their own class.  The Interface of ELSA Now, let's take a journey to study with ELSA! The AI serves as a partner to initiate a small talk (depends on your task information), which is conducive to so...

Revolutionizing English Education: Nearpod's Interactive Learning Solutions What is Nearpod Previous to log in Nearpod as a teacher, I have already tried it as a students in many modules in TESOL. From my perspective, it is informative while students themselves could see the powerpoint on their laptop as well as finish the activities like poll and multi-choice questions.  However, in terms of teachers, the Nearpod is not only user-friendly to present the powerpoint, but also for its multi-functional in assisting teaching.  The webpage of Nearpod The webpage is very clear in distinguishing your identity as a student or teacher. What can Nearpod provide With Nearpod, teachers are able to blend traditional teaching methods with various technology, bringing your lessons through multimedia elements like videos  and image s . It is informative for teachers about the less planning, sparking inspiration about the content. The editing webpage   In Nearpod library, it include...

 Transforming Teaching: Exploring Genially's Interactive Learning  What is Genially  Genially is an online platform that offers English language teachers a dynamic method to create engaging and interactive learning materials. This week, I am intend to use Genially for creating an interactive material for students in classroom and at the same time, providing a tool that helps students to present their incredible digital project. What you can create with Genially For teachers , it is time-consuming while making a clear but attractive Powerpoint if you are not very proficient about it. Genially is for you! It incorporates loads of templates including presentation, inforgraphics, gamification, interactive image , etc. All of these functions contribute a lot in encouraging students to focus on the Teacher ’ s presentation.       (some templates as examples)                 ...