Pearson EduOnline 2024: Back to school

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

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03:45 PM Europe/Prague

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Agenda

15:45 - Welcome and Introduction

16:00 - 17:00 - Jeanne Perrett

Top Ten Teaching Tips

In this session we will look at ten important concepts and see how we can transform them into activities which can be easily implemented in our primary classes. We’ll think about notions such as motivation, expectation, surprise, expansion, and then break them down into useful, interesting teaching ideas, using some examples from iSucceed and My Disney Stars and Heroes.

17:00 - 17:05 - BREAK

17:05 - 17:50 - Judita Tothová, Kateřina Myšáková, Lenka Nováková

What's new - Pearson & Ventures Books

17:50 - 18:00 - BREAK

18:00 - 19:00 - Ken Beatty

Artificial Intelligence: Shining Light in the Language Classroom

In 1801, the first blackboard increased student centredness as a side effect of allowing students to share their written work and drawings on a wall-mounted slate, visible to all. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest in a long list of educational technologies to impact the classroom, often in unexpected ways. 

Each new educational technology shines a light on previous ways of teaching and learning languages, often raising questions: Do video lessons hamper notetaking and require less imagination than simply listening? Does it matter that keyboarding diminishes handwriting skills? How can phone apps supplement classroom learning? AI’s innovative tools and practices similarly need to be interrogated in terms of their benefits and limitations. This talk gives an overview of AI in language education and shares best practices of how teachers and students can use AI to explore new paradigms and complement traditional approaches, particularly in localizing and personalizing content.  

19:00 - RAFFLE

Jeanne Perrett

Jeanne Perrett has been working in the language teaching sector for forty years as a teacher, school owner, publisher and writer and is the author and co-author of many acclaimed pre-primary and primary EFL series including Yazoo, Fly High, Now I Know, Rise and Shine, English Code, and My Disney Stars and Friends. She has trained teachers all over the world and frequently presented at professional conferences. Apart from her professional experience, she draws a lot on the practical knowledge she has gained as the mother of four children and now as the grandmother of seven.

Mr Ken Beatty

PEARSON / Anaheim University Professor and Writer

Ken has a PhD in computer-assisted language learning. He’s worked in Asia, the Middle East, and North and South America, lecturing on language teaching and learning from the primary through university levels. Author/co-author of 148 readers and textbooks, he’s given 500+ teacher-training sessions in 35 countries. His research focus is critical and creative thinking.

Mgr. Lenka Nováková

Lenka Nováková, with all her passion for language and teaching, works as an ELT consultant for Ventures Books. With a background in English and Czech philology from Palacký University, Lenka started teaching during her studies. Her career path led her through language schools, where she educated learners of various ages. Beyond traditional classroom settings, she ventured into corporate environments, leading courses for diverse companies. With experience teaching at both primary and secondary school, she gained insight into the issue of graduation leaving exam, inclusion, special educational needs and many others. At Ventures Books, Lenka provides guidance and support to English language teachers in utilizing educational resources, offering innovative and effective teaching materials and textbooks, and addressing challenges in the classroom.

Kateřina Myšáková

Kateřina works as an ELT consultant for Ventures Books. Foreign languages are her life-long passion. She studied English and German philology at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. During her studies, she spent several months abroad gaining valuable experience and exploring different cultures, among others at the Pedagogical University in Cracow. She gained her experience in teaching in formal institutions as well as NGOs where she tutored students of various age groups. Her aim is to spread the joy of learning and help teachers with applying a suitable teaching method by choosing the right textbook that would fit their students as well as them.

Judita Tóthová

Judita studied at the Faculty of Education in Nitra English language and Geography. During her nearly 30 years of practice, she worked as a teacher in primary, secondary and language schools and as a lecturer of corporate language courses as well. She also collaborated with the National Institute for Education on English language teacher training courses. She works as an ELT consultant for Slovak Ventures company.

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