January 2009
18 posts
“Although new teachers are expected to assume the same job responsibilities as...”
– Coaching and Mentoring New Teachers The authors point out mentoring programmes should be “systematic and rigorous”, and that mentoring of new teachers should be in the hands of peers, never supervisors. Food for thought!
Jan 21st
Webheads in Buenos Aires →
Nick Peachey and Gavin Dudeney had a chance to share a Sunday with Argentinean Webheads and Learning-with-Computers members. This was the excuse to get about 12 of us together,…
Jan 20th
What is "critical listening?" →
Difference between “active” and “critical listening”. Food for thought! Comments: Now I’ve realised I’m much better at “critical listening” than at “active listening”. Now, how can I refrain from…
Jan 16th
tellmewhatwentwellwithyourlessonsam.pdf... →
Comments: Loved the chart (SUMMARY OF CATEGORIES FOR GUIDING WRITTEN REFLECTION”)!!! posted by gladysbaya Empathic e-mailing is one way of bringing new teachers together with their mentors…
Jan 16th
CES Resources NEW: View Active Listening... →
Comments: Would love to find some way to teach my teen students these techniques! posted by gladysbaya Tags: no_tag Posted by: gladysbaya
Jan 16th
Jan 15th
Flickr my background: Put your latest Flickr image... →
Amit Agwaral twittered: This service will set your latest Flickr image as your Twitter background” Tags: flickr Twitter images EVO09 images4education Posted by: gladysbaya
Jan 15th
Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies →
Nik Peachey twittered about this report, saying it was “good” 8-) Tags: online young learners childhood safety web2.0 Posted by: gladysbaya
Jan 15th
ScreenToaster Does a YouTube for Screen Videos →
Digital Inspiration recommends this tool: you can screen cast videos with slow and fast motion, and then upload them to YouTube (as well as host them on their site). Tags: video web2.0 …
Jan 15th
Fireclip :: Firefox Add-ons →
A Firefox plug-in that lets you select and slice out specific portions of any web page and puts them all on a single page. Recommended by Amit Agarwal (Digital Inspiration) Tags: Firefox …
Jan 15th
Gog.is →
A URL shortening service but limited to Google search queries. Reviewed by Amit Agwaral (Digital Inspiration) Tags: free Digital Inspiration Google urls Posted by: gladysbaya
Jan 15th
Jan 15th
RCampus.com →
Robert Squires recommends this as an alternative to Rubistar, arguing it allows teachers to embed rubrics. A quick glance suggests you can do a lot more with it (such as creating classes and…
Jan 14th
Stinto-chat room →
Tammy Worcester recommends this free chat room which does not require registration for use in the classroom, and brainstorms reasons for using a chat room in a f2f lesson. Tags: blended learning…
Jan 14th
New teachers: Graduation day →
Several ex-students from Liceo Cultural Británico - Teacher’s Training College got their diploma on this happy day. As I get their photos (stupidly, I didn’t take my own camera with me!),…
Jan 14th
“-¿Cuál es el rol del maestro? -Dar testimonio de vida, no ser autoritario,...”
– La doble escolaridad puede dar oportunidades de aprendizaje - lanacion.com
Jan 12th
listening to "Alone - Heart" →
English and Fun suggests this one for teens, to me it’d work with adults pretty well too! Handout downloadable from: http://snipurl.com/9vjqi
Jan 12th
listening to "Angels - Robbie Williams" →
Always popular with romantic teens, handout (by English and Fun) here: http://snipurl.com/9vjbm
Jan 12th