Posted by etasblog on 3 January 2010
If you happen to have a bit of flexible time on your hands the for the next two months, then there is another excellent chance to expand your skills and knowledge as a teacher. The EVO sessions, which have been going on for quite some time, are offering 6-week workshops on-line, and all you have to do is sign up here.
The EVO sessions are run by highly motivated and experienced teachers expressly for language teachers from all over the world and are a great opportunity for those interested in using technologies but without experience, and for those looking for new ways to apply their knowledge and experience. For beginners a great session is Becoming a Webhead.
Other sessions deal with online games, images for teaching and learning, videos, and internet for kids, etc.
But not everything revolves around technologies, although all the sessions use yahoogroups and other internet tools. You can also join the very active Drama session or find out how to travel the world with your students from the computer.
It begins 11th January and registration is from 4th Jan-10th Jan, so do sign up immediately if you are interested.
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Posted by etasblog on 3 January 2010
Welcome to 2010, and I hope this year will be a fabulous one!!!
Well, it’s starting out with a bang.
Closest to home is the AGM in Biel on 30-31st January.
It is full of interesting workshops on everything from vocabulary and grammar to drawing and drama, and of course technologies and specific interests. Two less common exam formats in Switzerland are being looked at in more depth – the IELTS and the PTE (previously London Test of English), and exercises are being made interesting while learners learn to learn.
It’s too late to register on-line. but you can certainly come and register on-site.
You can find more information about it here.
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Posted by etasblog on 20 September 2009
The SIG day was a success, I think everyone will agree.
Two special highlights of the day were related to the Matopo Primary School project run by Cindy Hauert.
The first highlight was to hear the wondeful news that the Roger Federer Foundation has decided to support this project. This is extremely important news as it means that the support can take new dimensions. It’s the children who are the future of any country, and at the current state the future of Simbabwe looks dismal.
Then at the end the amount of money contributed through the raffle and donations for Matopo School was announced. It was a high figure worthy of the charitable and helpful nature of ETAS and its members.
Several presenters have generously donated their payment to the school. I don’t know many names, but I do know that Peter Travis and Fiona Joseph from flo-joe and splendid speaking websites (see below) were two such people. I would gladly recognize others if I have their names.
Another such presenter was Ian McMaster, from Business Spotlight, who also blogged about the SIG day and the Matopo project. I do invite you to read what he had to say in his post “A penny for their thoughts.”
You can keep informed by reading the Matopo blog, and please do leave a comment. Comments can be very motivating, especially when the prospects seem particularly bleak and the hurdles high (such as getting materials across the border!) and why not become an official follower? This is very easy to do if you already have a google account. Just click on the follower button in the column on the right and help make the group fo supporters grow!
If you know of other such noble acts, please leave a comment so they can be recognized and thanked!
Do good things and talk about it!
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Posted by etasblog on 13 September 2009
FIrst of all, a big thanks to Fiona Joseph, who gave us an excellent workshop.
It was the second of two to be given through Skype and with a pre-recorded presentation.
You can find the pre-recorded part below, but you will need Flash installed to ensure it works properly. There are also all the links mentioned during the workshop.
Flo-joe for ETAS
One of the links that we looked at is LibraryThing but there is another social network for books at Shelfari.
We discused how to include literature in the classroom and agreed to share any experiences, problems and ideas as comments to this post. I am looking forward to your input!
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Posted by etasblog on 13 September 2009
ETAS’ very first on-line presenter gave an excellent workshop on skype. Technology went well with everything except the couple of computers that were down. Thank you, Peter Travis!
As ETAS is concerned about the environment and wants to save trees, there were no handouts. However, the presentation (not including live talks) and all the links which were mentioned are included in the website below.
Splendid speaking for ETAS
You will need Flash for the presentation to work, but all the other links should by fine.
We would love to hear from you about your experiences with teaching and learning with Skype, so please do leave a comment here if you have had any- good or bad.
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Posted by etasblog on 12 September 2009
This is a post for those taking the peanuts for monkeys survey workshop.
We are working with surveymonkey (hence the title of the workshop) and you can easily find surveymonky here.
It’s an extremely easy way of making surveys, and JoAnn and I have set one up for you to take:
Click Here to take survey
You can also feel free to leave comments at the end of this post to let us know how useful you found the workshop and how you intend to use the surveys.
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Posted by etasblog on 25 August 2009
Just right on time for the SIG day on the 12. September ETAS has gone a twitter!
You can follow the Twitter from the ETAStweet in the right hand bar, and if you haven’t signed up for the SIG day yet, then there’s still time, but not a lot.
Why should ETAS be on twitter? You can get up-to-the-minute information on what is going on, changes, etc, and they can even be sent to your mobile. IF you want to send a tweet (a twitter message) to ETAStweet, simply add @ before the name, i.e. @ETAStweet .
This is the last post about Twitter, but I hope it has given you some incentive to try it out, and you are always welcome to leave a comment.
I hope to see you all in Basel soon!
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