Last year, I had my first ever “Tweet Up” at the JALT Conference in Shizuoka. For those not familiar with Twitter, a Tweet Up is when people who know each other through Twitter have a chance to meet face-to-face. Even though we were still a relatively small group of Twitter-using teachers, the excitement was huge. [...]
Posts under ‘Personal Learning Network’
What You Can Learn From My PLN Quiz #6 (ELTAS Tech Tools Day Edition)
I had planned on taking a bit of a break from creating quizzes based on blogs by members of my Personal Learning Network. Then Anne Hodgson (one of the members of said PLN) sent me a message on Twitter, telling me about an upcoming event in Germany—ELTAS Tech Tools Day. Now, I would do just [...]
What You Can Learn from my PLN Quiz #5 (July 9th)
Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Anne Hodgson Janet Bianchini Sue Lyon-Jones Michelle Worgan Catherine Dorgan Sabrina
What You Can Learn from My PLN Quiz #4 (July 4th)
Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network This past week, some readers let know know that one of the links was broken in my post for PLN Quiz #4, and others let me know that they couldn’t access the quiz website. I appreciated the time they took to 1) try and take the quiz, [...]
What You Can Learn From My PLN Quiz #4 (June 28)
Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Colin Graham Catherine Dorgan Harini Dwi Janet Bianchini
What You Can Learn from My PLN Quiz #3 (June 23)
Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Arjana Blazic Catherine Dorgan Jane Barden Katerina Zempeki-Stamelou Leahn Stanhope Marisa Parvan
What you can learn from my PLN Quiz #2 (June 18)
Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Anne Hodgson Arjana Blazic Janet Bianchini Leahn Stanhope
What you can learn from my PLN (June 13)
Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network This post is inspired by several things: The “It’s worth taking a look at this blog” initiative that had folks recommending blogs they liked, Darren Elliot’s call for us to find and recommend hidden gems from blog archives, and my own (long neglected) posts about “What I’ve [...]
Intersection on an E-Ferry (a poem by Hamdi Erestreams)
Hamdi is a teacher I recently met on Facebook. He has taught EFL for 12 years in Tunisia and has recently begun to explore Facebook and Twitter as places to connect with other teachers around the world. Hamdi doesn’t have a computer at home, so he accesses the Internet at cybercafes and at school. In [...]
It’s Worth Taking a Look at This Blog
I love initiatives like this one, that give us a chance to introduce great people to other great people. “Vale a pena ficar do olho nesse blog” means “It’s worth keeping an eye on this blog”. I’m honored to be have been tagged by five teachers I admire whose blogs I really enjoy: Janet Biachini [...]
