Posts Tagged ‘blogging’

It’s Worth Taking a Look at This Blog

May 11th, 2010

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 [...]

How to create video activities on a teacher’s blog (by Christina Markoulaki)

Mar 6th, 2010

by Christina Markoulaki.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know The focal point of my previous post on this blog were the potential ways teachers can help their students to organize and practice their knowledge by setting up a blog especially for them. Since video activities on a teacher’s blog seem to be the most [...]

How to integrate blogging in EFL teaching (by Christina Markoulaki)

Feb 26th, 2010

by Christina Markoulaki.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know I am pretty confident that a vast majority of EFL teachers relish blogging, but each one employs this practice in his/her teaching differently. I am therefore taking the initiative to write this post to ask and give an answer to this question: Have you ever [...]

Raising a Digital Native in Argentina (by Jennifer Verschoor)

Dec 17th, 2009

by Barbara.

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All parents have to make a very difficult decision when they have to decide which school they are going to send their children to. In my case I decided to send my 4 year old daughter to a regular school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The school was not bilingual but had English as a compulsory [...]

Recognizing the Worthy

Dec 13th, 2009

by Barbara.

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“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” Abraham Lincoln I started blogging to explore a belief that “we are stronger, better teachers when we work together, share our knowledge, and connect with others.” I’m only marginally better at the tech stuff now than I was at the start, [...]

On Becoming Socially Networked

Jun 17th, 2009

by Barbara.

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The Internet and I have reached a turning point in our relationship. Don’t get me wrong–we’re not breaking up. I have adored the World Wide Web since we first met in the 1990s, and depend on it daily. I use Skype to talk to my family, download books to my Kindle, watch TV on my Slingbox, store my photos on [...]