Twitter for Life

Some great things have been happening to me during the last weeks. Maybe I should say since September, since I started using Twitter more actively. But let me take it from the beginning. Last May, I think I discovered twitter and started using it reluctantly. I couldn’t get it in the beginning and was surprised [...]

Christmas and Resources

This is a blog that started as something else. It started as a tool for publicizing ideas about the pedagogy of eTwinning. But it hasn’t worked like this. So I don’t see why not use it to publicize ideas about teaching English and teaching in general. For the moment, because we are knee deep in [...]

Introducing Web tools and PLNs to English teachers

Teaching English in Greek public schools is a challenging adventure. Lack of equipment, big classes, adverse conditions, negative mentalities, tape recorders that don’t work, headmasters that don’t see the need of English are everyday situations that all of us face . Maybe the conditions don’t change much for teachers of all sectors. Maybe they are [...]

CLIL and the teaching of ENGLISH

On Monday September 21, I attended a talk organized by Marina Kollatou, Councillor for English teachers in Karditsa and Trikala. The talk was about CLIL,  that is Content and Language Integrated Learning by Dimitra Behlikoudi, English School Councillor in Pireus. The event was supplemented by a talk on English Language Resources by Ms Markella Karagiorga, [...]

Εγκέφαλος και Εξερεύνηση

Μια και μιλούσα για το Τουίτερ σε προηγούμενο άρθρο ας αναφέρω ακόμη μία ενδιαφέρουσα ιστοσελίδα που βρήκα μέσω της αναφοράς μιας συναδέλφου στο συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα. Πρόκειται για το μπλογκ ενός βιολόγου του εγκεφάλου και συγγραφέα ενός βιβλίου που λέγεται Κανόνες του εγκεφάλου (Brain Rules). Δεν έχω διαβάσει το βιβλίο αλλά αυτά που διάβασα στο μπλογκ [...]

What is Twitter?

Talking about sharing, this is a video I found through one of my contacts on Twitter. It is in English (easy level) and the visuals are great. Watch it and let me know what you think about it. You must press HERE. What I liked most is that at some point it said: “Life is [...]

New web tools and the hesitant teacher

I started working with e-twinning, the European program that brings together schools and educators in a digital way, about three years ago. First as a user and later as a promoter and teacher trainer. For a teacher of English it was a great opportunity to bring her students in touch with students from other countries [...]