My work is about helping teachers move from covering content to designing learning experiences for their students.
Screenless Engagement
Strategies and Practical Ideas for Active Learning
How can we captivate and inspire students without relying too much on digital tools? While technology plays a crucial role in modern education, non-digital teaching methods offer unique benefits for fostering creativity, interpersonal skills, and independent thinking. This workshop explores how tech-free activities encourage imagination, improve communication and teamwork, and promote critical thinking, ultimately boosting intrinsic motivation and curiosity.
From Small Talk to Big Ideas
Rethinking Speaking Practice
Spark deeper conversations and help students build real-world communication skills through meaningful, engaging speaking activities.
In this talk, we will explore how to go beyond surface-level tasks and turn speaking practice into a space for connection, reflection, and growth.
You will discover a variety of no-prep, high-impact speaking activities that are designed to inspire critical thinking in both primary and secondary classrooms. These activities are simple to implement, flexible across topics, and carefully crafted to develop student voice, confidence, and creativity.
Think Outside the Test
Think Creatively, Test Differently
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by stacks of test papers, questioning whether they truly reflect what your students know or can do? Traditional tests often fall short of capturing creativity, critical thinking, and the practical application of language skills.
What if assessments could be less stressful for you and more meaningful for your students?
In this talk, we’ll reimagine traditional testing and explore creative strategies to help students authentically demonstrate their learning.
Teaching in the Age of AI
What Really Matters
In the AI era, language teachers face the challenge of moving beyond instant answers toward deeper learning. This talk will offer practical techniques for guiding students to ask better questions and engage critically with technology. Participants will also gain strategies to promote creativity, communication, and authentic language development in technologically mediated classrooms.
Pop Culture Pedagogy
Practical Ideas for Engaging Lessons
What happens when we invite students’ worlds into the classroom?
Pop culture is everywhere — in the music our students listen to, the shows they binge, the athletes they admire, the memes they share. When used with intention, it becomes far more than entertainment: it becomes a powerful bridge to relevance, voice, and meaningful learning.
In this talk, we’ll explore how to use pop culture as a pedagogical tool to spark curiosity, increase participation, and create lessons that feel alive and connected to students’ realities.
You’ll walk away with practical, classroom-ready ideas using music, celebrities, games, memes, and global events, adaptable to both primary and secondary classrooms.
From Testing to Training
Rethinking Listening in the ELT Classroom
Listening is real-time, attention-heavy, and cognitively complex — yet we often reduce it to comprehension questions. In this training, you’ll explore why students struggle and learn a practical five-layer approach that transforms listening from a test into a skill-building process.