Blog de Cristina @blogdecristina Twitter profile

Pinned Tweet

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Nuevos talleres presenciales. Ideas y tecnología para transformar tus clases. #estossonsolopresenciales

1

2

35

Last Seen Profiles

@RamdalYaka

@777_Freedom_777

@neoquebecom

@openguildwtf

@CubaEsen

@zcdevito

@086_aaa

@willymolly16621

@bokeplokalmalam

@ejayology

@ynrliilvon

@GayforNaMoSa

@basatonton

@briandforster

@ItzHanny27

@luthon1q

@ninomiyami89906

@jandakembangstw

@SaintMcfc

@amentalrecess

@dej_io

@YpsilomRSE

@kokiandrori

@saythatimtheone

@guitar_yaya

@Kontol_GayINDO

@liberaldemonz

@mehri_julen

@RThakur854

@chriskuzemka

@shasha24225

@JanaReese3532

@urogien

@a_srmk

@LoveLus44127200

@p1astriWDC

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Class discussion techniques. Thanks Svetlana @ELT_CATION for this.

4

79

309

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Cooperative learning strategies

5

119

279

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Need some Listening practice? Quite by chance, I stumbled upon this Youtube channel which is great for C1 and B2 students. Audio+questions+answers+ transcript. C1 B2

11

61

236

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Teacher’s life! When they tell me, “ but you only work 6 hours a day” , I tell them “ it’s like telling C. Ronaldo he only works for the duration of the football match”. It is the work you don’t see that makes all the difference.

8

51

230

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context

4

71

206

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Irregular verbs wheel game. Spin the wheel and answer the questions

12

74

191

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

This is my new Google Sites for #ListeningComprehension activities.There are listenings for A2, B1, B2 and C1 levels categorized by topic. There is also a Guest Book to leave a comment or report any dead links. Looking forward to reading your comments.

26

50

185

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Copyfish is a Chrome extension that allows you to extract text from any image,or PDF. This text is editable so you can reuse it in a document or an email.

8

60

184

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Why is it Tick Tock and not Tock Tick.Short interesting article on Word order.

7

62

172

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Wow! Language teachers out there, this is a tool you really want to bookmark. Free online video editor that automatically adds subtitles and automatically translates subtitles and this... among other cool features. Have a look!

9

54

170

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Another time saver??

15

46

149

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

The best collocations dictionary, in my opinion. This is the one I use and this is the one I recommend my students.

7

33

148

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

7 months

Pediría que antes de usar mis materiales/ ideas para dar una formación, me pidáis permiso. Creo que es lo justo.

21

6

148

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

1 year

Yo sigo enredada/ fascinada con IA, probando todo lo que puedo. Me divierte probar, pero solo me quedo con lo que realmente me sirve a mí como docente o a mis alumnos. Entre otros sitios,me nutro aquí.

Futurepedia - Find The Best AI Tools & Software

Futurepedia is a free site to help you find the best AI tools and software to make your work and life more efficient and productive. Updated daily, join millions of followers of our website, newsle...

www.futurepedia.io

4

42

147

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Building a new Google sites for topic-based Speaking prompts+ tips and useful sites. Mainly B2 level but slowing working on C1 prompts. Check it out! #speaking

13

41

145

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

I've just come across this colourful interactive clock to use when teaching the time; just drag the movable hands and there you have it!

8

31

140

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Fresh on the blog, a great site if you want to read or/and download graded (7 levels) and unabridged books for your English class. Free, legit and you don’t need to sign up to download the books. #readinggradedbooks #freedownload

8

62

131

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Have you ever used Rewordify? Paste the text or enter a URL, get the easier version and print vocabulary lists with definitions and without them, a word bank quiz, a standard quiz or a difficult one. Read al about it on the blog.

8

41

128

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

A dice you can feed text or images and choose to roll up to 3 dice. Endless possibilities for teaching.

5

31

119

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

1 year

Gosh! ChatGP is such a time-saver and combined with @canva , it just blows my mind!!! Give the right prompts to ChatGPT,copy-paste into a beautiful template in Canva, print and add your own magic to the activity. #politics #C1 #cristinacabal #speaking #ChatGPT

8

24

121

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Great compilation of EOI exams: A1-C2.

4

29

115

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

If you are anything like me, every time you have to give a writing assignment, you go crazy looking for the perfect one. Here's a real timesaver: a repository of writing prompts for every essay type. #writing

15

32

111

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Fancy a boardgame to talk about "work"? I first created a digital board, and then changed my mind and decided to go old-school. Printed it and added some extra fun with a huge foam dice and coloured counters to claim spots on the board.

