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Just discovered Edcanvas
I just discovered a new site, Edcanvas where you can easily create online lessons adding urls of a site or videos from Youtube, text and image with web search, upload your own documents from your...
View ArticleSmore; another great tool
Smore is an online flyer creator but it looks very versatile and we, teachers can use it in many ways You can design a flyer to invite people for an event you or your school created describe a product...
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TESOL France 2012
A little bit Paris before the conference I’m experiencing another post conference blues. I just came home from one of my favourite conferences. I started TESOL France from day 2. I met friends whom I...
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#Eddies 2012
Two days ago, I got a call from a friend and learned that my journey in TEFL has been nominated and shortlisted as best individual blog in #eddies. It is just a great feeling to be on the list with...
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From the tech age to the ancient days
The view from the school The fifth mobility in our Comenius Project was to Calabria, a beautiful small town in the Southern Italy. Our main task was to perform the plays our students wrote based on...
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Ideas for the next holiday season
I know I am a bit late for the following lesson ideas but for a while I’ve been a bit reluctant to write anything. I hope I will keep my blog alive in 2013 … Now here I go … A lesson...
View ArticleTwo things I’m doing nowadays
I’m doing something new this year. I’m moderating an EVO session DigitalStorytelling4Kids with great educators you know very well. Shelly Terrell, Özge Karaoglu, Marisa Constantinides, Esra Girgin,...
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Reading Games for Readers, Novels or Short Stories
image from #eltpics via @mkofab In December, I had the chance to listen to Steven Krashen at YTU ELT symposium. He talked about the importance of reading, how he became a good reader...
View ArticleCan you guess the song?
I’m not a fan of doing Valentine’s Day activities in the class but this year I’m planning to do a song lesson. Next week is the first week of the second term in Turkey so this may also be good to break...
View ArticleLast minute preparations for #sswebcon
YOU are a story absorber and a story teller Andrew Wright At the moment, I’m working on the bios of the presenters, moderator roles, taking some notes, etc… Howevere, as usual, I have things around me...
View ArticleIdeas for Monday: Jazzing Up the Class With Music – TESOL Greece Webinar
I just finished my first ever webinar. In ISTEK ElT 2013, I will also present with the same title but the talk is completely different. This was part 1 and part 2 is in April. Ideas for monday; jazzing...
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Surfing Safe on the Net
Technology has changed our lives dramatically. We, even the people from the past, can’t remember how life was without our smart gadgets. Prensky used the term ‘Digital Natives’ and described this new...
View ArticleISTEK ELT 2013, Ideas for Monday
Istek elt ideas for monday, jazzing up your class with music from Eva Buyuksimkesyan Handouts: Some more ideas on my blog on using songs and music in the classroom...
View ArticleISTEK ELT Chronicles, Year 3
Day 1 Plenaries: Even a week before the conference I was excited as I knew what was expecting me… Two days of professional Development with people I admire, with people I share a lot. The day came with...
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Can Comenius Change A Thing? The Last Stop…
Two years ago, we started our project in Puciosa, a small town in Romania. I didn’t know what was expecting us. I didn’t know what I should expect. Yet I had a feeling that everything would be...
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“The Great Gatsby” Class Resources
There is a buzz going on about The great Gatsby. It’s of course because of the new Gatsby movie. I’ve seen so many links and resources on twitter, interest recently. Then I just...
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The Game ~ A Movie Lesson
Using movies in the classroom is not just to spend some good time with students but it is also a great way of teaching. I really love using Moviesegmentstoassessgrammar, Movie Segments for Warm ups and...
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Summer Sites 4 Your Students
5 Minute English is a site designed to give the learners short and easy explanations and exercises. The learners can have a quick look at grammar, reading, listening, vocabulary and idioms. They...
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Vocabulary learning, revising solutions
image credit: #eltpics @senicko This is what I’ll give to my students with their record cards on Friday
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Song Lesson of The Week ~Our House, Madness
image credit #eltpics, @ij64 As a matter of fact I had forgotten this song until I listened to it again at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics and for a while I kept...
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