Monthly Archives: October 2024

Thursday, 31st October (Cambridge)

Posted on October 31, 2024 by roycross

1. First up, the answers to Tuesday’s ‘name the novels’ quiz in the document below. 2. I attended a powerful Hands Up Project (HUP) event online last Saturday on Emergent education in war zones. Here’s some of the links that … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 29th October (Richmond)

Posted on October 29, 2024 by roycross

1. This year’s IATEFL Themes online conference is this coming Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd November, and it’s 50% highlights from this year’s f2f conference in Brighton in April (on Saturday) and 50% Special Interest Group (SIG) presentations (on Sunday). … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 24th October (Cambridge)

Posted on October 24, 2024 by roycross

Some reading for the weekend! 1. First up tonight, a thought-provoking LinkedIn piece from Richard Culattta, Why we need to reconsider banning phones in schools https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-we-need-reconsider-banning-phones-schools-richard-culatta-q0d1e/ 2. Ceibal, now nearly twenty years old, was (and is) Uruguay’s imaginative response to … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 22nd October (Richmond)

Posted on October 22, 2024 by roycross

1. Preply is one of the bigger online tutorial organisations. Their Online Teaching Conference 2024 starts this Thursday, 24th October, https://preply-tutors-conference-2024.vfairs.com/ PDF of programme below and here’s the high-octane blurb: Unlock your career potential: Connect, learn & grow. Get ready … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 17th October (Cambridge)

Posted on October 17, 2024 by roycross

1. The latest edition of Oxford University Press’s English Language Teaching Online Conference, ELTOC begins next Thursday, 24th October. More info and registration here https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/eltoc/?cc=gb&selLanguage=en Topics to be covered include ‘How AI can save your time’, ‘Video and multimodal literacy’ … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 15th October (Richmond)

Posted on October 15, 2024 by roycross

1. A good blog post for Macmillan English by my NILE colleague, Jason Skeet: What is assessment for learning and why is it important? https://www.macmillanenglish.com/blog-resources/article/advancing-learning-what-is-assessment-for-learning-and-why-is-it-important Assessment for learning is one of those terms used frequently in education but often discussed … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 10th October (Cambridge)

Posted on October 10, 2024 by roycross

1. Here’s one from Bill Gates that got lost at the back of the drawer earlier this summer, Can online classes change the game for some students?, an interview with Blaire Penry, the 2024 Washington State Teacher of the Year … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 8th October (Richmond)

Posted on October 8, 2024 by roycross

1. I’ve mentioned Carne Ross’s blog, Gentle Anarchy, before. Here’s his deconstruction of an article in Saturday’s Financial Times by John Sawers, the onetime director of MI6, the UK’s external intelligence service, Deconstructing the Discourse of the State https://carneross.substack.com/p/deconstructing-the-discourse-of-the There’s a … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 3rd October (Richmond)

Posted on October 3, 2024 by roycross

1. First up today, another extended online celebration of teaching from the British Council, this one a ‘non-central’ event not included in Tuesday’s list, the ASEAN TeachingEnglish Online Conference 2024, Understanding our Learners. It begins next Thursday, 10th October, and … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 1st October (Cambridge)

Posted on October 1, 2024 by roycross

1. The British Council is celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2024 in style over three days at the end of this week – Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th October – with a plenary talk and five interactive webinars each … Continue reading →

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