Part of the Cool Sites series Many of you have started school already and are integrating new technology in your curriculum. Wikis are one of my favorite tools for encouraging learning beyond the classroom walls. I’m sharing with you this post I originally wrote for one of my favorite blogs, ELT Digital Play, back in [...]
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Upcoming Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss
I live in Germany. This week I was going to fly to NYC to the #140 Conference and see many members of my Personal/Passionate Learning Network (PLN). However, like many people I was grounded by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. My inconvenience is nowhere near the suffering people are facing with this natural disaster. However, [...]
PLNs, Twitter, and Conference Tweet-ups
One of my favorite TV moments is when Norm of the series Cheers walks into a bar and everyone shouts, “Norm” as if they were welcoming him home. Part of the Cheer’s theme song, Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Gary Portnoy, goes: Making your way in the world today Takes everything you’ve got Taking [...]
ISTEK and My One Year Twitter Birthday
On April 8th I celebrate my Twitter birthday! The recent ISTEK conference I attended in Istanbul, Turkey was an incredible way to celebrate this momentous, life-changing event. Just under a year ago I was a passionate English language teacher who had moved from the United States to Germany. Teaching language learners in their native country [...]
Do You Know Blog Lingo?
English language teachers understand the importance of learning the language you use to communicate. Proficiency in a language allows us to communicate and connect with others. In the same way, proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript help us to effectively communicate and connect with our readers. If you are not a web head that is [...]



