http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com Online... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:30:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ For those of you who didn't know, E-Teachers Academy  now has its own group on Facebook. For those of you who don't know what E-Teachers Academy is you can see a recent article here . The Facebook group gives information of the upcoming events taking place and also gives teachers ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/e-teachers-academy-on-facebook/ The Art of Conversation in Brief 1.  Don't talk too long without pausing for a reaction. More than a minute is usually too long. Forty seconds is ideal. 2.  Never contradict or flatly disagree with the other person. It's an implied insult. 3.  Don't be too forceful or emphatic in stating your opinions ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-art-of-conversation/ I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.— Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens This time last year my blogging adventure began. My first post was the above quote. I spent most of my summer working, teaching online and blogging, in no time blogging had become quite ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/birthday-blog/ I am dedicating this to my youngest son Sammy who is 18 and suffers from autism. It might help both children and adults to understand what autism really is and how it effects the autistic person (in this case a child). Narrated innocently by a child with easy colourful images ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/a-is-for-autism-f-is-for-friend/ While some of you might think I've gone a little mad others will appreciate this compilation of 70's TV shows and adverts typical in the UK. I happened to be reminiscing with a friend of mine on Skype  and then got carried away with this, it certainly brings back memories, ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/oh-the-good-old-days/ Are you a teacher embarking into the online world? If you are this might be for you. E-Teacher's Academy is a new website founded by Kirsten Winkler. The difference with this one is that the teachers are the students. So what will E-Teacher's Academy offer their teacher/students? What is the E-Teachers Academy? Empowering ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/e-teachers-academy/ Online instruction is new to many teachers, and for good reason. In just a few years, it has grown from an academic experiment to a recognized alternative to traditional classroom learning. Teaching online is different from teaching in the classroom as it requires a different type of facilitation.  In a ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-art-of-teaching-online/ No not Athos, Porthos, and Aramis but Aniya, Kay and Kirsten making us The #teachertuesday team, you may have noticed the initials AKK on the teachertuesday Twitter page, so now you know what they stand for. From an idea of mine after the success of #followfriday I thought that it would ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-three-musketeers/ Source YouTube http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/mobile-esl-learning/ A few months ago I wrote an article on how to spell BlackBerry (the device and not the fruit) after reading about it on Twitter. Yes it's me who writes perhaps more about BlackBerry devices than my teaching, some of my followers probably love to hate me, but others love ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/blackberry-lesson/ What are the main differences in teaching in a traditional classroom to e-learning? Traditional Courses Online Courses Instructor-focused More "passive" learning Instructors "deliver" knowledge Outgoing, verbal, high-achieving, students participate the most Technology may be used, but is not central to the role of being a learner Various media may be used, but most delivery is by the spoken ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/online-learning/ Calling all teachers on  Twitter, if you have a blog/website and would like me to add your feeds, please leave a comment below, my feeds are all pushed via my BlackBerry. The use of RSS (the most common translation is now "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of Web feed ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/teachers-need-feeding/ Last Tuesday marked the start of #teachertuesday on Twitter. What does this mean? The hash mark (#) before a word in a post allows you to tag that post for that word. However, in order to get tracked via a hash tag, you need to opt-in and follow.  Once you’re ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/teacher-tuesday/ agreement 1 Be impeccable with your word - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. agreement 2 Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-four-agreements/ The ABC's of Online Teaching A Allocate time in preparing and administering your online course. B Build confidence in your ability to teach online. C Communicate with your students at least 2 - 3 times a week using tools such as Announcements, Calendar, Discussions, Chat, Mail and Who's Online. D Discuss issues and topics with ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-abcs-of-online-teaching/ Credit to  www.catepol.net Source www.youtube.com and www.facebook.com http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/the-dos-and-donts-of-facebook/ What is connected speech? When we speak naturally we do not pronounce a word, stop, then say the next word in the sentence. Fluent speech flows with a rhythm ... http://www.theenglishteacheronline.com/connected-speech/