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6 Tips For Finding Inspiration In Your Teaching - 1 views

www.teachthought.com/...g-inspiration-in-your-teaching

teaching inspiration professional development

shared by Jennie Farnell on 28 Dec 13 - No Cached

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  This part of the article was so disheartening... "Evaluations are to make us look good-they affect or rating and certification. Coaching and development-should be done among friends." PD is about learning, and the goal of any assessment should be recognition of what's already done well and identification of areas that can be strengthened. That's what we expect from students...why should it be any different for us as professionals? PD should be a chance to learn, grow, and share as professionals, not a punitive process or a dog-and-pony show. It's so disheartening that bad PD practices continue to reinforce these concepts.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This part of the article was so disheartening... "Evaluations are to make us look good-they affect or rating and certification. Coaching and development-should be done among friends." PD is about learning, and the goal of any assessment should be recognition of what's already done well and identification of areas that can be strengthened. That's what we expect from students...why should it be any different for us as professionals? PD should be a chance to learn, grow, and share as professionals, not a punitive process or a dog-and-pony show. It's so disheartening that bad PD practices continue to reinforce these concepts. </div>
  
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Understanding The Value Of What Students Don't Know - 1 views

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education self directed learning

shared by Jennie Farnell on 28 Dec 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 28 Dec 13

A well considered piece on the value of "not knowing" and how teachers can leverage this into a positive, rather than a negative. Looks at the need for students to understand the value of connecting to the information, rather than learning simple because it's expected.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A well considered piece on the value of "not knowing" and how teachers can leverage this into a positive, rather than a negative. Looks at the need for students to understand the value of connecting to the information, rather than learning simple because it's expected. </div>

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25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area - 1 views

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Reading comprehension Vocabulary

shared by Jennie Farnell on 27 Dec 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 27 Dec 13

Clean and simple infographic on reading comprehension strategies. Could be good to post in your classrooms or print out for students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Clean and simple infographic on reading comprehension strategies. Could be good to post in your classrooms or print out for students. </div>

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College papers: Students hate writing them. Professors hate grading them. Let's stop as... - 1 views

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writing

shared by Jennie Farnell on 17 Dec 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 17 Dec 13

For those of you who teach university writing course, an interesting devil's advocate essay against writing essays.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">For those of you who teach university writing course, an interesting devil's advocate essay against writing essays. </div>

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TEFL Matters » Blog Archive » Are you a Good Language Learner? - 2 views

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shared by Jennie Farnell on 09 Dec 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 09 Dec 13

adaptable survey of good language learner characteristics. Could be used in intermediate to advanced classes. Nice way to draw attention to good study habits.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">adaptable survey of good language learner characteristics. Could be used in intermediate to advanced classes. Nice way to draw attention to good study habits. </div>

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Learning Chocolate - 1 views

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This is a vocabulary learning platform with phonics. It has many, many vocabulary categories to choose for lower level vocabulary (classroom instructions/ parts of the body) to more advanced vocabulary (character traits, natural disasters, solve the crime). It has matching quizzes for each category. Definitely good for lower levels 1-4.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a vocabulary learning platform with phonics. It has many, many vocabulary categories to choose for lower level vocabulary (classroom instructions/ parts of the body) to more advanced vocabulary (character traits, natural disasters, solve the crime). It has matching quizzes for each category. Definitely good for lower levels 1-4.</div>

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Sticky Ball - 2 views

www.stickyball.net

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monica kerkes on 09 Dec 13

This is great! It has reading, writing, conversation starts and grammar exercises. For example, there are dialogues with questions, jokes and riddles for reading, and learning about topic sentences for writing. All of these come with follow up worksheets that you can often turn into nice pdfs. All sorts of categories are available for you to choose from.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is great! It has reading, writing, conversation starts and grammar exercises. For example, there are dialogues with questions, jokes and riddles for reading, and learning about topic sentences for writing. All of these come with follow up worksheets that you can often turn into nice pdfs. All sorts of categories are available for you to choose from.</div>

