Juliana Díaz- teacher and researcher

I will never forget June 29 and 30. FlipTech East Coast 2018 at Collingswood High School was the opportunity to travel and meet the kindest people I have never met. There is more than one aspect I would like to highlight from this experience. First, when I think thoroughly, FlipTech conference could not have happened without the effort and love from Dave ,  Melissa and their awesome team . It was the first time I went to a high school in the United States. It was astonishingly  organized; the site had beautiful spaces to hang out and learn. I was thrilled to see even the artwork shown in the library to boost reading! Also, the presentations were varied and relevant. It was like home because I could interact with many teachers from different areas of expertise and countries/states in one place. Again, thank you! Second, Aaron Sam ’s mind-blowing presentation . Meeting Aaron was awesome, he is kind and welcoming. I connected everything I have learned about Fli...

Juliana Díaz holds a BA in ELT from Universidad Industrial de Santander, an ICELT certificate (In-Service Certificate in English Language Teaching) from Cambridge University and a Master’s degree in English Language Teaching – Autonomous Learning Environments from Universidad de La Sabana. She works as a level coordinator and researcher in the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures at Universidad de La Sabana. Juliana has been flipping the writing and grammar components for her face-to- face courses at this university. Her research interests are Flipped Learning methodology, writing process and learner autonomy. Find her on Twitter at  @tchju

Flipping my writing lessons  Writing is a process that requires time and guidance. For this reason, this process has always been a struggle for my students. They came up with texts that did not have a well-organized structure and grounded ideas. I believed that they can do better with some guidance and extra work for them, but in-class time is used for different skills such as listening and reading; therefore, writing is a relegated skill.   In an intermediate English  level from a  private university,  students are asked to write a coherent and organized essay comparing and contrasting a current topic mostly related to technology, housing, hystory's mysteries, types of money transactions and professions.  So, as a teacher, a constant question I asked myself was how my students could write this type of essay using proper grammar, connectors and a sound rhetorical structure.  A dear friend  and colleague , Carolina R. Buitrago, told...