Category: Workshops
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BRAZTESOL SP – Opening Keynote
Such a pleasure to be ther in São José dos Campos for the opening Keynote. Here are the slides for the presentation:
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IATEFL 2015 in Tweets
When you get home from a conference like IATEFL, it is hard to find the time or recover full-spirit to write posts that truly reflect what we’ve experienced and the highlights of the ELT world. This time, I took the risk to simply tweet what I found relevant. From the tweets, I can now visualize…
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Professional Development: Cultivating rather than Training
Last Tuesday, November 18th, I had the pleasure to present in a Cambridge University Press panel at the BETT Leadership Summit. Here’s the full version of my very condensed talk about a topic that is dear to me. In the past, when I thought about teacher training in the Educational Technology realm, it was in…
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Hot Topics in Ed Tech
I had the pleasure to be in Goiânia for a talk sponsored by Richmond to talk to local teachers about the trends in Ed Tech. It was a very pleasant morning with a group of motivated and interested educators. Here’s the presentation: Ed Tech Hot Topics in ELT from Carla Arena As I pointed out…
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TESOL 2014 – mLearning: From Mobile to Learning
TESOL 2014: From Mobile to Learning from Carla Arena My presentation in TESOL 2014 was part of a great multicultural colloquium about mlearning contexts around the world. Even in such different contexts, such as in the US, India and Japan, there’s still so much in common, mainly in terms of iPad rollout programs and infrastructure…
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On the Ed Tech Radar – Free Online Professional Development Opportunities in October
Stay at the comfort of your home or keep yourself comfortable in your office, but don´t miss two great professional development opportunities that you can access from wherever you are in the world for free. October 12th – TESOL CALL-IS & IATEFL LEARING TECHNOLOGIES SIG Online Conference It starts at 2pm GMT /…
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Curation Talk at Universidade Católica de Brasília
I had a great time with the languages students at Universidade Católica de Brasilia. Once again I had the pleasure to explore a topic that every educator, every learner should learn about in order to take the best of their networks and give it back, as well, curation. Digital Curation for Educators from Carla Arena…
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Manifesto for Conference Presenters
Dear presenters, We are your audience. We came from every corner of the globe to watch YOU. Not anyone else. From a comprehensive range of options, YOU were the elected. Show confidence, even when you are shaking inside. Say that you care by carefully preparing for your presentation. Be respectful to your audience. Slides are…
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Filtering Relevant Information for the EFL Classroom through Digital Curation
This is the time of the year that I get totally thrilled. Convention time. IATEFL, Liverpool. Promising. My second time in one of the best EFL teaching conferences in the world with wonderful professionals willing to share best practices, research, classroom ideas that can really make a difference in our classrooms. Digital Curation for…