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Animated Listening stories - 0 views

www.storycorps.org/animation

shared by monica kerkes on 19 Nov 13 - No Cached

EDpuzzle - 1 views

edpuzzle.com

shared by Jennie Farnell on 05 Dec 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 05 Dec 13

Allows you to take a video, crop it to just the sections you need, and then record a voice over if you'd like, or to embed questions at various points during the video. Looks very promising!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Allows you to take a video, crop it to just the sections you need, and then record a voice over if you'd like, or to embed questions at various points during the video. Looks very promising! </div>

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Vocaroo - Voice Recording Made Easy | The FLTmag - 4 views

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voice recording

shared by Jennie Farnell on 14 Nov 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 14 Nov 13

Speaking and listening teachers -- this is definitely a site worth taking a look at. It will work with all the computers in the computer lab (I confirmed the new headsets worked by using it) AND all computers have headsets with mics. There are LOTS of speaking activities you can do with this!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Speaking and listening teachers -- this is definitely a site worth taking a look at. It will work with all the computers in the computer lab (I confirmed the new headsets worked by using it) AND all computers have headsets with mics. There are LOTS of speaking activities you can do with this! </div>

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monica kerkes on 18 Nov 13

I have done this with some success at level 1, but it could really work better for a higher level. For example, you could ask the students via the Vocaroo recording to tell you about their weekend and see how they do with the past tense. Level 2 and up is best. Hi- I was actually able to record my voice from my home computer which is not the newest. It actually scared me because I yelled "Hello Mate"! How would one make the link and email your recording to them and vice versa?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I have done this with some success at level 1, but it could really work better for a higher level. For example, you could ask the students via the Vocaroo recording to tell you about their weekend and see how they do with the past tense. Level 2 and up is best. Hi- I was actually able to record my voice from my home computer which is not the newest. It actually scared me because I yelled "Hello Mate"! How would one make the link and email your recording to them and vice versa?</div>

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Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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inspirational motivation

shared by Jennie Farnell on 21 Nov 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 21 Nov 13

Excellent TED talk about the power of relationships in teaching. Talks about public schools, but relevant for all teachers at all levels of education. My favorite part? "While you won't like all of them (your students), the key is, they can never, ever know it." How powerful is that in forging relationship?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Excellent TED talk about the power of relationships in teaching. Talks about public schools, but relevant for all teachers at all levels of education. My favorite part? "While you won't like all of them (your students), the key is, they can never, ever know it." How powerful is that in forging relationship? </div>

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23 Great Sources For Free Educational Videos Online - Edudemic - Edudemic - 1 views

www.edudemic.com/free-educational-videos-online

shared by Jennie Farnell on 17 Sep 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 17 Sep 13

A collection of links for various educational videos -- there might be some of interest for your classes, especially afternoon classes.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A collection of links for various educational videos -- there might be some of interest for your classes, especially afternoon classes. </div>

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Animations | StoryCorps - 6 views

storycorps.org/animation

shared by Jennie Farnell on 12 Sep 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 12 Sep 13

A really nice listening site with animated, captioned true stories. For native speakers, but the animation and the captions help enormously with understanding the pictures.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A really nice listening site with animated, captioned true stories. For native speakers, but the animation and the captions help enormously with understanding the pictures. </div>

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monica kerkes on 19 Nov 13

Sundays at Roccos was a moving story for a cartoon about an immigrant family from Italy that makes it in the US only to (you have to see it for the rest). I think this is a high Level 3 and up listening material that will generate a lot of discussion from interesting and animated stories

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Sundays at Roccos was a moving story for a cartoon about an immigrant family from Italy that makes it in the US only to (you have to see it for the rest). I think this is a high Level 3 and up listening material that will generate a lot of discussion from interesting and animated stories</div>

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You Can't Write Proper English Under Pressure - 2 views

toys.usvsth3m.com/write

grammar

shared by Jennie Farnell on 18 Nov 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 18 Nov 13

For native speakers but accessible to our students even at the lower levels. Fun! And a good review of the common spelling issues (their/they're/there , you're/your, etc.)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">For native speakers but accessible to our students even at the lower levels. Fun! And a good review of the common spelling issues (their/they're/there , you're/your, etc.)</div>