11

23

108

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

You can say I am obsessed with "forcing" my students to use newly-acquired vocabulary. That might be the reason why I am always designing games to help bring this vocabulary to life. The game on this post is an example of this obsession. Hope you like it!

11

22

104

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

For those days...

6

22

101

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Beautiful free illustrations for your projects

5

30

100

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Have you ever used WordWall? This amazing website lets you create visual interactive exercises in 2 min. More? You can set it as an assignment n get your students' results.I'm giving a free 30-minutes webinar, tomorrow Frid 17:30 (CET).Come and join me!

12

28

101

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

If teaching were only about teaching, it would be my dream job. I hate exams. I hate the strain it puts on my adult students, the frustration, the disappointment. Is it the same for you? #EOItas .

30

6

98

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Hi! Hey! I'm back! Who is up for another season of the blog? In this post, I am sharing with you an idea to prevent students from falling behind!

9

25

95

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Este año compartiré mi diario de clase con mis alumnos para que no se descuelguen. He utilizado un template de @slidemania y lo he compartido en Classroom para que se actulice de forma automática. Te dejo el videotutorial

12

20

97

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

7 months

One of my students' weakest skills is writing. To help them get better when I am not available, I've created a chatbot to correct their written mistakes n give them feedback. Easy to create n a safe way for students to use AI. In awe of how good it is.

14

30

98

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Fresh on the blog! If you are a teacher, you don't want to miss this post. Featured today is an incredible app to get a really accurate transcription from audios and videos you can download in a Docx format. #listening #audio #transcription

10

18

94

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

In Spain,the state of alarm has been declared,schools have closed and movement has been restricted.I’m going to rescue some old posts that I think could be helpful for you or your students. I“ll be posting them regularly. Hope u find sth you cannot use.

11

34

94

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Perhaps you are looking for a cool, fun activity to use in your first classes. Look no further, you've found it! Added bonus: students will learn how to use the structure "would rather". #grammar #speaking #WouldRather

2

31

92

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

To remember when you are stuck

0

17

94

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Challenge students to make a sentence with these three random words generator.

8

25

91

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

You won't believe the things this free tool can do for you:simplify text,pronounce words,give definitions and...and this is a big AND, automatically create vocabulary activities based on the text. You don't believe me?Keep on reading! #timesaver

12

33

93

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

So you have to write an essay as part of your English exam. These are the tips I give my students. The most important ones: study and practise But there are some other things you can do to score high on the writing part of your exam. #writing

2

22

92

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

1 year

Hoy he llorado de emoción. #mirecompensa

19

2

92

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Fresh on the blog, an activity to boost engagement n students' speaking skills. Now that we cannot do Gallery Walks, how about a digital one? I had a lot of fun creating and designing my own museum. Make a copy to create your own museum. #blogdecristina

12

29

90

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Me he divertido un montón creando estos botones para mis Google Sites. Si quieres saber como los he hecho, he preparado un videotutorial donde os lo explico. #GoogleSites

9

25

88

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

50 back to school activities for the remote learning classroom: via @jmattmiller

1

34

90

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Awesome collection of tools and resources for breakout rooms. Love the Stranger Things Lights Generator! :)

3

32

88

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Fresh on the blog, a multiskills lesson for C1 students on the topic of education. You will find fun, vocab, listening, reading and speaking practice. A lesson you can easily do/take online or in-person. It's your choice! #topicbased #education #C1

7

22

88

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

is a nice site with tons of brain teasers. Great to work with modals of deduction and certainty. Can you guess this one?

7

26

85

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

PDF Candy is a nice alternative to ILovePDF #PDFeditor #freetools

4

27

85

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

And it is this time of the year... again!!!! Mucho ánimo!!! Need some help???? I certainly do. My Go-To Websites when Correcting Students’ Essays

4

18

84

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Conversation questions. What I like best about this site is that three downloadable worksheets are available in PDF format: individual option, "in pairs" option and "in threes" option. #speaking

8

24

84

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

This website is already bookmarked as a lifesaver. What are yours? @

2

16

82

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Nothing like a good visual

3

14

83

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Find the context where a certain phrase is used or check if it is used by English speakers. For ex, if you are not sure what follows ‘rain cats and ... horses????

5

20

79

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

TImesaver coming! I’m sharing with you a cool site called Pobble.The site offers one interesting picture a day and different activities, based on the picture, to boost speaking and writing My favourite activity is Sick Sentences. What’s yours?

