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Archive for January, 2009

Virtual Macbeth in Second Life

Quick post. Overworked, so no time for fancy prose…or maybe YES! If you are in Second Life, please visit Virtual Macbeth. This way of learning Shakespeare is so much nicer than how I had to study Macbeth!!
Check out Virtual Macbeth

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Culturally teaching

A very good friend of mine, Cate Brubaker, has just posted the first part of the “School Snapshot” on Argentina as part of her website. I was delighted to work with her on this, and I’m very happy to see it published!!!
Please visit her blog, Culturally Teaching, it’s amazing stuff!!!

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Why I am a teacher

Today I had one of those moments when all it’s clear; the purpose of your life is right there before your eyes…well, not that much, but I can understand why I am a teacher. It was a student’s face expression when he finally figured out how to use a dictionary after trying for 45 minutes. [...]

Online adventures update

Ok, it is official. This is information overload. I have by now joined 3 Ning groups, and have my own pages in each of them: Multiliteracies, Virtual Worlds, and Digifolios. And on top of that, I’m trying to attend the NNEST live webcasts! The only drawback is that GCS does not allow access to Ning [...]

2009 is here…

And new projects are here too! First of all is the TESOL’s Electronic Village Online workshops I have signed up for: Multiliteracies, Digifolios and Virtual Worlds. Here’s a screenshot of my own avatar, Pam Vayandar:

I am also preparing myself to collaborate with my ESL supervisor and provide examples of learning strategies I use in the [...]