ESOL Teacher

This site looks interesting! Don't forget to open it: http://www.esoeteacher.blogspot.com/

Google Reader

I love reading, and I've been reading a lot in Internet. How am I used to managing this? Well, suscribing to my favourite sites and receiving mails. In my own mail account I organize the sites in folders and whenever I receive mails that I want to keep, I just store them in labeled folders. But the thing is that sometimes I don't have time to read them all and just store the information, so I end up having lots of pending mails to read. Or, I try to read them as they arrive in my inbox, buy then again I end up reading topics of all sorts which can be confusing. The difference that I see with the Google reader is that I'll receive all related mails in one place so I'll be able to read them faster. I guess I'll waste less time and I'm happy with what I've learned so far.
I'm also improving a personal blog with these features.
The instructions given are clear but sometimes not easy to follow, so it is a matter of trial and error until you get there.

WEB 2 for ESP - TESOL EVO 2008

"Blogs & Tags for collaborative learning and information sharing for ESP / EAP" is part of the course WEb 2.0 for ESP by Buthaina Al Othman and Christine Parkhurst as co-Moderators.
This is my second year on trying to improve my internet skills. This course is fantastic and I finally understand more technical words and how to use more tools! Here is the link to a blog we had to create to put in practice the new stuff.
http://blogstagsforesp.blogspot.com/2008/01/web-20-for-esp-evo-2008-course.html

LESSON PLANNING - TESOL EVO 2008

This year I am participating in the sessions for Lesson Planning with Rubena St. Louis and Leticia Esteves as moderators. Here are some links to sites that have useful information for teachers who want to improve their Lesson Plans. Also, this can be an interesting follow up to the workshop that teachers at "Cultural" are having this month.
http://lessonplanning.pbwiki.com/
At yahoo groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lesson_planning/

New Year's Resolutions

The first semester of Year 2008 marks the end of my Master studies. It's been a long and painful journey, but very, very rewarding. I got to know one of my tutors, Mahid Safadarán, who gave me useful information on my Practicum Research. I am looking forward to starting this project and this blog will have the link to my wiki where I'll keep information on the process and final result of it. http://myresearchproject.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
Another interesting thing I expect to do this year has to do with the use of more internet tools in the teaching/learning of English. I know that it is difficult to get students interested in using the internet to improve their English. I know this because several teachers participating in the TESOL EVO 2008 have mentioned having similar problems. But others are doing wonders and I intend to follow their steps. So, thank you teachers around the world, who kindly share your knowledge and experiences.

WEB 2.0 for ESP: An EVO 2008 course

"Blogs & Tags for collaborative learning and information sharing for ESP / EAP" is part of the course WEb 2.0 for ESP by Buthaina Al Othman and Christine Parkhurst as co-Moderators.

This should be really interesting and I finally get to learn about Technorati!