2005 starts under the sign of collaboration 🙂 After two quiet and rainy weeks in the countryside, here I am back to blogging with a revenge! Planning and preparing the design and content of the 6-week weblogging session for Evonline 2005 has been a shot of pure collaborative adrenaline. Since September, when I invited teachers … Read more
May happiness, like trade winds, daily wake thee. May laughter, joyously, as breakers, shake thee. May strength, like coco palms storm-bent, sustain thee. The ancient shark of discontent, disdain thee. May tribute, rich as island chief’s, be paid thee. Canoes, designed of wisdom’s wood, be made thee. And may the star of friendship help thee … Read more
A card from Natalie…painted by her…in my mail today. Thank you! 🙂 Sharing this nice warm feeling and wishes with all my friends.
Mother rang me to announce the winners of the 2004 EduBlog Awards (The Eddies) while I was away (without the net) in the countryside during the weekend . She’s 76 and although not very keen on computers (my father keeps control over the PC), she got all excited about it. Bee-coming a Webhead had come … Read more
A report by researcher David Graddol forecasts English as a world language….with 120 million children learning it in Chinese primary schools – and many other countries embedding English-language learning in their scolarity. (BBC) . In France the debate rages whether to start it in primary school. A recent survey evaluating competences of 14-15 year old … Read more
Jean MichelChaupart (Colombia) and Mario Asselin (Canada!) have graciously nominated me for the Edublog Awards , in the Best use of weblogs within teaching and learning category. The polls are hosted on James Farmer’s Incsub Association community site, a free-for-teachers hosting support and community in using weblogs, wikis and open source CMSs. Thank you Jean … Read more
Via Edu_RSS I got to the Blogger’s Code of Ethics issued by the Media Centre of the American Press Institute. Be honest and fair, minimize harm and be accountable are the main recommendations. A number of people have thrown in their two cents in the comment area. My question and comment: is this only to … Read more
On August 4th I celebrate my namesday (Barbara) or “imieniny” as we say it in Polish. The day of our patron saint is more important than our birthday and there are important and practical reasons for it. First, these days are usually related to old Polish traditions or seasons of the year. Second, celebrating the … Read more
Barbara Dieu ( Sao Paulo, Brazil) has been nominated for the Edublog Awards for the ‘ Best use of weblogs within teaching and learning’ category. Jean Michel writes: “I want to nominate Mrs Barbara Dieu, “Bee”,from Sao Paulo, Brazil, for her set of blogs and online presentations on blogging for language teachers, in french and … Read more
Blog: Word of the Year – not only for Merrian Webster publishers but also for me for the past year and a half. It’s incredible how involved I got in it: from a simple experiment in class to presentations in French and English , two (believe it or not !!!) nominations in James Farmer’s blog … Read more