Author: evasimkesyan

  • Can A Comenius Project Change A Thing, Part 2

    Comenius Multilateral Projects are funded by EU, lifelong learning programmes and after a long search, we finally have a Comenius project for 2011-2013 Academic Years. Our project is called ‘The Magic of Reading, The Power of Discovering Ourselves’. We have 6 partners and we have just started our exciting journey to discover ourselves. The teachers…

  • Tabblo

    Since I rediscovered tabblo, I’ve been playing with it. It is such a great tool and will spice up your lessons or presentations. ”Tabblo.com is a great place for creating shareable online stories with your photos and words.” You can upload or use flickr photos, add text, choose a layout to tell your stories. You can publish…

  • My Nominations for the #Edublog Awards

      It is too difficult to do this but ı feel I have to 🙁 I wish there were more cathegories … 2011 Categories Best individual blog    Close Up (but also Authentic Teaching) Best individual tweeter @kalinagoenglish and @BELTfree Best new blog     B’s life with English Best ed tech / resource sharing blog Özge karaoglu’s blog Most influential…

  • Can a Comenius Project change a Thing? Part 1

    dedication           team spirit                     dignity                            passion  joy from what they have been doing                                                                  motivation                                                                           self-confidence             pride of the work they have been doing ambition                enthusiasm                               hospitality                                                  cheerful                                                                hardworking                                                                                     friendly                                                                                                 well-organised  and many more ….. Sometimes sentences are not enough to describe certain things if…

  • Describe …

      Here are some activities you can use when teaching descriptions. Characteristics: Agree on a list of 5 people known to students Dictate words and phrases which describe the people chosen Students write the descriptions you dictate beneath the name of the person they think is referred to. Rights/ Wrongs Choose something to describe. Tell…

  • A Lesson Idea

    I think the life Steve Jobs led, his achievements, his dreams, his talks and the gadgets he revolutionised and presented us will teach many lessons to the teenagers. They have a long life with dreams and opportunites so I decided to take this article to class tomorrow and prepared a lesson on it. You can…