Mar 29 2011
David Dodgson suggested making a WORD CLOUD of one’s blog. Having seen David’s cloud and Cecilia’s Cloud and Sandy Millin’s CLOUD I decided to follow suit! Here it is: I’m somewhat puzzled. Some things are obvious. The words “goals” and “project” are very prominent because of all the posts related to the 30 goals project [...]
Mar 27 2011
Goal 29 of the 30 goals challenge is “Present Your Ideas”. Which makes perfect sense since participating in this whole project emphasizes the benefits of sharing for everyone involved! I think sharing is part of a teacher’s psyche – especially those on blogosphere! We’re excited and have to spread the word! I can’t tell you [...]
Mar 26 2011
No, not the modern movie which had NOTHING to do with the book, but the real book by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey about growing up in a large family with a father who is a motion study expert. These were real people and though I’m sure not every anecdote happened exactly [...]
Mar 26 2011
Goal 27 of the 30 Goals project is “Establish a Web Presence”. A photographer named Naomi Epstein from Chicago is at the top of the Google search list but then I am here: http://shemaenglish.posterous.com/ (Hebrew Counseling Blog) http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/ (Professional Blog – English) http://englishcenterlakash.wikispaces.com/ (Exercises for Students) http://www.etni.org/hearing.htm (section on ETNI site for English Teachers)
Mar 25 2011
Perhaps Goal 26 :” Support a Movement” refers to organizations like our teachers’ union, or to ETAI, which is our TESOL affiliate (SUPER conferences!!). But I believe the 30 Goals project can be called a movement that promotes educational reform. I understand that a lot of teachers are participating. Doing so leads one to examine [...]
Mar 23 2011
I had my first chance to try Mike Harrison’s Reverse Reading Comprehension Strategy today, with “a twist” and it was a big hit! The first period of the day gave me the perfect opportunity to try it. Three students were taking a test, three were absent and the remaining two are pretty much on the [...]
Mar 22 2011
Goal 25 of the 30 goals challenge “Build relationshipes with them” made me smile. Good relationships are often built on little things, unrelated to curriculum. Let me tell you about the kid who: * ALWAYS asks to use my pencil, never brings his own (17 years old, has a million health problems). I don’t say [...]
Mar 20 2011
Goal 24 of the 30 goals challenge relates to supporting character development. An important topic and one I feel rather frustrated about. On the light side, I’m proud to say that our school promotes volunteering for various causes. Our Purim Festival, two days ago, was also a fund raiser for a learning center for underpriveleged [...]
Mar 19 2011
At the library this book caught my eye. The title seemed intriguing, the first paragraph more so, so I borrowed it without having any idea what it is really about.I do that often at our library. The Enlglish section is not bad for a library in Israel but not vey big. When I come looking [...]
Mar 17 2011
Goal 23 of the 30 Goals Challenge is to integrate Technology Effectively. Here’ s what I do with our classroom computer, which has no Internet connection (we got this up-to-date computer less than a year ago): 1) Showcase students’ slideshows. Every year we would reserve the computer room and see the slideshows pupils made for [...]
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