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  • Tools to Enhance your Presentation Skills

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    The art of presenting is one that challenges us, educators. We are always finding ways to refine our skills, not only to make the classroom experience a more significant one, but also to share what we do and learn with others. One year ago exactly I wrote a post, Manifesto for Conference Presenters after attending…

  • How Much we Reach and Inspire Educators

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    I could be here mentioning the educators who have been inspiring me for the past decade, but it wouldn’t be fair, as I might forget a name or an episode that transformed me…What I want to say is that since my first trip to a TESOL International Conference in San Antonio, Texas, in 2005, my…

  • Making Homework Assignments Smarter for your Students and their Brains

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    One of my favorite bloggers, Annie Murphie Paul, has written a post about homework that every educator should consider as a guideline for better learning opportunities. Her claim, based on Neuroscience and Psychology research, entails making better use of strategies that are effectively proven to have an impact on learning.   Annie mentions three strategies…

  • On the Ed Tech Radar – A Learnist Web2.0 Resource for Educators

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    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  

  • The Magic of Professional Development Claims for a Growth Mindset

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    For years I’ve been training teachers and coaching them to integrate technology into the classroom. The changes I’ve seen around throughout those years vary from none to new, reinvigorated professionals. How does the move happen?   Change will take many different shapes, from reframing an activity the teacher has already tried out to taking the…

  • Being an Educator of the 21st Century

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    Much have been told about the competencies and skills educators should develop to “survive” and thrive in a classroom nowadays. High on my list are some that should have always been there: >> developing listening skills>> practicing our empathy at all times, even when we feel like giving up>> preparing lessons that are brain-friendly, helping…

  • Educators as Designers

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    I’ve always had a deep fascination for what was aesthetically beautiful for the eyes and pleasing for the mind. Design has always mattered for me, and it has guided me personally and professionally as a principle of good living an a people connector. I’ve always believed in its engagement power. And unconsciously I understood that…

  • Roaming Mode & Productivity Tools for Busy Educators

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    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…

  • EVO – The Art of Curation and Discovery in Professional Development

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    Just came across George Siemens’s insights “A curatorial teacher acknowledges the autonomy of learners, yet understands the frustration of exploring unknown territories without a map. A curator is an expert learner. Instead of dispensing knowledge, he creates spaces in which knowledge can be created, explored, and connected. … A curator balances the freedom of individual…

  • What does it take to be an Educator nowadays?

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    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…

  • Value your DNA – Keep Passion Alive

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    I’ve just started reading a very pleasant book. Nothing new, but simply painfully true. Gary Vaynerchuck’s “Crush it” talks about being true to our DNA in the beginning of his book. For me, being true to our DNA is rescuing our roots and reminding ourselves what really makes it all worth it. I’ve been talking more…

  • Say NO to Change

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    Why bother?Why leave the comfort zone for the unknown?Why seek emotion and a bit more of fun into our dull lives?Why should one work harder just for the sake of changing?Why even consider the transformation if all things seem to fall into place?Why innovate if someone else will get the credit?Why do something different if…

  • Join #edchats

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    There are many educators and people in general who think Twitter is just for nonsense personal types of things. However, I must say that since 2007, it has provided me with insights, connections, resources that go much beyond “in the bathroom”, “at the airport”, “at home” types of prepositional tweets. If you start following the…

  • Rewarding Networks

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    Yesterday was delightfully exciting. Never have I worked so hard and intensively in different projects for the school I work for and my volunteer work in the communities I’m part of . No complaints. All the effort has been paying off. First, I got to know that our proposal to present in the TESOL international…

  • Flickr Educational Power

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    As a group of wonderful, inspired educators – Alice Barr, Ana Maria Menezes, Bob Sprankle, Cheryl Oakes, Daniela Munca, Jane Petring, João Alves, Mary Hillis, Nina Liyulkun, Ronaldo Júnior, and Susan Burg – get ready to co-moderate a free six-week online session, Images4Education, through the Electronic Village Online, I’ve been totally immersed in Flickrverse. My…