Are Emotions OK? Philip Kerr writes about Ready to Run COVID-19 vlog

Are Emotions OK? Philip Kerr writes about Ready to Run COVID-19 vlog

Are emotions OK?

In the latest of our series of special guest posts, teacher, teacher trainer, ELT author and blogger Philip Kerr looks at how authentic video can be used to explore emotions in English teaching. Philip features the Ready to Run topical video Emotions are OK (password: Ready2Run) and suggests exercises and activities for teachers looking to include reflection and expression in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in classes for young adults and adults.

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Interactive Video Resources

Interactive videos from Ready to Run!

Each Ready to Run video comes with rich learning designs for video-led teaching aligned to Cambridge syllabus and 21st Century skills. The DLA learning designs were written documents for teachers and students in our first-generation products. Publishers and schools would then adapt and customise them, allowing our customers to leapfrog from paper to digital-first courses.

Now we also offer fully interactive packages, based on the same great learning designs. Our customers can supply these interactives in schools and courses “as is”, or extend and adapt them using any industry standard authoring tools. 

With the urgent shifts of teaching everywhere to remote mode, we saw a need for student-facing interactive versions of our ELT content. Providers of courses or content told us they need to quickly grow the blended or online element of their materials for students to complete on mobile at home.

The first 10 interactive units of Ready to Run content are on the DLA website here - just select any unit and try it out. No requirement to log in. We’re now starting on the next 150+ units and they will become available during the school year.

The interactives are built for SCORM—LTI compliance so any partners licensing them can have full integration with core LMS functions like scorecard and student progression trackers on their platforms and courses.

Desktop screen from interactive unit: A! Tati’s Vlog: Morning Routine

Desktop screen from interactive unit: A! Tati’s Vlog: Morning Routine