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. His . . . → Read More: Why I am a teacher

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 on . . . → Read More: Online adventures update

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 . . . → Read More: 2009 is here…

Learning to let go

Christmas break is almost over, and I have not achieved much. I have to learn to focus on a couple of things instead of diversifying so much and not really making progress. In the next few weeks I’ll be working on a couple of courses on Moodle and Second Life, it makes sense I focus on . . . → Read More: Learning to let go