Shelly Terrell
Shelly Sanchez Terrell is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker. She is the host of American TESOL’s Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E. She has co-founded and organized the acclaimed educational projects, Edchat, ELTChat, The Reform Symposium E-Conference and the ELTON nominated Virtual Round Table language and technology conference. Her prolific presence in the educator community through social media has been recognized by several notable entities, such as The New York Times, UNESCO Bangkok, Edweek, Converge Magazine, the United Federation of Teachers, the 140 Conference, Mashable, English Central, Tefl.net, and T/H/E JOURNAL. Her education blog, Teacher Reboot Camp, is ranked as one of the top 10 language teaching and technology blogs and the 50 best blogs for education leaders. In 2012 find her book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators published by Eye on Education and participate with over 7000 educators worldwide in this online professional development course that helps educators develop Personal Learning Networks and accomplish social media and teaching goals. Find her on Twitter, @ShellTerrell. Shelly has taught English language learners at various levels since 1998 in the US, Greece, and in Germany. She currently presents and hosts workshops on integrating technology effectively with young learners and adults. Shelly holds an Honours BA in English and a minor in Communication with a specialization in Electronic Media from the University of Texas in San Antonio and an Honours MA in Curriculum Instruction ESL from the University of Phoenix.
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Shelly Terrell on Tuesday, February 14th 2012
Goal 5 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year’s 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.~ Arnold H. Glasow Short-term- Create a list of quotes, songs, images, videos, and more that inspire [...]
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Shelly Terrell on Wednesday, February 8th 2012
Currently, I am moderating a free online course, Digital Storytelling for Young Learners, with a dream team of moderators who are phenomenal at working with young learners, Esra Girgin, Barbara Sakamoto, Özge Karaoglu, Jennifer Verschoor, David Dodgson, and Michelle Worgan. Over 250 participants have joined and have shared incredibly imaginative stories in our online class portfolio. [...]
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Shelly Terrell on Monday, February 6th 2012
Goal 4 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year’s 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think” ~ Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne), [...]
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Shelly Terrell on Monday, January 30th 2012
Goal 3 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year’s 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! “Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.” ~Ann Lieberman Goal Short-term- Ask a learner about [...]
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Shelly Terrell on Tuesday, January 24th 2012
In Dublin we have an anti-littering campaign with posters that read ‘Litter is disgusting and so are those responsible’. I’d hazard that the tagline has no effect at all on the littering population who are brazen enough to throw litter on the streets. I doubt any one of them gives a flying fig about what [...]
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