A colleague of great experience in both TEFL and the UK education system, and whose opinion I greatly respect, once asserted that TEFL was at the forefront of educational experimentation and research, formenting new pedagogical techniques and ideas and pushing the... Continue Reading →
If you've had time to look at recent posts on this blog, you'll have noticed a series of "first lesson" ideas and activities... after all, it's September, we've all got "back-to-school-itis"! Stepping back from the plethora of great teaching ideas to... Continue Reading →
I spotted this one on a post on the TeachingEnglish | British Council facebook page - who in turn spotted it on the Voxy Blog. The infographic below comes out of the work of Mark Prensky and his concepts of... Continue Reading →
I'm not very up on twitterquette. I'm still not entirely certain that (a) I know what I'm doing, (b) I know what I should be doing, (c) I know what everybody else is doing on Twitter. My experiences thus far... Continue Reading →
I have no idea where this one came from.... Well I do. It's a dream fragment. The other day I woke up, went back to sleep and woke up again to remember a fragment of a dream in which I'd... Continue Reading →
Free Technology for Teachers: 77 Web Resources for Teachers to Try This Summer. There's really not much to say about this, except to refer you to Richard Byrne's original post (see link at top). Most of the resources are categorised... Continue Reading →
This is a BBC Radio 4 documentary by Rory Bremner on how ADHD affects adults as well as children and what it can be like for all involved. Compelling listening and required material for anyone involved in education! The one... Continue Reading →
A lot of teachers think about education from the point of view of what needs to be changed and how we can make both the teaching and learning experience better. In recent years paradigms of education have altered, flexed and... Continue Reading →
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