Watch your thoughts

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

Does anyone know who wrote these wise words?
I think we should impart this message to our pupils. Regarding the first line, I once heard a lecture about the Holocaust. The lecturer said: ‘The best way to avoid racism is to stop using the word “racism”.’ (Here I go, I used it twice!). But I’m sure you understand what I mean!

CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE by Dorothy Law Nolte

My affair with Web 2.0

The division between teaching and learning has been steadily blurring for me throughout my many teaching years. Being a teacher has made me into an ardent student. My collaborator has been Web 2.0, (a term coined by Tim O’Reilly in 2004), with its excess of opportunities for information-sharing, experimentation, collaboration, innovation, and user-centered qualities.

This blog is a section of my professional diary and notebook in which I  share my ideas and experience in  project-based teaching.  Every since I created my first website in 2001 (Geocities), I have always shared all my projects  and lesson plans with colleagues at home and abroad. In return, I have entered the world of educational collaboration and contributing.

The blog also contains links to favorite sites that I visit to obtain updates in the world of project-based teaching.

Without realizing it, I became a connectivist before I knew what connectivism was!

Why I like project-based teaching

Creativity loves constraints! ‘You can’t improvise on nothing, man; you’ve gotta improvise on something.’ Charles Mingus  In all my years of teaching, my favorite part was the project-based work. Projects make English teaching come alive. Projects stimulate the pupils’ curiosity and bring out their creativity and the creativity of the teacher too! Projects encourage imagination, improve the thinking skills through the diverse topics and learning styles they encompass. The topics I chose for projects in the classroom are relevant, dealing with authentic problems and issues.  The pupils are required to do research, to become internet literate, to deal in investigation, information processing and inquiry. These meaningful learning experiences lead to effective learning. A pupil will never forget something that he or she has taken personal pride in creating. Projects give pupils a feeling of belonging, of being noticed. If the class chooses an umbrella topic, each pupil can find his/her own niche within that topic. For example, if the topic is “dreams”, one can do their project on psychology, another on a survey, another on a dream they had, another on dreams for the future.The teacher should make a point of noting down each of the pupils’ topics so as to be able to pass remarks on the corridor regarding that pupil’s topic. For example, Hey Amir, I read an article about the basketball player you’re doing your project on! Each pupil has a feeling on “ownership” and expertise in the area in which they have chosen to do their project. While this encourages individual pride in their work, it also encourages pupils to share their ideas and collaborate through a structured group report at the culmination of the project period.

Padlet – Paper for the Web

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The simplest way to create. From any device, with anyone.

We give you a blank wall.
You put anything you want on it, anywhere.
Simple, yet powerful.

 

 

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Ora Baumgarten

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EFL, ICT, counseling, editing

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Video: Uses of digital technology for hybrid and online instruction : OnlineEducation

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reddit: the front page of the internet (Video: Uses of digital technology for hybrid and online instruction submitted by ucdaviswheel[link] [comment] http://t.co/LHOUAm106P MO…)…

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Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction 1 to 20 of 467 hits

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MT @rmbyrne: Wow! Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction Offers Hundreds of Drawings http://t.co/iq0YswFWiC #spanishteachers

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27 Tips For Becoming A Digital Teacher – Edudem…

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If you’re looking to harness the power of education technology, you should probably know what it means to be a digital teacher in a modern classroom.

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Do children need cursive in a digital age? » Local News …

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… elegant script may soon be indecipherable to young visitors because schools in Indiana and elsewhere are now allowed to drop cursive writing instruction under new national teaching standards crafted for the digital age.

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Educational Leadership – March 2013 – Page 57

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Basics of Blended Instruction. http://t.co/YrPW7eDwFe. #lisdeducafe

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We Are Teachers

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Find education news, teaching strategies, lesson plans, activity ideas and more on the WeAreTeachers blog. Featuring posts by guest bloggers and teachers as well as WeAreTeachers editors.

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012

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The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 as voted for by 500+ learning professionals worldwide

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Tales of a 6th Grade Classroom: Integrating Tech: Applying Vocabulary with Digital Flashcards

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Creating digital flash cards for effective vocabulary instruction: http://t.co/wK4Oiwii #ipaded #edtech #edstuff #iosedapp

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