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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Professional Development


Thailand TESOL is having its annual convention. This year it is in Bangkok. Attendance at this event also fulfills one of the requirement to renew your teaching license. Click on the link below for more details. 







http://thailandtesol.org/Menu/Conference/2015%20ThaiTESOL%20Conference.php





ESL Resources


While surfing the web I found this site that looks like it may have some useful ESL resources
from eteachershub.com. click on the link below. 





http://eteachershub.com/2014/12/19/7-brilliant-cooperative-esl-classroom-games/

Sunday, May 25, 2014

E-Learning at the IEP



IEP LS3 Online Course

LS3 has offered online materials for three years. Although our patchwork of blogs and html pages was not bad for what it was, we are now using Moodle, which fixes all the glitches and offers infinite possibilities.

Moodle is an advanced e-learning platform and learning management system used by schools, universities and businesses all over the world.

Some typical features of Moodle are: video/audio/text access, file upload/download, online quizzes, assignment submission, discussion forum, grade book, instant messaging, online calendar, online news/announcements and wikis.

This is not simply a blog where students go to get the topic for their latest writing assignment. Students actually do work, receive feedback, interact and communicate within the Moodle environment. Furthermore, Moodle becomes an effective presentation tool within the classroom.

One very important thing to know is that Moodle does not offer course content. Teachers must create it. Therefore is it a big investment of teacher time, knowledge and expertise to set the courses up. Fortunately this year LS3 has the best team of teachers in its history. Not only are they interested in the possibilities Moodle offers, but they are also very enthused about Thailand, BCC and the students we are privileged to serve.

Administrators and interested persons are invited to contact IEP-LS3 Coordinator David Cherry for a username and password to access our online courses and have a look.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

TESOL Organisations

I attended a conference recently where the presenter asked all the educators
in the room "What is the best way for teachers to share ideas and get information in our
fields of interest?" the answer was "other teachers" I have been a member of these
organizations for years, I have even presented at a TESOL conference in Athens Ohio, USA.
These organizations are run by teachers for teachers. There is much useful
information on these sites. Just click on the link to the right>

Friday, March 8, 2013

How to motovate low level students?

Here is a link to a video from the Korean TESOL convention.
I thought this was useful for motivating low level students.
enjoy!



Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Christmas Resources

Like Halloween, Christmas is also a great time for educational resources. 
I have far too many to post here. So if you are a BCC teacher, you can
access my Christmas resources on coursework. Here is the path:

coursework/LS3/t. Darryl/Christmas resources

Have a merry time planning!


Thursday, October 25, 2012

Halloween Resources

Happy Halloween Teachers!

This is one of my favorite times of the year to use resources.
I have so many Halloween resources I can't post them all here.
power points for your new active boards, worksheets, crafts, cards,
classroom decorations. The list goes on and on. I have put most of
these resources on our departments server. Here is the path:

coursework/learning stage 3/t. darryl/halloween

Have a spooky time planning!



Thursday, September 27, 2012

The IEP gets a digital upgrade.

The IEP department has been lucky enough to get several Interactive Whiteboards and personal computers
for use in the classrooms. This means teachers will now be able to enhance the learning process with the students. I have created a place here on this blog where educators can share their Whiteboard resources.
Technology is a wonderful thing if used properly. So let's create some awesome resources for our students.







Monday, September 3, 2012

The Asean project week

Project week is approaching and we are celebrating an ASEAN theme at BCC this year,
so I am posting some ASEAN related resources. Just click on the tab above for flags,
animals of Asean, projects and more.

  

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Must reading for teachers

Here is an interesting link from a teacher that contacted me.
It is a link to a blog about 8 alternatives to giving exams as teachers.

http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2012/8-reasons-final-exams-might-be-all-wrong/