Monthly Archives: June 2011

WizIQ Distance Learning Summer Course: Chapter 2: things are looking up

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

You may remember what happened last week on my distance learning summer course, (read it here)I was keen to use a fantastic online tool ‘lights out’ and in true form, nobody could see anything! So, this week I decided to … Continue reading →

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Scoop.it!! An inspiring new toy to play with for the summer.

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Recently various scoop.it topics have been appearing in the blogosphere, amd being naturally magpie like, I was immediately attracted by the glitz. So here is my first topic: inspiration for tired teachers. I’m sure that at this time of year … Continue reading →

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Meet Nina Hanakova…or on Facebook: Nina EnglishBrno

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

  Hi everyone, Welcome to the second of my PLN “Who’s next…? Challenge (thanks to Brad Patterson for this Blog Challenge) Interviews. This week I interviewed Nina Hanakova from Brno in the Czech Republic. I have not known Nina for … Continue reading →

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Lights Out!

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Lights Out LIGHTS OUT Hi everyone, well, I promised I’d tell you what happened when I used my screencast of the lights out tool I talked about last week, which you can see here, if you missed it. I had … Continue reading →

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ClassTools.net: using their cool tools to work on close ups

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Technology Returns, and here are some really fun tools ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education. I haven’t written about technology for quite a while now but this site provides us with a serious of really “cool tools”. … Continue reading →

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#ELTchat Summary: how can we teach lexical grammar, going beyond “single word” lists?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

#ELTchat SUMMARY : June 15th 2011. Coming to you from Verona, Italy….. What is ELTchat? If you have never been to an #ELTchat discussion, you don’t know what you’re missing. For a comprehensive introduction to these breathtaking chat sessions, read … Continue reading →

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Back to Dogme: Stage Two…. dealing with emergent language and experimenting.

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

You never know what might pop out of the hat! Back to Dogme: Stage Two: dealing with emergent language and experimenting It’s amazing how time flies but at the same time stands still. It seems only minutes since I was … Continue reading →

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PLN Interview Challenge…. Meet Anita

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Meet Anita Adnan Last month Brad Patterson launched the idea of an interview challenge where various bloggers interview each other or people  from their PLNs so that we can get to know each other a bit better… a great idea, … Continue reading →

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Once upon a sentence: the written word… storytelling part two

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Lose yourself in a good book Stories can be written too… In my last storytelling post I wrote about the oral traditions of storytelling and how we might use visualisation to spark off originality and imagination in our learners, who … Continue reading →

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Back to Dogme… the best option for adult learners in an Evening Class

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

This week so far has been dominated by exams, which unfortunately seems to be happening all too often these days. I know it’s that time of year but our university language centre is, as always strapped for cash, meaning that … Continue reading →

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