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My class blog learning experience
kids-on-computer-freestock-14jt426.jpg Using a class blog in the classroom can be an effective and powerful tool. In this post I’m going to share how I integrated it into my classroom and why this...
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Class blogging
This post is aimed at teachers who consider starting a class blog. It is based on my personal research on class blogging combined with my experience over the last two years. What is a class blog? A...
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#ELTchat: every end is a new beginning
freeimage-4643072-10ucxxg.jpg The following post was originally published by Marisa Constantinides on 10 August, 2012. It announces the loss of eltchat.com domain and I’m proudly reposting to spread...
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4 Key Challenges and Solutions to Class Blogging
kozzi.com In my last posts I talked about the benefits of class blogging and shared my personal class blogging experience. Today I’ll be focusing on the next step: the challenges you need to take...
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A week of Professional Development (and much more)
This is a write-up on Berni Wall’s (@rliberni) professional development workshop which I attended in August 2012. As it seems, it turned out to be much more than this as apart from the learning that...
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#ELTchat Summary: From Teacher to Teacher Trainer
Valentina Morgana by @vmorgana via eltpics A couple of weeks ago, the seemingly popular topic of moving from Teacher (T) to Teacher Trainer (TT) was hotly discussed by the #ELTchatters. Entering into a...
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How can we make the most out of an IWB in the classroom? An #ELTchat summary
This post is a summary of an #ELTchat on the topic of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) which took place on February 27 at 21.00 GMT. You can read the original transcript here. The #technoLanguages Blog...
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My IATEFL Workshop
After a fascinating TESOL Greece International Conference last weekend, I’m now getting ready for an event I have been looking forward to for a whole year: IATEFL Liverpool! I’m so excited because it’s...
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All things in eModeration: Moderating Class Blogs and Facebook Student Groups
Creative Commons License Photo Credit: saebaryo via Compfight This post is a response to the TESOL Greece blog challenge on eModeration. It is primarily aimed at EFL teachers of young learners, teens...
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We need pedagogy, not just cool tools
Photo Credit: César Poyatos via Compfight Whether we have fully integrated technology or not, few of us can deny that learning technologies can revolutionise language learning and teaching; we can...
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Tagged – a blog challenge
This is a great blog challenge in which one blogger tags you on their blog, challenges you to share 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions; then, it’s your turn to challenge eleven...
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7 Steps to Student PLNs
Photo Credit: Alexander Baxevanis via Compfight One of my goals for 2014 is to apply what I have been planning for quite some time now: encourage my students to develop their own PLNs. In brief, a PLN...
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Student Engagement – with or without technology
On the 30th of August I participated in a panel discussion at the 5th Foreign Language Forum in Athens, Greece. The main theme was “Present, Motivate, Engage”; Lilika Couri talked about Presentation,...
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Digital Citizenship through past and upcoming presentations
Digital Citizenship has been the main focus of my work over the past few years. I explored it through my MA research thesis and have given talks at various conferences around Europe. My last talk...
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Moving out…
Please visit sophiamavridi.com for new content Edublogs has been my blogging platform for the last four years. It’s been great, no doubt about that. But as my work and areas of interest expand and...
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