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Tuesday, 12th November (Richmond)
1. First up today, The Place of English, Tony Capstick & Harry Kuchah Kuchah’s discussion for TeachingEnglish https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teacher-educator/place-english How can teacher educators help teachers to think through and make sense of questions about the place of (varieties of) English in … Continue reading
Thursday, 7th November (Richmond)
1. Here’s the thoughtful first episode of Carne Ross’s Gentle Anarchy podcast, in which he interviews Daniel Levy, a member of the Israeli negotiating team in Oslo in 1993 who has since altered his stance on Middle Eastern affairs https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gentle-anarchy/episodes/DANIEL-LEVY-e2q4f1t … Continue reading
Tuesday, 5th November (Cambridge)
1. Two pieces on Higher Education for a change of sorts: i) A trenchant piece for University World News by Nishat Riaz & Mary Stiasny, Universities have a duty beyond the production of knowledge https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2024102508233637 ii) a cool, detached look … Continue reading
Thursday, 31st October (Cambridge)
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
Tuesday, 29th October (Richmond)
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
Thursday, 24th October (Cambridge)
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)
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
Thursday, 17th October (Cambridge)
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)
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
Thursday, 10th October (Cambridge)
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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