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Via Patty Ball
Susan Kelly's insight:
ESL Library offers great materials on a variety of topics that interest students. I love how they provide well leveled materials for all skills. 
Patty Ball's curator insight,
February 10, 2013 1:42 PM
Business English lesson plans that follow an ongoing storyline in an office setting. This full Business course follows Lee from the beginning of his job search until the day he signs his resignation letter.
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Susan Kelly's insight:
This sounds practical for any teacher. It is hard for me as a Type A to see a lot of fidgeting in a class, but perhaps I just need to move on.
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Education technology has a public relations problem. In a space where words carry wide currency, our choice of language matters.That’s why I’m troubled by Artificial Intelligence (AI). At a time when educators need assurances that digital innovations will work for them, the fundamental premise of th Via Nik Peachey
Susan Kelly's insight:
Many educatiors don't know much about Augmented Intelligence or Augmented Reality. I haven't used it with my students, but would love to. This article is well worth reading.
Viljenka Savli (http://www2.arnes.si/~sopvsavl/)'s curator insight,
October 14, 2016 4:24 PM
Worth reading and using...
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A research librarian at Harvard University offers advice on how to find information for that paper. Via Megan Poindexter 
Megan Poindexter's curator insight,
July 17, 2015 6:38 PM
21st century learning skills emphasize the importance of students being college ready. Research is part of the list of college readiness skills and while this article gives tips directed to college students it can easily be translated to the secondary level. 
Monica Mirza's curator insight,
May 15, 2015 6:42 PM
Mental Floss debunks common misconceptions in weekly video shows. This one discusses some misconceptions about English.
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Welcome to my neighborhood! After traveling to 17 countries, and working as a teacher for 7 years, 3 of which I spent teaching in Asia I decided to work with Yucui Shanghai Education Consultancy Co...
Susan Kelly's insight:
Talk about a bait and switch. These poor teachers were led astray and exploited.
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"An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport," argues Enrique Peñalosa.
Susan Kelly's insight:
This would be a good presentation for class discussion. What do students think about transportation? How do they get around? How do they feel about cars when they aren't driving in them? How can bus service improve? How can a mayor convince people this is a better way?
Also, it's a good prompt for role plays.
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Susan Kelly's insight:
Fascinating new way of understanding the role of English in China.
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The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said Sunday that it had not yet set a timetable to resume construction of a tunnel that will connect Cotai and the University of Macau’s future campus on Zhuhai’s Henqin Island, after part of the...
Susan Kelly's insight:
This is an old story, 2012. Still I hope the tunnel's finished and safe!
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The Audit Commission (CA) has criticised the government’s Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) for its failure to correctly assess the budget for the new campus of the public University of Macau (UM) in Hengqin Island, asserting that any &ldq...
Susan Kelly's insight:
I'm thinking of working here. Trying to find out what's going on at the school. Lots of confusion according to the emails I've gotten.
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Here are a few short films and YouKu discoveries my students have shared recently.
Susan Kelly's insight:
Every day we begin our lesson with a short film that a student has found and introduces. Here are a few.
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LearnEnglish is the BritishCouncil's website for learners of English.
Susan Kelly's insight:
I like using their videos to portray grammar.
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Via Ricard Garcia
Susan Kelly's insight:
My students seem too shy to tackle this, even though our current unit is on men and women, dating and such. 
Ricard Garcia's curator insight,
May 15, 2013 2:31 AM
Nice way to introduce dating as a communicative issue! |
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This post brings together a suggested list, a curated list if you will, of 16 curation tools for teachers and students from the Shake Up Learning community. Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
Susan Kelly's insight:
I've used Pearltrees, LiveBinders, Pinterest, and Scoop.it. All are good and useful in learning.
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At SocialCops, we're on a mission to solve the most pressing problems facing humanity through data.
Susan Kelly's insight:
I use Social Cops with my EAP university students to show them the best practices of writing about data.
Native speakers can certainly benefit from this illuminating site as well. Take a look. It's engaging and well done.
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Via Megan Poindexter
Susan Kelly's insight:
A few good tips for researching. I'd also add that you should brainstorm a variety of search terms. You'd be surprised by the differences in applying terms.
Megan Poindexter's curator insight,
July 17, 2015 6:41 PM
Database sources are arguably the most credible when conducting research. Berkley's database search tips help guide students in database use to maximize the value of database sources.
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Instead of a multiple-choice final, try ending the semester with one last, memorable learning experience.
Susan Kelly's insight:
Hmm. In China we can't do too much that's this creative. Still I try to do what I can within parameters. My finals are only worth 10% of the grade.
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In the bestselling but controversial new book "The Hundred-Year Marathon," author and former Pentagon official Michael Pillsbury argues that China is angling to replace the United States as a global superpower. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Pillsbury about what he thinks the U.S. can do to counteract the “secret strategy.”
Susan Kelly's insight:
PBS had a very interesting article by an one-time "Panda Hugger." I think he still appreciates China, but isn't looking at their politics with rose-colored glasses.
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For a lot of us, the reality is not that we have too few ideas, it's that we have too many. This may not sound like a problem, but it becomes problematic when we get bogged down in analysis paralysis...
Susan Kelly's insight:
What a great idea. The students must present the story boards for their presentations and get peer feedback.
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Photo: www.professorwalter.co.uk Via Thomas Faltin, I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere
Susan Kelly's insight:
My students are reading Sherlock Holmes short stories and "Hound of the Baskervilles."
Susan Kelly's curator insight,
November 22, 2013 9:43 PM
Remember - Holmes never said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
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What should have been a hushed scene of 800 Chinese students diligently sitting their university entrance exams erupted into siege warfare after invigilators tried to stop them from cheating.
Susan Kelly's insight:
Seems parents think their children have a right to cheat.
Ricard Garcia's curator insight,
May 24, 2013 2:39 AM
Different resorces to learn about the famous bard and his language
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Hypable
Susan Kelly's insight:
Cannot wait. My students and I love this program!
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Musings of a teacher always in training (I am starting something new and I would appreciate your feedback | ELT Reflections http://t.co/gVJ3DpWYrR #elt #tesol #eltchat #ellchat)...
Susan Kelly's insight:
An interesting blog, particularly if you're relatively new to the field.
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With low fees and US call-centre accents, the Philippines is rapidly growing as a place to learn English. (Philippines a new player in the ESL field - face to face and online!
Susan Kelly's insight:
More competition = more job insecurity. Not what we need, but that's capitalism.
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"The evolution of the web from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and now to Web 3.0 can be used a metaphor of how education should also be evolving, as a movement based on the evolution from Education 1.0 to Education 3.0." Via Beth Dichter, Ricard Garcia
Susan Kelly's insight:
How I'd love to use these ideas. However, we're so behind the times vis-a-vis technology at my school. 
Peter Evans's comment,
July 19, 2013 2:28 PM
A useful summary table although I'd emphasise that the different 'versions' of education all have their place - v2.0 does not supercede v1.0
Elke Watson's comment,
July 19, 2013 4:49 PM
Thank you. I'm not quite ready myself to do away with teaching professionals or brick and mortal education. I value learning in a group context. I found the second summary table more useful (pedagogy, andragogy, heutagogy)
Veronica Hoyos's curator insight,
March 13, 2014 9:22 PM
We could talk of the evolution from Education 2.0 to education 3.0 after carrying an evaluation on the impact of the Web 2.0 in education |
Different resorces to learn about the famous bard and his language