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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

films and stuff

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I have seen some good stuff on DVD from the video club recently. Over the last few days I have been watching the first series of 4400 which...
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Private lessons and classroom teaching

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Like most EFL teachers I do private lessons to supplement my income and I think that like most teacher I initially saw this as just simply a...
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Monday, May 29, 2006

Barefoot and blogging in the park

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A person sat idly surfing on the net while sat in an idylic park setting must be one of the iconic images of the wif-fi age. It gives us the...
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Why technology ?

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I thought I'd set out and reply to a comment I received on a post a few days ago from Daniel . "The overwhelming majority of humans...
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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Updates: On the hour, every hour

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I'm at school now and about half-way through my stint as unofficial student counsellor, those who have finished their interview seem to ...

Practicing what you preach

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A quick post as I have to wake up my daughter soon and take her to her friend's house. I'm off to he school today as my students are...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

Banging heads (the teachers', not the students')

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Today, one of my students, Thanasis is taking his oral exam for the ECCE . Basically, this is a ten-minute interview during which his spoken...

Personalised learning

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I see this article today on the BBC News website and I think it touches on many of the same points that I have made on this blog about ...
Friday, May 26, 2006

Waves

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There is a beach that I really enjoy visiting. As well as being very beautiful with crystal clear waters, it has some great three, four, eve...
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I stepped out of the blogosphere and into real life today when I dropped off a DVD at a fellow blogger's home. For some unknown reason I...
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Eating out in Thessaloniki

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I thought I’d take a break from the serious teaching stuff. The exams have almost finished and the summer is here. So, at least for the next...
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hotspots

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I found another wifi hotspot today here in the centre of the city, not far from the White Tower. Any ideas about where the transmitter may b...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Summer storms

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There's a storm heading this way, according to the local tv channel they are already telling the fishing boats at sea in the Thermaikos ...
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Sudden interest

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Does anyone know anything about a place called Langley, Virginia? Judging by my hit counter there seems to a lot of teachers interested in ...
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OK, I'm now officially freaked out

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Sometimes you come across stuff on the internet so strange that it takes your breath away, things that seemed until recently to belong to th...
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Telephone at Random

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Another exercise based on Droit's book , but brought up to date for our web 2.0 age. If you read the extract below he suggests that we s...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Fantasy headlines

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This is another exercise based on an idea from Roger-Dol Proit's 101 Experiments in Everyday Life. Lesson Plan 1 Ask sudents about...
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Using philosophy

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A couple of years ago I picked up a copy of 101 experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by Roger - Pol Droit for a couple of pounds...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Great Bus Journeys of the World

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Ok, Here is a left-field idea I have had floating around at the back of my mind for some time now. It's the idea of using a digital came...

Videoing your course book

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This is another idea I have shamelessly stolen from Video by Richard Cooper, Mike Lavery and Mario Rinvolucri . Basically, it involves using...
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I'm a teacher, originally from England, now living in Northern Greece. I also blog, photograph and tweet about the current economic and refugee crisis.
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