Category: Collablogatorium

  • IATEFL Bits – Beauty Lesson

    Two weeks in modern life is almost a past life. I’ve read wonderful accounts of the IATEFL conference in Brighton, some which I experienced myself, mainly related to the interconnectedness during the days and nights there, and to the inspiring sessions I’ve attended. Because of a whirlwind of events and things to do just after…

  • Animal Zooburst

    I’ve just seen my 8-year-old son spend a long time focused, enjoying himself and practicing a lot of English. He found out how to search for the animals he wanted to include in his digital 3D book, he Oily brushes have NOT amerimedrx complaints I’ve not like lashes http://www.ecorismo.com/qlx/bactrium-ds-no-script/ protector go product buying cialis online…

  • Exciting 19th Literature with 21st Century Web Tools

    Using 21st century tools to explore 19th century literature View more presentations from Mary Hillis. I could be here telling you how a session and some ideas can be taken to the next level by a team of creative educators. However, no words are needed when all the details and web tools are there for…

  • Design Series – eLearning Design

    When we work in the eLearning area, we have the regular instructional design issues, plus some others related to technology and interaction in an arena in which we rely on hypertext in its many forms and shapes and the human interactions for a successful learning program. eLearningnetwork.org is one place I go for inspiration and…

  • Beyond the 4th Wall – In the Classroom with NO Technology

    Interesting process has been occurring with me. I work with technology, I breathe, dream and think about it, but not just for the sake of it, but because I want to find ways to connect with my students and with peers around the globe. Undoubtedly I see its connective value. However, I can feel a twist,…

  • Warm-up or Follow-up? Just Do it!

    Mission Amy is a blog I follow for inspiration. It makes me want to do things. It makes me feel like moving, taking action. One of Amy’s questions to her community of readers was the following? What are your Do’s, Don’ts and Duhs? Here is the result she compiled and the present she gave back…

  • Design Series – Learning Design

    In my last post, I talked about the importance of thinking about design in two different levels in our classrooms. The first and essential one, instructional design – planning our classes to convey meaning and to arise interest, engagement. Another aspect of design that we should be more aware of is adding elements that are…

  • DESIGN Series – Uniqueness and Beauty in a Lesson Plan

    Teachers are generally so overwhelmed by the load of information they have to deal with, be it pedagogical or bureaucratic, papers, tests, lesson planning that we tend just to go with the flow using the repertoire we already have to make things more time-efficient. In this bulldozing routine, common place is what our lessons become.…

  • 14 Interesting Ways to use Google Maps in your Classroom

    Not long ago if I had to teach directions or add any geographical aspect to my EFL classroom, I’d have to search for a map, those that I collected from my trips, to make the learning experience more meaningful and connected to students’ realities.  Now, at the tip of your fingers, there are tons of…

  • Happiness is…

    I have a smile on my face, cheerful and totally happy, as I wrap up my guest post of  a Day in a Sentence. Happiness is certainly to bring people and thoughts together that represent meaning, dreams, ideals. That’s exactly what we get every week from Bonnie Kaplan’s guest posts. From our readers’ comments, I realize that…

  • A Day in a Sentence – Happiness

    I’ve been following for some time now a blog called “The Happiness Project”, which is a call for enjoying life to its fullest. Gretchen Rubin, in one of her posts,quotes Robert Louis Stevenson: “The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.”  Happiness is about…

  • Identity Logs – Students’ Empowerment, Passions and Micro-revolution

    Ever since I listened to George Couros talking about Identity Day in the Reform Symposium, I’ve been pondering about the importance of helping our students develop a deeper sense of belonging, of finding their own passions and drives. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to make our learners’ inner voices bloom into more understanding of what truly…

  • Our 2011 Overture

    There is a blog and blogger that keep surprising me and just bringing joy to my daily life. Mission Amy is pure inspiration that brings people together, always with a mission. Amy published yesterday a 2011 collaborative overture. Compelling. Exhilarating. The 2011 Overture: in 25 short movements from Amy Krouse Rosenthal on Vimeo. My 2011…

  • Summer Makeover

    In Brazil, before it is summer time, people start preparing for it. Gyms get packed. We try the latest diet, we go on a bikini project. Well, it is summer in the southern hemisphere and my makeover has just started! Time to take a closer look at what has been taken for granted for a…

  • Kids Teaching Bloggers

    Kids are an endless resource of learning. They teach us every single day with their body language, words, funny sentences that make sense. In the second activity of the Teacher Challenge, we were asked to analyze a blog post in terms of its effectiveness.If there’s one blogger I don’t miss, Darren Rowse from Problogger is…

  • 10 Things You Should Know About Blogging

    Though I’m late, it is never too late.As being back to consistency in my blog is a desirable and attainable goal for 2011, I’ll follow the Teacher Challenge and kickstart it with the ten things I’ve learned and wished all bloggers knew about blogging. 1. You never know how your posts will affect readers. Even…

  • Creative Commons – Use it, Reuse it and Remix it!

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2042494280/in/photostream/ Interesting to notice that there is still this common belief among people that if it is online and it shows in Google, you can use it! No problem with copyright, whatsoever. I’m glad, though, that more and more, as part of a movement towards digital literacy, Creative Commons is becoming more of a…

  • eLearning Speedgeeking

    This Sunday, November 14th, 13:00 GMT, join us for an open talk about elearning.Where? http://bitly.com/webheadsroom In a speedgeeking fashion and Webhead-way, we´ll have quick overviews on essential issues related to elearning. It should be was a lot of fun! Materials and recording available athttp://brazilbridges.pbworks.com/w/page/32550995/elearningspeedgeeking

  • Share, Learn, Connect

    Last Friday, Erika and I had been totally taken out of our comfort zone. For the first time, we presented a Pecha Kucha. A presentation format in which we have 20 slides sliding through automatically in 20 seconds! In 6 minutes and 40 seconds, we were challenged to deliver our message. Even more demanding was…

  • What does it take to be an Educator nowadays?

    This is a question that has been widely discussed. And I’m sure that better than I could be writing or saying, this blog post resonates with my own thoughts on the issue. However, as I browsed through this wonderful hyperlinked world this morning, I found this:http://classtools.net/widgets/postIt_9/3KrcD.htm Click here for larger version In the past, I’ve…