tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39820205433427565862024-02-24T02:27:03.715-08:00Learning Technologies GroupUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-88294670283421427282012-01-28T02:50:00.000-08:002012-01-28T02:52:24.568-08:00My School's BlogSome of you have already seen it, and liked the Facebook page. Those who didn't I urge to visit it, and tell me what You think about it!dymytriyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894387967566334804noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-59085920498039318912012-01-11T20:45:00.001-08:002012-01-12T10:14:17.303-08:00BlogathonBritish Council has announced <a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/top-stories/blogathon-2012" target="_blank">a blogging competition</a> . Has anybody joined it? I have.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-7197836386980612372012-01-10T03:15:00.000-08:002012-01-10T03:15:17.645-08:00Help!!!Can anyone tell me how to add a Flag Counter to the blog? I have created it, got the code but don't know how to add it to my blog. Please help!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-56342140590592600182012-01-08T11:48:00.000-08:002012-01-08T11:48:26.745-08:00EVOHello everyone,<br />
Sanja and I have joined an <a href="http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/48510148/Call_for_Participation2012">EVO</a>. It all starts tomorrow and it seems very interesting so I thought you might like it too. <br />
Maybe we'll see each other there!<br />
DoraDorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-20343704989808372922011-12-29T09:52:00.001-08:002011-12-29T09:52:36.568-08:00Words of 2011<a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-24023163-talk-this-way---the-lexicon-for-2011.do">This</a> is an interesting article about new words introduced in 2011.<br />
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Another proof of a language's life. :)Dorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-10950308617031863352011-12-14T13:03:00.001-08:002011-12-14T13:03:14.933-08:00Social networkingLora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-6903665393011290532011-09-24T14:42:00.000-07:002011-09-24T14:56:14.015-07:00Creating an embeddable discussion forumAfter trying several times, without any success, to create a discussion forum with Tal.ki, I tried <a href="http://www.nabble.com/">Nabble</a> only once and succeeded. <br /><br />Now I have a forum for the wiki I'm going to use with my students this school year- <a href="http://weplayandlearnenglish.pbworks.com/">We Play and Learn English Wiki</a>.<br /><br />I have created two threads: one for students' introductions and one for asking and giving help with posting in the forum. <br /><br />Creating a forum with Nabble takes less than a minute, it is very easy and free. Embedding is equally easy, you only have to copy and paste the HTML code. <br /><br />I can't wait to read my students' first posts. <br /><br />To me the forum looks quite all right as a page of the wiki, but I'd like to hear your opinion, especially if you see something I have missed or could make better.Sanjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142087337345909258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-42686935222506105742011-09-11T01:53:00.000-07:002011-09-11T01:58:00.280-07:009/11I've been thinking about doing something to bring a little of what world can learn about and from 9/11 to the classroom. And this video is by far the best thing I've found. <br />
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There are also many very useful resources on the 9/11 Memorial website: <a href="http://www.911memorial.org/spirit-volunteerism">http://www.911memorial.org/spirit-volunteerism</a> There's a booklet for teachers with teaching ideas and information about the people and things mentioned in the video.<br />
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There are also good resources here: <a href="http://onlinelearningexchange.com/content/products/remembering911.html">http://onlinelearningexchange.com/content/products/remembering911.html</a> They are made for children whose mother tongue is English, but that only means that we cannot use the resources with young learners and low level students. <br />
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This is a picture gallery compiled by yahoo: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/9-11-the-25-most-powerful-photos-1315611364-slideshow/25-most-powerful-photos-photo-1315610966.html">http://news.yahoo.com/photos/9-11-the-25-most-powerful-photos-1315611364-slideshow/25-most-powerful-photos-photo-1315610966.html</a> Picture no.5 is not for everybody's eyes - I'd think twice before showing it in class. Picture no.15 is something I might definitely use.<br />
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Hope you find this useful. <br />
Bye for now,<br />
DoraDorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-24682845098846780952011-05-28T10:20:00.000-07:002011-05-28T10:20:07.464-07:00Stephen Fry interview of Lady Gaga<a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/0cca76f0-873a-11e0-b983-00144feabdc0.htmll#axzz1NfOiqapk">http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/0cca76f0-873a-11e0-b983-00144feabdc0.htmll#axzz1NfOiqapk</a>Lora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-20689711068109681082011-05-19T07:12:00.000-07:002011-05-19T07:12:01.551-07:00To Visnja<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/HUt6eV-KTWw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Lora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-51741943049497190032011-05-18T21:14:00.000-07:002011-05-18T21:15:19.035-07:00The Star ThrowerBy Loren Eiseley: <br /><br />"While wandering a deserted beach at dawn, stagnant in my work, I saw a man in the distance bending and throwing as he walked the endless stretch toward me. As he came near, I could see that he was throwing starfish, abandoned on the sand by the tide, back into the sea. When he was close enough I asked him why he was working so hard at this strange task. He said that the sun would dry the starfish and they would die. I said to him that I thought he was foolish. there were thousands of starfish on miles and miles of beach. One man alone could never make a difference. He smiled as he picked up the next starfish. Hurling it far into the sea he said, "It makes a difference for this one."