5

24

79

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Would you believe me if I told you, you can create cards for a Taboo Game in seconds? OK, maybe seconds is a bit of an exaggeration, say 1 minute! Fresh on the blog: In a Wink. Create Taboo Cards Magically. #games #TabooCards

4

13

80

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Y las I Jornadas de Escuelas Amigas se acaban. Me voy revitalizada y con un gran orgullo de pertenecer a este colectivo, el de EEOOII. Mil gracias a estas dos monstruas q lo han hecho posible. @leaesasin @carolinasaeber @en_escuelas . Puxa las EOI!

3

2

81

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Introducing the Halloween lesson. A sure way to spark discussion!

4

9

81

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

If you take screenshots, this website is great. It turns a boring screenshot into a more appealing browser mock-up. Free and no registration.

0

17

79

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

6 years

I have just finished updating the catalog of workshops for this school year. Hope you can find something you like. #workshops #teachingandlearninglanguages #EOI #IES #CP . In Spain, as easy as contacting your CPR or Centro de Recursos del Profesorado.

3

17

78

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Fresh on the blog. My Go-To Websites when Correcting Students’ Essays. #writing #freewebsites .

5

19

76

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Cuanto talento hay en las EEOOII @12CongresoEOI . Hoy he sentido que no tengo vida para probar y experimentar todo lo que se ha compartido. Super orgullosa de pertenecer a este colectivo cuyo entusiasmo por innovar parece no tener límites! Ole, ole y ole!

2

8

77

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Calling English teachers out there! If you like Wordle but feel that the word to be guessed is irrelevant to your lesson, read this blog. With you can customize your own word. How cool is this as a warmer, cooler or filler? Read the blog, there is more!

Make and Share Your Own Wordle

Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. You can also share your own word!

mywordle.strivemath.com

𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡

@ShellTerrell

3 years

Wordle Inspired Games for the Classroom:

0

29

58

5

23

76

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Really excited to tell you that I will be giving my first conference at university. I have mixed feelings but I am really looking forward to it.

20

0

77

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

6 years

Flipgrid idea for the language class:Digital storytelling-A chain story.The T records the beginning of a story and invites a ss to continue it(rec.time 30 sec)Then,a new Ss is chosen to continue the story and instructed to listen to the story from the beginning @Flipgrid

6

36

75

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

5 years

Así se ha definido a mi blog hoy. ‘blog de cristina ( @blogdecristina ), repleto de actividades, consejos e ideas para el aula fuera de lo común’ . Chute de energía y motivación para seguir escribiendo que, a veces, lo necesito!

13

7

76

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Real timesaver. Repository of writing prompts for every essay type. #blogdecristina

1

20

71

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Who said it is impossible to revise all the topics covered during the course in a single lesson? What if I add, in an engaging way and with minimum preparation? Do I have your attention? Keep on reading! You are going to love it! #headingforfinals

6

12

75

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

February favourite activity! I know! The month has barely started, but I already know this is going to be my favourite activity. You really need to try this. Book Tasting or How to Engage your Students when Choosing a Book

9

17

75

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Looking for a game to energize the first 10 min of your next class?Here u have one.This game has all the ingredients to make your class memorable:fun,effective n a bit competitive The template is editable so that you can use your own content. @genially_es

6

22

74

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

This is an add-on for Google Chrome that might come in handy if we have to teach online. Paint Editor lets us draw or write on any webpage and then save the screenshot.

3

28

74

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Listen up! Kapwing has just launched their Edu program, which means giving away their Pro plan for FREE to teachers and students. I wrote about Kapwing here. Check it out!

3

25

74

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

A new post is waiting for you brimming with micro tools that are going to make your life so much easier. Need to download a video from YouTube or Facebook? Automatically or manually add subtitles to a video? Sign a PDF? ...etc, etc

2

22

74

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

5 years

This is what I need, short interesting videos for my classes

BBC Ideas: Short films and videos for curious minds

Tired of clickbait? Satisfy your curious mind with this selection of thought-provoking short films and videos from the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

1

34

70

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

This week I will be working with Personality Adjectives. On this post, I am sharing with you 10 Games and Activities to work with these adjectives. Take your pick!

