Activities / Reflection September 22, 2012 Teach Peace It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace. ~Shenandoah proverb~ Since 1982, people have celebrated the International Day of Peace on September 21st.... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities September 20, 2012 We’re going on a conker hunt! A list of autumn activities. (by Anna Musielak) It’s time to say goodbye to hot summer days and welcome autumn with all its colours and fruit. The leaves themselves look like an artwork, the... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network / Professional Development September 16, 2012 The floor is ours! TeachMeet is a life-changing experience. Those who have never taken part in one won’t understand what I’m talking about; those who have, are most probably hooked for life. To describe it briefly, TeachMeet is... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL September 11, 2012 Globaldreamers – Peace Project (by Marsha Goren) I developed the Dream a dream project of Ein Ganim School Israel in 2001 and first met the Internet in 2002. The idea started as a vehicle to encourage children and educators to share... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL September 8, 2012 Upon reflecting on how I became an EFL teacher in Venezuela (by Miguel Mendoza) “Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities August 30, 2012 Child’s play crafts that increase spelling skills (by Anna Musielak) My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. A. A. Milne English might be an easy language but its spelling is tough and complicated.... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Technology for Teaching and Learning August 16, 2012 Flipped Classrooms and Simple English Videos (by Vicki Hollett) We can take in a lot of information very fast just by looking. It’s why video is so helpful to language learners. Audio recordings provide the words, but videos take the blindfolds off. We... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities August 14, 2012 Engaging young (and very young) learners with (basic) craft projects (by Anna Musielak) Arts and crafts involve children simultaneously in activities promoting their personal development and in helping them to learn the language. While making things, children also make meaning. As they explore shapes, colours, textures, constructions,... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development June 27, 2012 More than six ways of motivating our students This week, the iTDi bloggers are talking about motivating students. As always, they come at the topic from different angles, and (as always) they gave me plenty of ideas to think about. Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development June 13, 2012 More than six ways of using technology in language teaching This week, the discussion question over on the iTDi blog is How do you use technology in your classes? I’ll be honest … I sort of expected that all of the posts (except for... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket