I did a special seminar for teachers at IH Brno today, based on easy-to-learn, easy-to-use technology that they could incorporate into their teaching. Here is the presentation, complete with clickable links: All of the links and a lot of the ideas came from Twitter, which I would highly recommend joining if you’re not on there [...]
I read Cecilia Coelho’s most recent post with interest, wondering what prompted her to begin her adventure as a blog challenger, having been a sucker for any challenge that came her way. Being just as much of a sucker myself , here is my response to What’s your plan? Having only started full-time teaching three [...]
On Saturday February 19th 2011, I presented this session on online professional development, with a focus on blogs and Twitter. If you have any questions, comments or feedback, feel free to comment on this post or contact me on Twitter @sandymillin. I look forward to seeing you again in my PLN! Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find [...]
This is my contribution for this week’s 30 goals challenge, set by Shell Terrell. Goal 6: Invite them in The first challenge of the week was to invite colleagues and those around us in to see what we do in our classrooms. I always have the door open at school, or the blinds open on [...]
This week has been all about writing for myself and my students. On Wednesday, I took part in the #eltchat on Writing and Marking (transcript here, summary here) and on Friday we had a CAM (IH Certificate in Advanced Methodology) session on Writing. In the course of both I was thinking about the writing my [...]
This is a summary of the 12pm GMT #eltchat on Twitter from Wednesday 9th February 2011. Find the complete transcript here. Why bother? It empowers students. It allows them to learn beyond the classroom – blogs, wikis, skype, global projects…find out more SS bring their own technology to class anyway. For example “Students arrive first [...]
I’ve been wanting to share my students’ work for a while now, but due to a lack of technology access in school, the fact that we’re halfway through the year, and the fact that I have a coursebook-bound syllabus, the opportunities to incorporate blogs / wikis etc into class are very limited, especially because I’m [...]
Late last year International House launched a competition for member schools to create a 3-minute video showing what it’s like to study at an IH school. This was the contribution from my class: It was great fun to make, and really encapsulates why I love being an IH teacher Enjoy!
This is a response to Shelly Terrell’s 30 goals challenge. Goal Number One was ‘Be a Beam‘: Offer a student or other educator you see struggling support. It could be a colleague who is stressed or a student struggling with another subject. Who in your life needs your support? On Wednesday night after evening classes [...]
The Wednesday 2nd February 9pm GMT #eltchat was fast and furious. Here is a summary of the main points: Why teach pronunciation? ‘If you’re not teaching pronunciation, you’re not teaching English’ It can help with punctuation. Learners are keen to work on pronunciation so that they can be understood. It helps with listening skills, particularly [...]
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