Posts Tagged ‘web 2.0’

High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms: VoiceThread

May 23rd, 2010

Some time back, Anita Kwiatkowska encouraged me to start a new series. I’ve actually been thinking of this idea for a few months, when OUP asked me to do a series of presentations about using technology in teaching young EFL learners.

Moving Your Kindergarten into Web 2.0 with 5 Different Tools (by Özge Karaoğlu)

Mar 9th, 2010

by ozge.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow” John Dewey Kindergarten has always been the place to make friends, paint pictures, tell stories, play games and have fun while learning. Wooden blocks and legos have always been favorites in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Crossing the Physical and Linguistic Divide (By Catherine Cabiness)

Feb 1st, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know 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 [...]

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!

Learning Lessons in Thailand (by Rob Newberry)

Nov 3rd, 2009

by RobinThailand.

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Part of the series: Stories from the Front Lines of EFL I teach in an International School in Bangkok. The “internationality” of the school is an interesting term, as there really are two languages spoken here — English and Thai — and not necessarily in that order. There used to be signs posted around the [...]

Life on the Learning Curve

Oct 1st, 2009

by Barbara.

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I have a confession to make. As I get older, my learning style more and more resembles an eight-year old boy’s. You know, push buttons until something works. That, coupled with my determination to maintain a beginner mentality by trying new things, keeps me solidly on a learning curve for something or other.