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NSF Monthly Freebie - Here is a great NSF Freebie (one for each month). And stop by to see how I have been using it AND how I was reading my data ALL WRONG! (Serious...
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Groundhog Day Is Coming Up! - February 2nd is Groundhog Day, and I’ve just updated The Best Resources For Groundhog Day. Additional suggestions are welcome.5 hours ago
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Blog Música y Danza - En respuesta a Educación en movimiento: Las Danzas del Mundo: Hola de nuevo, quiero dejar el enlace a un blog que he descubierto hoy mismo y que tiene gr...13 hours ago
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¡QUE CANTEN LOS NIÑOS...A LA PAZ! - Cuando escucho esta canción (LA QUE SUENA DE FONDO MIENTRAS VISITAS MI BLOG), se me pone el vello de punta, es esa sensación como..de nostalgia ¿?. Me recu...13 hours ago
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Digital Playtime – Skyping Brazil - Last week, I had the pleasure of talking to a group of teachers that Shelly Terrell was training in Brazil. I answered questions about using computer games...17 hours ago
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The Faculty Project - Free Courses from University Professors - Udemy, an online course hosting service that I've previously written about, recently launched a new project called The Faculty Project. The Faculty Projec...
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Some Great Educational Wikis Worth Visiting - Wikis can be powerful teaching tools as well as tools for teachers’ proffessional development. Here is a list of some worth visiting wikis. Flat Classroom ...20 hours ago
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Weekly Ed-Tech News Roundup: The State of the Union, Stanford versus Thrun, and More - [image: Rusty fence #33] Politics and Policies President Obama gave his *State of the Union* address this week. The Nation's Dana Goldstein has a look a...20 hours ago
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Eat Pray Love & Desert Flower: Arranged Marriages - Desert Flower's dramatic story and the romantic Eat, Pray, Love have two completely different arranged marriages scenes. They're great to talk about this t...
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Collaborative writing - New week, new exciting tasks! This week I have been exploring some digital tools for collaborative writing in the English class. The first activity consist...
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Jugando al desconcierto con el tema de la censura en twitter - Pues sí, Twitter es hoy un juguete roto como el que encontraba en un banco callejero de Valencia. Unos nos exhortan sobre no exagerar, otros avisan de que ...1 day ago
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Feliz Cumple Maribel - Como todos sabéis este blog es cosa de dos. Y para la otra parte de Orientación Andújar, Maribel, mañana es un día especial. Y qué manera mejor de felicita...1 day ago
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Denver Leigh - [image: Denver Leigh] Denver Leigh, USA, Educational Technology With my hat rack in hand, I am a Teacher of Students with Disabilities, district curriculu...
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Nuevos retos - Esta notita es para avisar de que volveremos pronto con más cositas. Tan pronto como nos hayamos instalado del todo en nuestro nuevo destino. Nuevos aires...
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The Ins and Outs of Going Google, Cloud Collaboration, and Web Tools for Educators - Do you think that Professional Development is boring? Well, I challenge you to give SimpleK12's Day of Learning a try and see if you still feel that way. T...1 day ago
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Fresh and New Friday: Multimedia Presentations with SlideSix - I discovered SlideSix recently via Free Technology for Teachers in a post dated December of 2010. So, it’s not exactly a “new” site, but it is new to us,...1 day ago
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Sharing Change and Digital Responsibility - With Digital Learning Day and Safer Internet Day 2012 just around the corner, I'd like to share these 3 different videos as examples of the changes arou...
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Mandated Reporter… - All school district employees, including subs, are designated “mandated reporters”. I sometimes feel that applying common sense to an incident isn’t w...2 days ago
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Identity Slippage, and what’s the weirdest thing you’ve been e-mailed by accident? - I have an old, short, and concise gmail address (my first initial and last name at gmail.com). There are many other hmasons in the world who have since sig...2 days ago
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: HipChat - Via Scoop.it – Teaching English to Young Learners Via cyber-kap.blogspot.com2 days ago
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INTERMEDIO1 PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE - Here’s the Powerpoint of the Present Perfect Progressive that we looked at in class. Go to the links at the end of the presentation if you want to have mor...2 days ago
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Role playing job interviews - Activity that gives the students a chance to practice their conversational English skills using discussion and role play. . Well done!
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VocaTube - English vocabulary about illnesses and health problems - [image: VocaTube - English vocabulary about illnesses and health problems] How do you say “I have a headache” in English? What if you get sick and you do...
