Sep 16 2011
Once again a post by Willy’s Cardoso has kept me up late feeling I just HAVE TO write and examine why it has struck a chord with me. At first glance, you may be tempted to make some false assumptions regarding my connection to this post, named “London Writing” . Since you know I’m not [...]
Jul 13 2011
* Photos by Gil Epshtein Being a teacher is making each learner want to exclaim, “I’ve got mail”! Being a teacher is giving them a safe harbor in which to work on their boats before sailing away. Being a teacher is “kvetching” about your day and then coming into school the next morning with a [...]
Jul 01 2011
* Photo by Gil Epshtein I just finished teaching a short summer course for ninth graders who will be my new 10th graders this September. Only five children (out of 8 that the course was intended for) attended the course. I will have 17 new students but the others come from mainstreaming and were not [...]
Jun 24 2011
At the upcoming ETAI (English Teachers’ Association of Israel) conference I will be giving a no-tech talk for the first time and I’m somewhat nervous about it. I’ve always* given talks using an overhead projector, both at conferences and at various other venues (such as teacher in-service days or evenings for parents). I do not [...]
Jun 22 2011
I was invited to be a guest on “‘Teaching Village”! You can find my post The “Reading Pictures” Strategy here
Jun 07 2011
When I read the post “O is for Open Space” on Scott Thornbury’s blog I realized that I have had (and continue to have) personal experience with learning and teaching in a similar framework. Many of my experiences have been positive, some have not. Part One – My Experiences as a Pupil As a child [...]
Jun 03 2011
Willy Cardoso, in his post “A teacher and his bedrock” asked about having basic principles or beliefs that ground one’s teaching. I hadn’t thought about this question. There’s a quote that occured to me in this context but I’m not sure who said it (can’t find it on Google, must be getting it wrong!): “Once [...]
May 30 2011
Cecilia Lemos’s latest blog post “Why do we take it so personally?” really resonates with me. She writes about how we are aware of the fact that we only play a part in a student’s success yet we feel WE are to blame when the student does not succeed. Cecilia says: “ Why do we [...]
May 16 2011
Unlike the situation described in my previous post, I have unequivocally found that teaching “unplugged” in the self-contained classroom has major advantages for the special-needs learner. In fact, in my classes I have found that the pupils whose hearing loss is just one of a myriad of problems (such as an additional handicap, problematic home [...]
May 13 2011
To teach “ unplugged” or according to a coursebook, how closely to follow the coursebook and in what manner are topics I find discussed a great deal recently. For example, I recommend reading Lizzie Pinard’s beautifully written summary of this week’s ELTCHAT: How to avoid death by coursebook Perhaps I take particular note because these [...]
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