Tag Archives: Miscellaneous

Edu Tech Sig

I have started the motion towards creating of an EduTech SIG for Braz-Tesol. I believe the moment is ripe as there is a growing need for how to engage in collaborative projects using technology. Many teachers still use the net … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Edu Tech Sig

Reports on Summer School

All reports written by the summer school participants and the recorded interviews can be consulted from links on one page of the British Council ELT community website.

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Reports on Summer School

Blogstreams Salon 2006

This year the Blogstreams Salon meetings will be held only once a month, on every first Sunday of the month at 21:00 GMT. For these occasions we will bring special guests to share with you the projects they are working … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | 1 Comment

Blogging from Scotland

Interspersing and sharing some of my own findings while surfing. MFLE is the online service from Learning and Teaching Scotland and Scottish CILT which supports anyone working with modern languages in Scotland, from foreign language assistants and trainee teachers to … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Blogging from Scotland

Weekend

After the party in Sao Paulo, I slipped to touchbase with the family so I missed the sessions on Saturday. Andrea Calvozo, from SP and Nahir Aparicio from Venezuela posted their conversation about what happened on the ELT forum. You … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Weekend

Evo 2006 Opening Session

The Evo 2006 6-week free workshops online are about to start. If you have not yet signed up, please do so until tomorrow (deadline). The session announcement briefly describes each session. By clicking on the link of the session, you … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Evo 2006 Opening Session

David Graddol’s conference

Julian Wing “blogged” David Graddol’s video-conference on the BC ELT Forum while Shaun has posted his impressions on his own blog. I am looking forward to your comments. Later in the evening, Mike and Barbara Thornton hosted a diner party … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on David Graddol’s conference

Intercultural Competence

Margit introduced the Intercultural Competence strand this morning with 4 questions for reflection and organized a number of awarenes raising activities to illustrate these points. What is intercultural competence? How do we develop intercultural competence in our classrooms? How do … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Intercultural Competence

Internet Genres

Read Chris Lima’s report on Dave´s session on Internet Genre analysis . On the same British Council ELT page you will also be able to download the interview Mike Thornton did with Margit Szesztay, Brazil Hornby School Director but as … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Internet Genres

Blogging towards autonomy

This afternoon I gave the workshop on blogging. Autonomy was indeed required while participants struggled to open their accounts on WordPress.com. There were too many people signing in so I suppose the server could not process all requests at the … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged | Comments Off on Blogging towards autonomy