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Reported Speech activities, ideas and links - It is mid-term break now. At the moment I’m enjoying myself reading blogathon posts and doing some preperation for the first week of the school. Februa...3 days ago
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Who’s Who: Pratice with present forms of BE - You can listen to this post here. As I continue to work with my new student, I’m challenged to provide meaningful speaking activities that make use of her ...3 days ago
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New, interesting Videos for all... - 1st) Fancy taking a course on Global Warming? A free Course from UChicago explains Climate Change: Visit breathtaking Yosemite National Park: and,...
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Moodling along quite nicely... But why? - Entry/menu page for VCAL Foundation Literacy Course ready to go... A little over a week from now, I'll be back in the classroom and doing my best to keep on ...4 days ago
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Social media tips for those who are in the public eye - If you’re new to the public eye, you may be a bit concerned about the impact of social media on your personal and professional life. You’re right to be c...4 days ago
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Carrots and…Smaller Carrots? The Values Dilemma! Food for Thought by Patrick Jackson - In Dublin we have an anti-littering campaign with posters that read ‘Litter is disgusting and so are those responsible’. I’d hazard that the tagline has n...5 days ago
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Famous monuments - Mónica del Moral, nos presenta esta unidad didáctica digital interactiva que ha diseñado para inglés de Tercer Ciclo de Primaria con la herramienta de auto...5 days ago
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Free Printable Chinese New Year, Dragon Lessons - Chinese New Year for School and Families Chinese New Year begins today. The Chinese zodiac is distinguished by 12 animals. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon....
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Fixed Acquisition Order? = No Evidence - I'm busily packing up the stack of books I used for my MA assignment on Methods and Approaches while looking into authentic materials, yet before I take th...
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Happy Year of the Dragon! - AnswerTips: Double click any word to see a dictionary definitionTweet Happy New Year to all our friends who celebrate the Lunar New Year this week!Million...5 days ago
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3 Fun Online Games For Reviewing Slope and Linear Equations - We've been reviewing finding slope on a graph, using the slope-formula, and writing equations depending on the given information (two points, slope and a p...5 days ago
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Mentiras graduadas - Mi profesor de filosofía (allápor los lejanos tiempos en los que yo estudiaba bachillerato) nos hacíaescribir una frase en la pizarra para comenzar la cla...
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Walking the Walk: Action Research - I have been blogging for 6 years now… I have written extensively about blogging (131 posts categorized “blogging” on Langwitches) I have shared two guides ...6 days ago
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Take it to TJ O’Brien’s! - There is a popular restaurant and sports bar open in the northwest suburbs of Chicago that I didn’t even know existed until a couple of weeks ago. I was m...6 days ago
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Present Perfect or Past Simple? - Even at advanced level, students whose native language doesn't have an equivalent can have problems with Present Perfect, and how its use differs from th...6 days ago
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La fatal actualitat de Dewey - Una nova i feliç casualitat de Twitter m’ha portat a descobrir (via @carmebove) el bloc Práctica Reflexiva pràcticament al mateix temps que llegia el llibr...
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Convert Text to Speech - [image: Speakit] Speakit Website Speakit is s Google Chrome addon that converts written text on web pages into spoken words within the browser. The extens...
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Blue Bird - Language level: Upper intermediate(B2.1)- Advanced (B2.2) Learner type: Mature teens; adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: Watching a short film; creating a...1 week ago
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Shit New Yorkers Say, intonation practice - Before telling you about the activity I’ve made up, I’m going to tell you where I found this: I came across this video through Elvira Lindo’s fabebook fan ...1 week ago
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A Christmas Carol: Passive Voice with Modal Verbs - I could never expect this movie to be so good. It is animated, but it seems to be so real... Besides, it is a classic tale that everyone should learn about...
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Chinese New Year Foods, Recipes, Provincial Cuisine - Chinese New Year Foods, Recipes, Provincial Cuisine As a 25-year teacher and homeschooler, one of my favorite ways to introduce students to a culture was b...
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Shocking Censorship, Banning, and Silencing in Arizona! - Many of you already know about the shocking decision to suspend the Mexican-American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District, well now books ...1 week ago
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The Phantom of the Opera: Resources - Well, kids. We will use these resources to work with the reading for this term, The Phantom of the Opera (Macmillan publishers). Worksheet Audio Worksheet ...1 week ago
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What I have been doing over the past month… - I know, a blog is suppose to be current. Otherwise you lose your audience. Well, audience, I have been busy. Over Christmas break, I created student accoun...1 week ago
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ADELE 'S SOMEONE LIKE YOU ( Improving your English with Songs" - We start a new series of songs to improve your English called: " Improving your English with songs" You can download the Handout or worksheet below for fre...
