#ELT Chat

How many of us wish we had colleagues to sit with on a regular basis to brainstorm ideas for improving our teaching, our classrooms, our programs, our in-services, our teaching techniques our up-to-date uses of technology, and most of all our students’ learning?  Well, actually we do, and in the comfort of our own homes! [...]

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A Happy New Year with Sites to Share!

After somewhat of a hiatus from blogging, I’ll begin this year by recommending a few good sites to get us off to a good start this semester with some new and proven ideas. On the ESL Resources page of this blog, you’ll find listed 2010 Year in Review from CNN. What a great way to [...]

How has the way you work changed over the last ten years?

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s ProfHacker asked today how the way we’ve worked has changed over the last ten years.  My answer is with regards to teaching is… in almost every single way. 1.  Ten years ago, I was making audio cassettes for my students to purchase through the bookstore.  Now I give them links [...]

SU 2010-2011 Edtec4matc in Review on Animoto

Here’s a brief video summary of what we looked at in this summer’s ER&D course, Educational Technology: Exploration & Implementation. I enjoyed having class with you the last five weeks and want to thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas with me. Have a great vacation everyone followed by a wonderful upcoming school year [...]