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Videos, Lesson Plans & Assemblies for RE, PSHE & Citizenship - 0 views

www.truetube.co.uk

videos debate topics

shared by Jennie Farnell on 06 Nov 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 06 Nov 13

A large variety of short videos to provoke discussion or debate on controversial topics. Good resources for Levels 5 & 6. Take a look! "How Islam Began -- in Under 10 Minutes" could be a interesting view.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A large variety of short videos to provoke discussion or debate on controversial topics. Good resources for Levels 5 & 6. Take a look! "How Islam Began -- in Under 10 Minutes" could be a interesting view. </div>

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Students | Cambridge University Press | ESL - 1 views

www.cambridge.org/...students

self directed learning

shared by Jennie Farnell on 06 Nov 13 - Cached

Jennie Farnell on 06 Nov 13

Another good site for self study and possible supplemental class use, especially for Level 1 & 2.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Another good site for self study and possible supplemental class use, especially for Level 1 & 2. </div>

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Learn English free with USA Learns! - 1 views

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videos self directed learning

shared by Jennie Farnell on 06 Nov 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 06 Nov 13

Beginning self-guided English lessons. Free to students. Quite a lot of components. Good for at home / computer lab practice for Level 1 & Level 2 students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Beginning self-guided English lessons. Free to students. Quite a lot of components. Good for at home / computer lab practice for Level 1 & Level 2 students.</div>

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Jennie Farnell on 06 Nov 13

Beginning self-guided English lessons. Free to students. Quite a lot of components. Good for at home / computer lab practice for Level 1 & Level 2 students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Beginning self-guided English lessons. Free to students. Quite a lot of components. Good for at home / computer lab practice for Level 1 & Level 2 students. </div>

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Films For Action is a community-powered alternative news center and learning library fo... - 1 views

www.filmsforaction.org/about

videos

shared by Jennie Farnell on 04 Nov 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 04 Nov 13

At an International Level: Films For Action uses the power of film to raise awareness of important social, environmental, and media-related issues not covered by the mainstream news. Our goal is to provide citizens with the information and perspectives essential to creating a more just, sustainable, and democratic society. Our website has cataloged over 1500 of the best films and videos that can be watched free online.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">At an International Level: Films For Action uses the power of film to raise awareness of important social, environmental, and media-related issues not covered by the mainstream news. Our goal is to provide citizens with the information and perspectives essential to creating a more just, sustainable, and democratic society. Our website has cataloged over 1500 of the best films and videos that can be watched free online.</div>

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Jennie Farnell on 04 Nov 13

At an International Level: Films For Action uses the power of film to raise awareness of important social, environmental, and media-related issues not covered by the mainstream news. Our goal is to provide citizens with the information and perspectives essential to creating a more just, sustainable, and democratic society. Our website has cataloged over 1500 of the best films and videos that can be watched free online.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> At an International Level: Films For Action uses the power of film to raise awareness of important social, environmental, and media-related issues not covered by the mainstream news. Our goal is to provide citizens with the information and perspectives essential to creating a more just, sustainable, and democratic society. Our website has cataloged over 1500 of the best films and videos that can be watched free online.</div>

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reflecting.jpg (JPEG Image, 800 × 2610 pixels) - Scaled (33%) - 2 views

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infographics reflective practice

shared by Jennie Farnell on 31 Oct 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 31 Oct 13

Useful reminder infographic from the wonderful Mia MacMeekin (check out her website for continual inspiration) about different ways of continuing reflective practice

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Useful reminder infographic from the wonderful Mia MacMeekin (check out her website for continual inspiration) about different ways of continuing reflective practice</div>

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The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of... - 0 views

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halloween

shared by Jennie Farnell on 16 Oct 13 - No Cached

Jennie Farnell on 16 Oct 13

Many, many Halloween resources for those of you who might be teaching about it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Many, many Halloween resources for those of you who might be teaching about it.</div>

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Jennie Farnell on 16 Oct 13

Many, many Halloween resources for those of you who might be teaching about it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Many, many Halloween resources for those of you who might be teaching about it. </div>

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