Nowadays, many online ESL teachers incorporate green screens into their lectures as there are numerous ways to use them to elevate your lessons. In fact, green screens have grown so popular among online ESL teachers and students that some organizations or schools even urge their instructors to use them.
Undeniably, to get your green screen setup just right, you’ll need to sacrifice some time and money. However, the good news is that creating a green screen environment is neither difficult nor costly.
What is a Green Screen?
Green screen technology (also known as chroma keying) provides pupils with a plethora…
A Florida school board member asked during a school board meeting how “woman” was defined in a proposed sex education curriculum, noting that parents wanted a clear answer to weigh whether to pull their children out of the district.
Broward County Public Schools have been debating on the proposed sex education curriculum since the district reworked the curriculum due to pressure from the Florida Department of Education. At a school board meeting on March 28th, school board members clashed on defining what a woman is after a public comment period addressed the curriculum.
School board member Brenda Fam of District…
What Is Past Perfect Continuous?
Past perfect continuous tense, also called past perfect progressive, shows something that both started and ended in the past using the helper “had” with “been” and the present participle form (-ing) of any continuous verb. Two actions that occurred in the past are frequently illustrated against each other to show cause and effect or timing.
How To Use It
The description may sound as horrible and confusing as the name, but it’s actually not hard to use. Keep in mind that only continuous verbs work. The infographic and some past perfect continuous examples in their…
An exercise of academic opening-up has been taking place. The growing orientation of university research and teaching towards global challenges and local demands in recent years promotes active engagement with external stakeholders. This appears in the identification and definition of challenges, as well as in research and learning processes.
It is what is known as a “civic university” model, in which higher education institutions (HEIs) couple their inherent commitment to knowledge with social purpose. Universities cannot be ivory towers any more; they need to pay attention to the long-term effects of their activity and stimulate new modes of operation –…
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Vocabulary and Phrases
“Turkey with All the Trimmings”Dinner is centered around the turkey, and “the trimmings” refers to the many dishes served with it. Favorite trimmings include cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, yams, various vegetables, and pumpkin pie for dessert.“Turkey Days”As turkey is the main dish, “Turkey Day” is an alternate name.
“Pilgrims”The first Americans to celebrate Thanksgiving were pilgrims from Europe who feasted with the Wampanoag tribe. While modern feasts can last three hours, this first feast lasted three days. The pilgrims nibbled dishes such as eel, squash, and venison; pumpkin pie was not…