Part of the Cool Sites series Photo adapted from Flickr by kevindooley licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. Summer has officially started for many of you! I know that you will probably be relaxing for the first few days, but eventually you may feel the need to be inspired and motivated for the upcoming […]
Month: May 2011
Education Transformation Through Social Media
Part 1 of the Education Transformation Through Collaborative Voices series In a recent #Edchat discussion I reflected, “There are more educators than politicians involved in education, yet politicians make the majority of education policy decisions. How do we change this dynamic?” One of the drawbacks of undergoing training as an educator is that we rarely […]
Interview: Tyson & Rocco Seburn & the Klingon Scandal
Tyson Seburn (@seburnt) is an incredibly multi-talented ELT star in our Personal/Passionate Learning Network! In Canada, he stays busy running his own website, CourseTree, managing an industry book distributor, conducting webinars, and teaching in the International Foundation Program at University of Toronto. Avid tweeter and blogger, his current area of interest is purposeful integration of […]
Education Transformation Through Collaborative Videos
Part 2 of the Education Transformation Through Collaborative Voices series originally posted on the Teach Paperless Blog! Social media is having an incredible impact on various aspects of our lives. CNN and the Huffington Post reported the impact of social media during the recent tragedies that have struck Japan. The underlying message was that social […]
Tips for Connecting with Young Learners by Dave Dodgson
Dave Dodgson who is currently based in Turkey shares this post with great tips…. Tips for Connecting with Young Learners I never planned to teach kids. I was trained to teach English to adults and never pictured myself working in a ‘school’ setting with students who only came up to my waist. And yet, here […]
Free Webinar: Mobile Motivation: Real World Learning with Mobile Devices
Today, Saturday, May 7th, I will be presenting a live free webinar on the Classroom 2.0 LIVE show, entitled, “Mobile Motivation: Real World Learning with Mobile Devices”. Attend by clicking this link, Each show begins at 12pmNYC, 9amLA, 1pm Rio de Janiero, 5pm London, 6pm Berlin, 7pm Istanbul and may be accessed in Elluminate directly […]
Kinect and Game/Gesture-based Learning: Interview with Johnny Kissko
Interview 16 of Education Voices This week I had time to catch up with Johnny Kissko (@JohnnyEducation) on Skype. Johnny is a math teacher in Lubbock who is passionate about the potential of various technologies integrated effectively into the curriculum. What do we mean by effectively? In his interview, you will discover that he envisions […]
Why Mobile Learning in Schools Makes Cents
This year I am touring various continents and countries with the message why we need mobile learning devices in schools. Funding isn’t the issue. Governments worldwide choose to invest in technologies in schools. They have done this for decades even equipping schools with the chalkboard and slates at one period. Unfortunately, the technologies they invest […]
The Young Learners Edition (23rd) of the ESL/EFL/ELL Carnival
Welcome to the 23rd edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Carnival with the focus on Young Learners! Let us start the month with some fantastic resources on motivating and managing young learners. These resourceful reading materials are from many of the finest bloggers, authors, and educators of the English language teaching world! So brew your favorite coffee […]