I´ve already mentioned Learnist as an interesting learning playlist tool that can be used by educators and learners. This Learnist is one educators will love, with all kinds of digital resources in one single place. http://learni.st/users/bryanNchrissie/boards/4090-web-2-0-tools-for-the-classroom
Serendipity is always the best resource. I was looking for some resources to the online course I’m teaching right now, Web Tools for Educators, when I came across this MOOC – Teach the Web. Just as I was browsing through their resources (Mozilla guys know how to make it simple, exciting and connected), I came […]
. Diigo. The heart of social bookmarking is its power of a group making available their resources that were once saved on our computers for a very individual use. Now, in online spaces like Diigo, the information out there can be retrieved, mixed and remixed in the ways we need it when we need it. […]
Present perfect or Past Perfect are not phrases that reflect the thrilling lesson planning moment I had in collaboration with Tweet mates and my Facebook network. Collaboration is part of my perfect world of learning mixed with a bit of chaos and fun in which everyone involved has a lot to contribute to the whole, […]
Knowledge management. This is an essential topic when we consider an educational system. I work for a language school with around 200 educators. Here’s the recording of my presentation in IATEFL 2011, in Brighton, which is my account of failures and successes in helping our teachers make the move to a collaborative endeavor beyond the […]
The topic is one that can inspire anyone and re-enligthen our understanding of what makes us unique, special, excellent human beings. It is a reminder of not just doing average, but really excelling and being thankful for the ones who helped us succeed. It is an opportunity to inspire our students and ourselves to go […]
Our presentation at the Braz-TESOL Conference and CTJ TEFL (Casa Thomas Jefferson – Brasília) went well with many teachers showing interest in the topic and wanting to make the change necessary to make the learning experience even more exciting. Here’s the slideshow for the presentation. Just click on the images and you’ll be taken to […]
I’ve just come across this paper on assesment and the need to change the way we assess, or rather, the way our learners assess their own learning. When will we go from a passive system in which students just show how much they’ve memorized to one they show how much they’ve learned? Couldn’t we start […]
Creative Commons License by langwitches We’re always in the search for effectiveness matched to an increase of learners’ motivation. Without losing the pedagogical purpose perspective, we can find wonderful online tools that will make our classes more enticing to learning, fun, and highly motivational. These tools can be adapted to fit our educational settings and […]