Category: Collablogatorium
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Some Bags Away – Living a Better Life in 2013
How about starting 2013 lighter, getting rid of things that have passed by,that are out of fashion, that don’t do us any good.How about starting the year of 2013 cleaning up,feeling a sense of detachment from small things for bigger deeds,donating for the needy ones, for example.How about starting 2013 decluttering to leave room for…
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What’s your Trademark?
Nice chat yesterday evening with my sister. She was talking about how great she feels right now, taking charge of her own life, with new projects, good bank account balance, and all, and how she has this accomplishment feeling after her coming back to Brazil, having lived for so many years in Boston. As we…
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Post-itING – Make Post-Its a Living Learning Object in your Classroom
Think of three ways of using post-its in your classroom to enhance learning. Write them down in three different post-its. Then, try to come up with two more ideas based on the first three ones and add them just below the three first ideas. Do you feel how they can come alive for learning? So,…
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A Professional Life Changer – Welcome to The Electronic Village Online
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On Our Vulnerability and Strengths
Today I don’t want to talk specifically about the classroom, our teaching practices or ideas for our academic world. I ‘m with this thought marinading over and over for the past days, and it all came to full circle this morning after watching and feeling deeply touched by researcher Brene Brown. The main point of…
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On the Ed Tech Radar – Online Moderation Learni.st
I’ve just had a very enjoyable time, looking through resources and exploring Learni.st, a powerful curatorial tool for educators. It is like “Pinterest for Educators”, but the layout is cleaner and it has more sharing capability. Plus, it can become a very interesting way to encourage students’ autonomy, giving them choice to go through the…
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Edit Teaching – Homework
Oh, this is a very touchy aspect of our teaching… When have we innovated in homework assignments? We generally have the same language structure for homework instructions, “do pages x and z, ex. A, B and C for next class”. In our edit teaching mode, what if we did it differently for a change? Some…
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Edit Teaching – Cards
Today I observed a sample class and was just reminded about the many uses we can have for a deck of cards. How about using them to add some movement to your class? Just by handing out one single card to each student, you make an eye brow raise. Students are immediately hooked. What can you…
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Edit Teaching – Word Harvesting
Did you roll the dice? How about ending your class differently this time? Before it starts, post a lot of random words around the classroom. You can even ask your students to help you. Let curiosity mount! And make it a kinesthetic moment of your teaching hour. In the last 5/10 minutes of your class,…
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Editing Teaching – Roll the Dice
Who doesn´t like to roll the dice? Well, we keep the challenge of changing bits of our lesson plan to make our classrooms more engaging, fun, with powerful human touch added to them. In your next class, try this one! Give each group or pair of students a die. There are different ways to use…
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Editing Teaching – Color
Though I should be expecting the unexpected coming from students, two teachers have already posted their students’ reactions-recordings, and I’m totally in awe! Justine and her student recorded this: http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=ZoIUfHE Dani’s students recorded this:http://vocaroo.com/i/s0WQONEteBaQ Amazing stuff happening with not so much sweat on our part or big preparation, but with very powerful outcomes. Day 2 was about the BOX. Day 3…
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Editing Teaching – Box
First, we had the playlist idea. How about using a physical object today? Find a nice box to take to class. It can be a colorful one, a plain rustic one or even one that has an intriguing detail on its outside. You want to awaken your learners´ minds, spark curiosity, stimulate imagination. Tell them…
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From Inertia to Editing Teaching – A Challenge
Many times we are trapped in our own routines, hectic lives and infinite tasks. It is hard sometimes even to breathe. Inertia takes over, and we see our personal and professional lives as if it were part of a film. I know there are many challenges around for teachers, and I could name a few…
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Roaming Mode & Productivity Tools for Busy Educators
Educators are are always on the move. In many different ways. In class, and according to methodology and findings in the neuroscientific field, we should move around to connect to our learners and assess their activity during the tasks. We ask our students to do the same, moving, standing up, connecting to peers for the…
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Thinking and Re-imagining Education
This video is a call. A call for reflection and action. I agree with much that it is said, but we need to find a balanced view to education. It is not just moving from a controlled, Prussian model of education to an utopian school. We can achieve student engagement, motivation and passion for learning…
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What Yo Yo Ma Has to Teach Educators
As I write these words, I’m listening to Yo Yo Ma, a well-known cellist, who never ceases to amaze me. First, I was totally taken by his music, empathy, charisma. I remember I used to teach using a book for advanced students who talked about Yo Yo Ma and his tribute to Sarajevo during the…
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The Other Side of Pecha Kucha – My Ideal Classroom
Terror, panic, goose bumps, adrenaline rush. Only if you’ve ever done a Pecha Kucha in your life will you know what I am talking about… The model is simple, 20 slides in 20 seconds each. The presentation is no more than 6:40 min. Easy, no? Well,it is my second PK, and it IS terrifying, mainly…
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Facebook Collaborative Efforts Strike Again with Fridges Around the World
Once again, the power of Facebook connections and the willingness of generous educators to share a bit of themselves became a wonderful resource that is now available for teachers to explore with their students. I asked a simple question, “What’s in your Fridge?” I got 21 fridges from around the world, an unbeatable multicultural…
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Giving an iTwist to Feedback on Student Writing
Centuries ago (or at least, this is how I feel!), I used to give feedback on students’ writing by sending a recorded message to my students to personalize learning and encourage them to take process writing seriously. It worked. Students loved to get a personal, customized note from their teacher. Nowadays, this writing feedback experience…
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Love Stories Around the World
Some years ago, I was working on a Unit about Love. First, my students read about how I met my husband to give the lesson a personal touch.http://top21.blogspot.com.br/2006/06/how-we-met-each-other-we-were-from.html They listened to a story of how a teacher met her husband. Then, they wrote about their own love stories. I realized the lesson plan could be…