Here’s a link to a page on Facebook by David Paul which is full of useful and interesting information for language teachers:
Teacher training
Conference Preview: Motivation: The key to success by Igor Gavilan
5 Ways to Keep Developing as a Teacher – Evolutions
Five simple steps we can take as teachers in order to keep ourselves fresh.
http://tomtesol.com/blog/2013/03/5-ways-to-keep-developing-as-a-teacher/
Thinking big, making small changes | The Breathy Vowel
A very interesting post on a topic we should all think about:
http://breathyvowel.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/thinking-big-making-small-changes/#comment-928
Twitter Tips for Educators — THE Journal
Here is an interesting article on using Twitter as a teacher to access information to improve your professional practice:
http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/02/27/twitter-tips-for-educators.aspx?m=1
David Bradshaw on getting them speaking | Hancock McDonald ELT
Here’ a report on my talk, ‘Getting Them Speaking’, by Mark Hancock:
TESOL: Getting Them Speaking!
http://hancockmcdonald.com/blog/david-bradshaw-getting-them-speaking
15 Free Learning Sites
‘It can be hard to keep up with the ever-growing list of free educational sites out there, much less distinguish which ones will best meet your needs and help you learn skills you really need without shelling out big bucks.
New sites are always being launched and even those that have been on the scene for a while sometimes don’t garner enough attention to make it onto your radar, often getting overshadowed by more high-profile sites. As a result, even those who are in the ed tech loop can miss out on some seriously helpful free learning sites.
Here our content partners at Online College highlight just a few of these under-the-radar free learning sites, that run the gamut from providing full degree programs to simple job-skill training tools, offering a little something for every kind of learner…’
Peer response in the writing process
Here’s a link to a copy of my presentation for today’s talk at the TESOL Spain Annual national Convention:
Observe and Be Observed – PD in Focus 4 | Vicky Loras’s Blog
A vey interesting topic, presented here. I always stress the importance of peer observation in the departments I work in. Unfortunately, too often it is used as a tool by the management to ‘assess’ teachers, without a clear focus on professional development, and this makes many colleagues wary of being observed, even by other teachers. Thank you Vicky for focusing on this topic. http://vickyloras.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/observe-and-be-observed-pd-in-focus-4/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog
Upcoming Events: TESOL Spain Annual National Convention
The 36th TESOL Spain Annual National Convention is on from 8th March to 10th March with the Title ‘Teaching with Technology and the Human Touch’. The venue this year is The Universidad de Sevilla. As always, there are many interesting talks and workshops in the programme. Take a look at the pre-programme here.
I will be giving my talk ‘Peer response in the writing process‘ in Room 204 on Saturday 9th March at 10:45, and on Sunday 10th March I will be running my workshop ‘Getting them speaking‘ in Room 203. I hope to see you there.
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