- Life is no bed of roses, the Susan Boyle follow-up lesson
- A conversation about death and dying
- Murder of a Superhero. Weapon? An item of office equipment
and loaded up notes and teacher-training slideshares from two workshops I gave at the VHS in Leinfelden
Shared a vocabulary tip, inserting a bit of drama into this process and got some excellent extra suggestions and advice from readers in
Had a bit of a reflective moment and whittled on with thoughts on online relationships but also had a big ol' rant about teachers who are still not using technology in their classes in
...and according to a privately received email, the people who do these jobs are actually called Blacksmiths if they make the shoes and Farriers if they fit them on to the horses! See how much you learn when you're a blogger ;-), (Thanks, Bob!)
At the beginning of the month, I offered up my latest tech-tip on using google alerts and rss feeds to find information easily (important for bloggers too) in
At the beginning of the month, I offered up my latest tech-tip on using google alerts and rss feeds to find information easily (important for bloggers too) in
Put out two call-outs for your participation & contribution to this page and still accepting your emails, recommendations, comments & forum additions via LinkedIn, Facebook or Yahoo!
But not Twitter, okay... I really do need more than 140 characters ;-).
But not Twitter, okay... I really do need more than 140 characters ;-).
- Advice for n00bie bloggers in ELT (blog carnival)
- She-in-ELT (who are the most important women in our industry?)
Offered up a poll looking for the best-class-busy-blogging here (results coming out: Wednesday!) and dealt with a frequent email request on how to find work in the TEFL industry by listing the links to the sites that usually deal with those issues here.
On How-2-Learn-English, my blog for students learning English, well... I lost my very newly smart, self-programmed, layout when tweaked one minor detail, so pah... another 10 hours down the drain!
Nevermind, I've uploaded a simple Blogger-supplied-Minima-template until I can find the time to redo it!
Wrote up a fun series on learning English through business quotations and included the wisdom of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Sherman and Wayne Gretzky.
Nevermind, I've uploaded a simple Blogger-supplied-Minima-template until I can find the time to redo it!
Wrote up a fun series on learning English through business quotations and included the wisdom of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Sherman and Wayne Gretzky.
Posted up some videos and exercises for students:
Discussed collocations that go with act and ask.
- Did you know, regarding the shifting paradigm the world is currently undergoing
- The Break-Up, a funny web 2.0 best practices video which is especially good for marketing English students
- Michael Jackson's Ben, in memory.
Discussed collocations that go with act and ask.
Dissected the words and expressions for saying nothing in Do you know your zeros and posted up a series of Business English pronunciation videos I got from Soxo-exchange.
I was also incredibly lucky:
Anthony Green of VOICEbook wrote up a lovely guest-piece for my students with a link to download a fab & free listening exercise - you can grab it too in
That's it!
I really hope you enjoyed your month with me.
Tomorrow I'll be listing up the links to all the fab blogs I've been enjoying from all across the blogosphere so prepare for a grand adventure, there are some truly brilliant minds out there.
I really hope you enjoyed your month with me.
Tomorrow I'll be listing up the links to all the fab blogs I've been enjoying from all across the blogosphere so prepare for a grand adventure, there are some truly brilliant minds out there.
Best,
Karenne
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Congratulations on a fab posting as usual. You have achieved and given so much in only 30 days. I am definitely recommending your blog to my teachers next week.
Janet x