<br /><br />As found <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/56782.Loren_Eiseley">here</a>.<br />Shine everyone,<br />DoraDorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-61530533232092040522011-05-15T00:15:00.000-07:002011-05-15T00:36:22.256-07:00IssuuI've just discovered <a href="http://issuu.com">issuu.com</a>. It's been named one of the Times.com's top 50 sites in 2009 and this is what Times' journalist wrote about it:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">When magazine lovers get nostalgic about print, they cite the feel of flipping pages, the shock of seeing an amazing layout and the physicality of being able to hold something in your hands. Maybe a gadget like Amazon's Kindle can compete with the old-fashioned ink-on-paper experience, but for our money — which, in this instance, is zero dollars — we'll take Issuu, an online newsstand with infinite shelf space, hundreds of interesting micro-publishing projects and a slick online reader. Spending time browsing through the titles that are archived on the site comes so close to the feel of the actual thing that you might forget you're in a magazine matrix.</span><br />So far I've read <span style="font-style:italic;">Google for teachers</span> <a href="http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/google-for-teachers">part one</a>: <br /><br /><div><object style="width:420px;height:272px" ><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=cccccc&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100708154901-8f70fdb63f2c454d9879e2b032d2f6af&docName=google-for-teachers&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Google%20for%20Teachers&et=1305444881290&er=23" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:420px;height:272px" flashvars="mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=cccccc&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100708154901-8f70fdb63f2c454d9879e2b032d2f6af&docName=google-for-teachers&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Google%20for%20Teachers&et=1305444881290&er=23" /></object><div style="width:420px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/google-for-teachers?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=cccccc&showFlipBtn=true" target="_blank">Open publication</a> - Free <a href="http://issuu.com" target="_blank">publishing</a></div></div><br /><br /> and <a href="http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/google_for_teachers_ii">two</a><br /><div><object style="width:420px;height:272px" ><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100705230051-ddf2c1a1f75740db8dcd64f744a41fc8&docName=google_for_teachers_ii&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Google%20for%20Teachers%20II&et=1305444777648&er=14" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:420px;height:272px" flashvars="mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100705230051-ddf2c1a1f75740db8dcd64f744a41fc8&docName=google_for_teachers_ii&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Google%20for%20Teachers%20II&et=1305444777648&er=14" /></object><div style="width:420px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/google_for_teachers_ii?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true" target="_blank">Open publication</a> - Free <a href="http://issuu.com" target="_blank">publishing</a> - <a href="http://issuu.com/search?q=teaching" target="_blank">More teaching</a></div></div><br /><br />which I find VERY useful and cannot wait to try out some of the tips it offers (especially the part where using Google Docs for flashcards is mentioned). <br /><br />The same author also posted <a href="http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/google_earth_across_the_curriculum/1">Google Earth Across the Curriculum</a> which gives amazing ideas on how to use it on the topic of literature (it can be used to follow a character's travel) and protecting the environment (there are pictures ready for kids to browse):<br /><br /><div><object style="width:420px;height:272px" ><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100117145920-8b15ce6bd79348189360227a52c13a50&docName=google_earth_across_the_curriculum&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Google%20Earth%20Across%20the%20Curriculum&et=1305444815197&er=83" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:420px;height:272px" flashvars="mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100117145920-8b15ce6bd79348189360227a52c13a50&docName=google_earth_across_the_curriculum&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Google%20Earth%20Across%20the%20Curriculum&et=1305444815197&er=83" /></object><div style="width:420px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/google_earth_across_the_curriculum?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true" target="_blank">Open publication</a> - Free <a href="http://issuu.com" target="_blank">publishing</a> - <a href="http://issuu.com/search?q=teaching" target="_blank">More teaching</a></div></div><br /><br />I hope you find this useful as I have. <br />Bye for now,<br />DDorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-43419576300161284332011-05-14T04:04:00.001-07:002011-05-14T04:04:48.403-07:00I find these links very useful: <a href="http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2011/sessions/index">http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2011/sessions/index</a>, and <a href="http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2011/sessions/videos">http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2011/sessions/videos</a>.Lora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-58845721376951415412011-04-28T11:52:00.000-07:002011-04-28T21:58:56.279-07:00The Easiest Speaking Game in the WorldI've just stumbled upon this and believe it's applicability is unbelievable so I'm VERY happy to share it with you all:<br /><a href="http://kalinago.blogspot.com/2010/10/easiest-speaking-game-in-world.html">The Easiest Speaking Game in the World</a><br />Love,<br />Dora<br /><br />P.S.