Part of the Cool Sites series Photo adapted from Flickr by kevindooley licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. Summer has officially started for many of you! I know that you will probably be relaxing for the first few days, but eventually you may feel the need to be inspired and motivated for the upcoming [...]
Archives for May, 2011
What Will You Learn this Summer? 26 Professional Development Resources
Education Transformation Through Social Media
Part 1 of the Education Transformation Through Collaborative Voices series In a recent #Edchat discussion I reflected, “There are more educators than politicians involved in education, yet politicians make the majority of education policy decisions. How do we change this dynamic?” One of the drawbacks of undergoing training as an educator is that we rarely [...]
Interview: Tyson & Rocco Seburn & the Klingon Scandal
Tyson Seburn (@seburnt) is an incredibly multi-talented ELT star in our Personal/Passionate Learning Network! In Canada, he stays busy running his own website, CourseTree, managing an industry book distributor, conducting webinars, and teaching in the International Foundation Program at University of Toronto. Avid tweeter and blogger, his current area of interest is purposeful integration of [...]
Education Transformation Through Collaborative Videos
Part 2 of the Education Transformation Through Collaborative Voices series originally posted on the Teach Paperless Blog! Social media is having an incredible impact on various aspects of our lives. CNN and the Huffington Post reported the impact of social media during the recent tragedies that have struck Japan. The underlying message was that social [...]
Tips for Connecting with Young Learners by Dave Dodgson
Dave Dodgson who is currently based in Turkey shares this post with great tips…. Tips for Connecting with Young Learners I never planned to teach kids. I was trained to teach English to adults and never pictured myself working in a ‘school’ setting with students who only came up to my waist. And yet, here [...]



