Open Software and Educational Resources

Given the great opportunity of living nowadays, teacher/educators are granted with so many opportunities for self-develop. Exploring such Open Educational Resource platform as http://orelt.col.org I would highly recommend English teachers in Armenia to spend some time, go over the modules, as they provide very useful and plausible material that can be easily adapted to a particular proficiency level. To be competitive in this rapidly developing country, teachers need to go beyond the methods that were used in teaching back in 1990-2000. Nowadays, we/teachers have so many open free resources that can empower us as educators of the 21th century. Instead of finding a book published many years ago, this open resources provide teachers with most up-to date information in teaching English: methods, ways. Open resources not only provide some food for teachers' thinking but also give ready-made activities to be used in the classroom. Because the material is free and accessible from everywhere the teacher decides when and where to read and reflect on the information. It can help teachers within the same organization, be it a public or private school, teaching centre or even a kindergarden to collaborate, to discuss, to connect to Armenian reality. It may happen that older teachers feel suspicious about these resources, but once they get involved, I really hope, they will use it to benefit for their own sake.