Posts Tagged ‘Professional Development’

What You Can Learn From My PLN Quiz #6 (ELTAS Tech Tools Day Edition)

Jul 17th, 2010

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 [...]

An “old dog” and “special tricks” (by David Deubelbeis)

Jul 13th, 2010

by ddeubel.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Over the length of my teaching career, I’ve changed in many ways. I think my journey mimics that of a lot of other ELT teachers. 1. I have slowed down my delivery and instruction considerably. I used to just screech and scream through content. Now, [...]

What You Can Learn from my PLN Quiz #5 (July 9th)

Jul 9th, 2010

by Barbara.

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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)

Jul 4th, 2010

by Barbara.

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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)

Jun 28th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Colin Graham Catherine Dorgan Harini Dwi Janet Bianchini

21 days, 5 cities, 1000 teachers, and 20 computers

Mar 3rd, 2010

by Barbara.

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In February, I talked with approximately 1000 teachers in Fukuoka, Okayama, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo as part of the OUP Teaching Workshop Series. Workshop titles were assigned to fit an acronym. I was the “I” in K.I.D.S.—Interactive Ideas for Keeping your English Classes Relevant for the 21st century. The challenge for me was how to [...]

Do It Your Way (by Janet Bianchini)

Feb 21st, 2010

by JanetBianchini.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know A very good friend, Ehrhard, a retired teacher from the former GDR, recently wrote a letter to me, which made me truly reflect. He told me that he was so happy that he had taught English “his way” successfully for many years, even though his [...]

Text Your Knowledge (by Nick Jaworski)

Feb 7th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know As a manager I interview a lot of teachers. One question I always ask is about reading texts. If you have a short reading text, what are some different ways in which it can be used? I am constantly surprised by the lack of responses [...]

Things I’m happy to know (by Tamas Lorincz)

Feb 4th, 2010

by tamaslorincz.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know I jumped at the opportunity to contribute to what I believe to be one of the best blogs in the EFL blogosphere. I allocated an hour to writing this post, and even after 12 hours of fruitless toil, I am none the wiser. http://wordle.net What [...]

The Difference a Year Makes

Jan 10th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Almost exactly one year ago, I signed up for two sessions through TESOL’s Electronic Village Online–Becoming a Webhead (BAW) and Virtual Worlds and Language Learning (VWLL). I signed up just before deadline, so if you’re still wondering whether or not to give these, or another of the many EVO workshops a try, there’s still time!