<![CDATA[Did you miss us today (Wednesday)? We know some of you turned up for lunchtime chat. Sorry we’re all at IATEFL enjoying the conference and getting ready for our symposium toDAY!!!!!!. We’d love you to join us online. We’ll be holding an #eltchat from 15.50 to 18.20 GMT on the […]
<![CDATA[ Continuous professional development through social networking March 22nd from 15.50 – 18.20 in Gala 1 Room For some of us, it will be the first face-to-face meeting. Here is what I mean: I have worked as a co-moderator with Barbara Hoskins-Sakamoto for more than a year now and, although […]
This short post includes my notes from a presentation I did some years ago at a conference for Foreign Language School Owners in Greece where I was specifically asked to present a workshop on good classroom management. At that time, I had been training a group of directors of studies […]
<![CDATA[ I still remember how much I enjoyed being nominated for some of the awards as a new blogger and tweeter in 2009 and how much this encouraged me to keep blogging and to try to keep getting better. Some people may still think these nominations have no value – […]
<![CDATA[Am taking up Adam Simpson’s challenge, well, not really a challenge, more like an invitation but such a nice way to look back at what I have blogged about this year. Adam said, “Choose the best 11” but I must confess I don’t write as many posts as all that. Some people seem […]
Checklist 1 taken from Dyslexia Action If the answer to most of the following questions is ‘Yes’ it would be wise to seek advice: All ages 1. Is he bright […]
<![CDATA[ Happy Birthday #ELTchat and all #ELTchat followers! It’s been an amazing year and I am very proud and grateful to have been a part of this! I look forward to many more birthdays and many more new directions that this great PLN will take me to! Thank […]
<![CDATA[For months now, the "new" Twitter has been warning me that I should switch to that, because soon I will have to one way or the other. Today there was a severe warning You all know how I love Twitter and what I think about its value and role in […]
Σήμερα έλαβα το παρακάτω δελτίο τύπου από το Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων. Ίσως να σας ενδιαφέρει. Ο αριθμός των μαθητών είναι βέβαια ένα θέμα. Αν και φαίνεται να υπάρχει η καλή πρόθεση από το Υπουργείο, ο αριθμός μου φαίνεται αρκετά υψηλός από την πρώτη κιόλας χρονιά. Μήπως θα έπρεπε να […]
<![CDATA[ My blog has sported the Disabled-Access Friendly Logo for quite some time now. But I have been feeling that, apart from that, I haven’t been doing much about the problems of disabled people. My own culture has a short tradition of being friendly to people with disabilities of all […]