In preparation for a new course with the MAT TESOL program, I read the first three chapters of James Crawford’s “Educating English Learners: Language Diversity in the Classroom“. I was at first overwhelmed with the various programs and acronyms for teaching English to immigrants in America, but soon I grew curious about the assumptions and…
I prepared my lessons to teach you What you have to know I think I’ve said what the books says I must But I hope I’ve told you more I’ve told you stories which may connect And some quite random I must admit But all these stories, I know they will, Stick more than…
I sit there listening to them, some of them shy, some of them daring, but all of them reaching into their heart to tell the class about what they care about. Each time I teach this course, I always find out something I would never have if I didn’t have the trial presentations. The trials…
I had the privilege of being in the audience of Dr Tim Elmore’s presentation on Generation iY when he visited my school yesterday. Tim’s work (with Growing Leaders) is about instilling values in youth who will be leaders of future generations. I was informed, moved and challenged to view the Generation iY with different lenses and…
I could go on and on about how teenagers nowadays don’t know basic courtesy: how they let out expletives within earshot in a crowded lift, how they talk when the teacher is talking as if she didn’t exist; basically how they walk the road like they own it. But I really shouldn’t because one, there’s…
Learning points from eLearning Forum Asia 2011 I just finished a 2-day conference (8 – 9 June 2011), the eLearning Forum Asia 2011, held at the National Technological University (Singapore). While there was a variety of topics, my main interests were on e-learning and using social media for teaching. For e-learning, my takeaway was that we…