There is a buzz going on about The great Gatsby. It’s of course because of the new Gatsby movie. I’ve seen so many links and resources on twitter, interest recently. Then I just remember I also have some resources for the novel. My The Great Gatsby resources A pre-reading animoto Research before reading Chapter 4…
Two years ago, we started our project in Puciosa, a small town in Romania. I didn’t know what was expecting us. I didn’t know what I should expect. Yet I had a feeling that everything would be great … We were in Lamia from April 14th to 19th. Our partner is a Music school so…
Day 1 Plenaries: Even a week before the conference I was excited as I knew what was expecting me… Two days of professional Development with people I admire, with people I share a lot. The day came with an extraordinary opening: A show of drawing pictures with sand and my mind already focused on P.D…
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Technology has changed our lives dramatically. We, even the people from the past, can’t remember how life was without our smart gadgets. Prensky used the term ‘Digital Natives’ and described this new generation and for him we were the digital immigrants. “Those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, at…
YOU are a story absorber and a story teller Andrew Wright At the moment, I’m working on the bios of the presenters, moderator roles, taking some notes, etc… Howevere, as usual, I have things around me to distract my attention. I came across with the article written by Andrew Wright and then I just came here…
I’m not a fan of doing Valentine’s Day activities in the class but this year I’m planning to do a song lesson. Next week is the first week of the second term in Turkey so this may also be good to break the ice. I’ve been playing with BiteSlide for some time. Here is what…
image from #eltpics via @mkofab In December, I had the chance to listen to Steven Krashen at YTU ELT symposium. He talked about the importance of reading, how he became a good reader and what narrow reading is. You can read Marisa Constantinides’ fabulous post on Dr Krashen’s talk here. That was the time I…
I’m doing something new this year. I’m moderating an EVO session DigitalStorytelling4Kids with great educators you know very well. Shelly Terrell, Özge Karaoglu, Marisa Constantinides, Esra Girgin, Jennifer Verschoor, David Dodgson, Michelle Worgan, Juan Uribe and our EVO Mentor is Elizabeth Anne. The next one is the “Story Sharing Web Conference” organized by British Council Turkey. I’ll…
I know I am a bit late for the following lesson ideas but for a while I’ve been a bit reluctant to write anything. I hope I will keep my blog alive in 2013 … Now here I go … A lesson for the next Christmas Christmas sounds like — Christmas tastes like —- Christmas…
The fifth mobility in our Comenius Project was to Calabria, a beautiful small town in the Southern Italy. Our main task was to perform the plays our students wrote based on their short stories written from the same story beginning. We watched the plays on Wednesday, 12th 2012. It was amazing to see how creative…
Two days ago, I got a call from a friend and learned that my journey in TEFL has been nominated and shortlisted as best individual blog in #eddies. It is just a great feeling to be on the list with most of my friends whom I met through blogging, twitter and conferences. I wish all…
