We're better when we work together
Earlier this month, I awoke to a lovely message telling me that Teaching Village was the TEFL Site of the Month. While always thrilled to get an award of any kind, I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t sure what this award was for (I’m still sort of new to this blogging business). [...]
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More on Hadley’s adventures in online collaboration. If you’d like to read the beginning of this adventure, check out “New Friends” It was a marvelous day for my students when we got to share the learning that went on in our classroom with people living in Japan. Because of the contacts that I made through [...]
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“That is so cool!” “How did you do that?” “What are all the red dots about? They are awesome. Look there’s one in Japan.” “And one on New Zealand!” Share the post “New Friends (by Hadley Ferguson)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Part of the series: Lessons Learned from Students THE BACKGROUND: 2008, I returned to the 7th grade Social Studies classroom after a seven-year hiatus in Computer Applications and the Media Center. I wanted back in the classroom where I could work with a smaller number of students and develop a long-term relationship as a teacher [...]
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As an educator for over 15 years at the intermediate level, I have experimented with a variety of methods to engage my students in their learning. My latest endeavor involves introducing different kinds of technology to enhance the teaching of Medieval World History. Through a professional networking site, I came across a request for international [...]
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