http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com The Life and Times of The English Teacher Online... Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:42:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...something to think about. http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/words/ Another year over and a new one begins. WhenI started this blog I was just experimenting and had no idea anyone would actually read it, at this point I realize that they do lol. That said, I feel I have to write something to keep it going and that won't ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/out-with-the-oldin-with-the-new/ I wish all my friends, colleagues, students and followers a Very Happy Christmas, here below are the lyrics to my favourite carol and also performed by the Celtic Women, enjoy! :)) Carol of the bells Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, throw cares away Christmas is here, bringing good cheer, to young and ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/happy-holidays/ Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion On behalf of the #teachertuesday series I thank everyone who nominated. An idea I had back in April which was backed up by my colleague and friend Kirsten Winkler. The idea was to nominate a teacher, school or anything connected ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-edublog-awards/ The Art of Teaching Source tarannau20. via Slideshare http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/collection-of-quotes/ It's been a while now since my last post, no I am not lazy but I have had plenty to do. As I promised a follow up to my first post here is the second. I was waiting for feedback from my students but they have been busy too so ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/teaching-on-second-life-part-2/ An anecdote is a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. It may be as brief as the setting and provocation of a bon mot. An anecdote is always based on real life, an incident involving actual persons, whether famous or not, in real places. However, over time, modification in reuse ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/anecdote/ In the depths of a land called Second Life lies a place called The Teacher's Haven, teachers go there to relax, chat and discuss teacher related topics... Coming to a blog near you soon and based on that very land, is The Teacher's Haven Blog, for teachers and written by ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-teachers-haven/ (...and I'll cry if I want to) went the song. Well it is my party and I will cry out! I have been online enough time to meet the good the bad and the ugly so to speak, I can usually smell a rat a mile a way lol. This ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/its-my-party/ A colleague and I were talking the other day of the effect and some what chit chat from other colleagues about our recent interest in Second Life, Twitter etc., and that it has made us the talking point (Oh I didn't know I was famous). That said, I don't really ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/second-life-with-autism/ I am not going to bore those of you who are not interested in Second Life with post after post about Second Life, but as I gave my first lesson the other day, I will boast about it ;) This is still very new to me, but it has become ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/teaching-on-second-life-part-1/ What not to do.. Source YouTube http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/when-i-become-a-teacher/ Virtual Classroom: A virtual classroom is a learning environment created in the virtual space. The objectives of a virtual classroom are to improve access to advanced educational experiences by allowing students and instructors to participate in remote learning communities using personal computers; and to improve the quality and effectiveness of ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/which-virtual-classroom/ I thought this would be an appropriate post for this week seeing as I was invited by my ex Celta tutor Chris Cattaneo to talk about technology for teachers in one of her CELTA sessions for trainess at International House, Milan we discussed with trainees informative websites for both teachers ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/celta-cambridge/ Last week whilst eavesdropping on a Twitter conversation between @barbsaka and @ShellTerrell two fellow English Teachers, the word  'shopping' springs to mind. I followed this link to twitpic. I joined SecondLife several years ago but was not taken by it at all and really couldn't understand what all the hype ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/my-second-life/ Coming to a computer near you soon the 1st E-Teachers Conference, with special guest stars... Source www.etcon.eteachersacademy.com YouTube http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/e-teachers-conference/ A few weeks ago I came across Tungle and fell madly in love with it. I am not usually into calendars as such, but this is something different and it really appealed to me. Based on tracking, syncing your meetings and appointments it can also be used, and in my ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/tungle-me/ According to a not so recent article I found at www.news.cnet.com a surprising new study at the California State University at Northridge shows that students learning in a virtual classroom tested 20 percent better across the board than their counterparts who learned in a traditional classroom. In his applied statistics course last year, ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/online-students-fare-better/ Fuze meeting is an online web tool that lets you host meetings (and of course lessons, need be) so what, you say, well the interesting part about it, is that you can host them via your mobile device, thus being BlackBerry or iPhone wow!!! Having said that it is early ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/online-lessons-going-mobile/ Get your twitter mosaic here. Instead of making a list of 'Twitter Teachers' here we have a mosaic of all the people I follow on Twitter, not only teachers as you can see but other people I have learnt from, become friends with or had some kind of contact or conversation. ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/twitter-mosaic/