4

14

70

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

A very interesting interview with polyglot ⁦ @alex__rawlings ⁩ . ‘Learning languages is the most humbling thing you can do. No matter how much you know,you are always painfully aware of how much you don’t know’-says Alex. I can certainly relate to this

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Being a Polyglot

Michael talks to Alex Rawlings about being a polyglot

www.bbc.co.uk

0

13

73

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

1 year

Have you ever set up a World Café activity in your class? If you haven't, you are missing out on a powerful speaking strategy which can be adapted to any topic. I'll tell you all about it on the blog. Just published. Don't miss it! #speaking #worldcafe

6

13

73

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Here's a nice compilation of some of the best resources and tools available on the internet to help us teach better. There is also a list of EdTech influencers 😅😃🥳

2

22

71

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Currently using this. #writing

2

15

71

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

1 year

Have you tried ?it differs from other #AI chatbots in that it uses current information,including footnotes with links to the sources of the data,to provide accurate answers to complex questions. Free n you don’t have to register.

0

15

72

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

En uno de los momentos más duros de mi vida, el hacer los que me gusta siempre me saca una sonrisa. #jornadaseoijaen #desvirtualizacion @desiderio_profe @Rocio_EOICR @Mary_EOI Gracias EEOOII Jaén por invitarme a vuestras jornadas. @CepLinares @CEPJAEN1

22

5

72

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Have you been asking the same “If questions’ to your students? This year I am planning to surprise them with new ones. Effortlessly, thanks to this site . @englishprompts . Thanks, @onthesamepagelt for bringing the site to my attention.

3

21

69

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

This is so much help for our students. A sentence dictionary to study how words/chunks are used in context.

3

23

68

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Ta-dah! Canva Docs has arrived!!!! Can't wait to start playing with it! @canva

5

2

69

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Whether you're a student or a teacher trying to help your students improve pronunciation,you really need to try this mind-blowing IA text-to-speech free tool. #artificialintelligence #TTS .If u try it,pls let me know what you think in the comments below

1

16

68

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

I have been using VideoCyborgh for ages to download videos for educational purposes from any platform . That”s always Plan B in case my Internet signal is weak that day. Now, it has incorporated some other new web apps to play with. I love them!

4

12

69

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Trabajando por estaciones. Takes a while to set them up, but it pays off. For most of them, I have used QR Codes.

6

5

69

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

Do you need this? I do. Timesaver: repository of writing prompts for every essay types. #writingprompts #writing #timesaver

3

24

68

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

5 years

100 free audiobooks. You can even download the audio.

Top 100 at LoyalBooks.com

www.loyalbooks.com

6

31

68

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

1 year

No pressure! But , look at this great first-day activity! Thanks @onthesamepagelt it is a relief to know I am not the only one working for the next course while on holidays.

Miguel Míguez

@onthesamepagelt

1 year

About Me: exploring student interests and learning perspectives.

8

38

154

2

16

69

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

5 years

One of my sts returned to class only 1 week after burying her husband; another travels for an hour to get to my classes. So many examples of committed sts; how can we, teachers, not offer them our best? #impressed #motivated #inspired #ihavethebeststsever

2

4

69

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Believe it or not, there aren’t enough hours in the day for the all the things I need/have/ want to do. Is it the same for you?

19

3

68

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

If you thought that was good to remove the background of a photo, then you haven't tried . So much more!

4

15

66

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

I have just bumped into this and thought you might be interested. Spanish proverbs and sayings with their English equivalents #proverbs #sayings #translation

5

18

68

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

3 years

When English teachers retire

2

6

65

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

5 years

If you need to improve your writing, this is a site that I recommend. Just type the noun and choose from a number of adjectives collocating with the noun.Describing Words - Find Adjectives to Describe Things

0

26

67

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Loved this article focusing on the pronunciation of words related to the coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus: a Pronunciation Guide - Pronunciation Studio vía @EloFG

Coronavirus: a Pronunciation Guide

Coronavirus - a Pronunciation Guide Coronavirus /kəˈrəʊnəˌvʌɪrəs/ is the word on everybody’s lips at the moment. It’s an example in English pronunciation of how the vowel sound /ə/ appears on weak...

pronunciationstudio.com

5

21

64

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

This is a post I wrote some years ago that might come in handy if you are going hybrid or for the flipped classroom. 15 Ways a Screen Recorder can Help you in your English Classes | Blog de Cristina

4

13

66

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

2 years

Improving students' writing skills is not entirely the work of the teacher. Read how an Error Awareness Chart can help them correct their written mistakes by making them reflect on their errors. Thanks to the @Language_Gym for the inspiration. #writing

3

17

66

Blog de Cristina

@blogdecristina

4 years

Classes have finished and again, it is time for 🅼🆈 🆃🅾🅿 🅿🅾🆂🆃🆂 🅾🅵 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🆂🅴🅰🆂🅾🅽 As usual, I will be taking a break from publishing new content on the blog until late September/early October. Hope you enjoy my choice! :)