<br />I really like the chickens! :))<br />P.P.S<br />Somehow a test-post I've put on my blog ended up in the RSS feed for this blog. I'm sorry about that. Hope you'll enjoy Gloria Gaynor if you stumble upon it though.Dorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-74169140165448673392011-04-21T14:17:00.000-07:002011-04-21T14:17:01.678-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/lC3GBCtoRDo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Lora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-41173048731920115092011-04-21T14:04:00.001-07:002011-04-21T14:04:28.822-07:00Happy Easter to All!Lora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-45396066467115456112011-04-16T14:36:00.000-07:002011-04-16T14:37:51.850-07:00dymytriyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894387967566334804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-70191364885586472032011-04-12T10:12:00.000-07:002011-04-12T10:12:19.906-07:00The power of pentatronic scaleLora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-10410907363837222132011-04-10T01:08:00.000-07:002011-04-12T22:18:51.043-07:00The Power of Words<p><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Hzgzim5m7oU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p><p>Words are the voice of the heart, says a Chinese proverb. :)</p><p><br /></p>Dorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-49422839291140353812011-03-11T06:04:00.003-08:002011-03-11T06:04:59.080-08:00Bear videoLora Tamosiunienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229762501522248894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-23263776526434602812011-03-08T11:02:00.000-08:002011-03-08T11:06:03.832-08:00Are we equals?<p>This is a good video to base a discussion on:</p><p><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dIjiqeUx4fk" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>Suitable for higher levels (B2+) and might be excellent in combination with Time's <a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2057714_2251980,00.html">16 of History's Most Rebellious Women</a>. </p>Dorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-69000875722560593712011-03-07T08:55:00.000-08:002011-03-07T08:58:39.037-08:00Be a teacher...<p>I guess the use of "have to" should be up for debate... ;)</p><p><br /></p><p><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/usK3eA9tezA" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p><br /></p>Dorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-47485270915100556462011-02-28T13:13:00.000-08:002011-03-01T01:30:06.140-08:00Max My DreamI have heard about a nice writing tool that can be used with students.<br /><br />In <a href="http://www.maxmydream.com/">Max My Dream</a>, if you write about a dream in 140 characters and wait for a few seconds, you can see your dream animated. The colleague who first wrote about it on her blog, Ana Maria Menezes, suggested asking students to watch the animation and guess the words, even the original text.<br />I embedded a dream on my students blog and asked them to guess my dream. The first student has already tried.<br /><br />This is my dream:<br /><br /><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://c1247352.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/shell.swf?shellConfig=http://www.maxmydream.com/xml/shellConfig.xml&dreamID=ee3yTR"><embed src="http://c1247352.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/shell.swf?shellConfig=http://www.maxmydream.com/xml/shellConfig.xml&dreamID=ee3yTR" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object><br /><br />Can you guess it?Sanjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142087337345909258noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-66556268513445236062011-02-24T21:28:00.000-08:002011-02-24T21:33:30.623-08:00For Shakespeare Lovers<p>The title of this post is a link to a VERY long list of phrases Shakespeare coined and we still use today. It sounds like something that could be used in class, I'll write a few ideas one day...</p>Dorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982020543342756586.post-24790424395927839462011-02-13T02:52:00.001-08:002011-02-13T03:07:13.691-08:00Global Primary English Teacher Survey<p>Hello everyone,</p><p>I've just received the following email from a colleague of mine: </p><p><em>Dear Primary English Teacher<br /><br />If you teach English to children aged 5 – 12 in a primary school, we would like to hear from you.<br /><br />As part of a research project the University of Essex, in partnership with the British Council, is carrying out a global survey of Primary English teachers’ qualifications, experience and career development.<br /><br />You can access the survey here http://bit.ly/e4DVMJ – it only takes about 20 minutes to complete.<br /><br />Many thanks for your help!<br /><br />Helen Emery<br /><br />Research project coordinator</em><br /></p><p>My colleague received it from our Senior Advisor (the person who's in charge of English teachers' professional development in our county), who received it from British Council - so it's not spam. I filled in the questionnaire and am kind of curious of what the findings will be. And yes, it really does take about 20 minutes, no more. The title of this post is a link to the survey.</p><p>That's all from me for now,</p><p>Dora</p>Dorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421791740289637494noreply@blogger.com0