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Diigo Links (weekly) - Video: A guided tour around Dickens’ birthplace | Anglotopia – For People That Love Britain Take a video tour of Dickens’s birthplace led by his great-grea...2 weeks ago
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Making a Machinima in Second Life – in 19 Steps - For the next few weeks I will be working and helping moderate the MachinEVO course in Second Life, one of the TESOL EVO courses. We are all hoping to learn...2 weeks ago
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60 Inspiring Examples of Twitter in the Classroom | Moodle and Web 2.0 - Via Scoop.it – Technologies in ELT Social media offers some great opportunities for learning in the classroom, bringing together the ability to collaborate...2 weeks ago
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Me Speaking at TEDx - I have always been a big fan of TED talks since the day I watched the first video and today I am honored and super excited to announce that I have been inv...2 weeks ago
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Evaluar el conocimiento a través de un serious games - Evaluar es demostrar que se ha aprendido. En los serious games se puede evaluar el aprendizaje a través de métodos tradicionales o con los elementos intera...2 weeks ago
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¡estoy en twitter! - Hola a todos, A partir de ahora me podéis seguir en twitter (@zactobias). Estaré “twiteando” acerca de las cosas me interesan: los idiomas y el lenguaje, e...2 weeks ago
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Usando SGPlus para publicar al mismo tiempo en Twitter, Facebook y Google+ - SGPlus es un complemento de los navegadores Firefox y Chrome que permite publicar al mismo tiempo en Twitter, Facebook y Google+. Cambiando de tercio y con...
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A bunch of links - *Web links I should visit again* img alt="Add to The Free Dictionary" border="0" src="http://img.tfd.com/hp/addToTheFreeDictionary.gif" width="91" height=...
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Best Movies For Chinese New Year, Asian Culture - Best Movies and Films to Watch for Chinese New Year One of the best ways to learn about a culture and people is to read books and watch movies based in tha...
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¿Sabías que SAY y SAYS no se pronuncian con la misma vocal? - SAY se pronuncia con el diptongo /eɪ/ pero SAYS y SAID se pronuncian con la vocal simple /e/. Aprovecho este post para comentar que Zac, el profesor del bl...2 weeks ago
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Reported Speech - glitter-graphics.com If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) s...3 weeks ago
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Express Yourself - McDonald's is pimping their McCafe espresso coffees furiously on television commercials lately. The guy doing the voice-over on the commercial unmistakabl...4 weeks ago
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Film Titles - It’s funny how they often change film titles instead of just translating them literally. Try this activity to discover the original titles.5 weeks ago
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Conference on Virtual Worlds, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain - I have just returned from Spain, where I contributed to a two-day conference on virtual worlds at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), 16-17 Dece...5 weeks ago
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Lino: tablón de anuncios en línea - En la última entrada del blog de Lourdes Domenech, descubro una interesante herramienta Web 2.0. Se trata de Lino it, una especie de tablón de anuncios virtu...5 weeks ago
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Contest: Desserts from the World - *CONTEST: Desserts from the World* * We are reading some recipes in English, Spanish and French. Next week, we will have a dessert tasting morning. * *Date...
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CLIL Units in English , French and German - It's a long time I haven't post anything, mostly due to lack of time, and also because I post more often via twitter. But this time it is really worthy t...
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Utilització de la PDI - *Ideas para cambiar la forma de usar la pizarra * View more presentations from Raúl Diego2 months ago
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12 Language Learning Tips - Learning a new language can be difficult, but not impossible. No matter how old you are, there are methods and techniques that can make it easier to absorb...2 months ago
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10 Tools for Increasing Engagement in Online Courses - Over the last few years I've done a lot of work developing writing and redeveloping online courses and course materials. In the initial rush to get learni...
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Find out about your dreams - Some people say that you can't really speak a language until you start to dream in that language. I'm not really sure that's true, but in this activity we ...
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How to introduce an English Textbook to your Students - 1. Introduction “Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn. “ -Benjamin Franklin Textbook is one of the main instruments of...3 months ago
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Reconsidering teachers’ roles – how to do it without hitting the system wall? - I’m so happy to be writing this in one of my favorite cities in the world: Barcelona! The UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning VIII international seminar with th...3 months ago
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REVIEW FOR THE TEST NEXT WEEK! - In order to review the RELATIVE PRONOUNS and thanks to the collaboration of one classmate, you can spend some time working on them through the use of the f...9 months ago
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Family - I have recently started to teach my 10th graders, the vocabulary related to the Family and our relationship with our parents and relatives. I've found this...1 year ago
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