You can grab the moment or you can let it pass. Ditch the plan

Last July 18th I had the honour and pleasure of presenting at The 30 Goals Challenge Online Conference organised by awesome Shelly Terrell. It was an amazing experience over 4 intensive days of sharing and learning.

Every time teachers get together to share their true stories about teaching and learning is a celebration of joy, care and support.…

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30 goals challenge. Support a movement

What a great day to start the 2015 30 Goals EDU Challenge.
At iTDi we, educators from all over the world, get together to learn collaboratively and become the best teachers we can. And today, I got an email notification from iTDi, a new teacher from Japan is starting her learning journey in our community.…

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Using video to shift instruction – Part 2

After my presentation on “Using video to shift instruction” at the 7th Virtual Round Table, I kept doing more research on the topic of using video to achieve different goals. It seems to me that this is one of the areas which can really help me develop instructional lessons for my specific teaching scenario.…

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Teaching online with no Internet connection?

Dare Them #Goal 17 and Share a Lesson, #Goal 7 for #30GoalsEduChallenge

Today I was teaching online a student who lives in the middle of nowhere far from my place.
It was raining, and very often bad weather conditions results in poor or no internet connection in her side of the world.…

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Ditch the plan. Hey, can’t you hear the fire fighters?

Over a year ago, more precisely on March 9, 2012, we were having this class with my student. We were beginning to deal with Storytelling. So, I surfed the net and found an interesting activity, very guided and inspiring to do at this starting point.…

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Hanging out with Shelly Terrell For 30 Goals Challenge

On September 11th Shelly terrell interviewed me for the 30 Goals Challenge. This is the recording:

These are some reflections after hanging out:

What is the purpose of learning?
How do people learn?
What does teaching mean to you?
Who inspires you?…

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My teaching survival kit

#30 Goals Challenge: Goal # 11

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” ― Galileo Galilei

My laptop, my students’ own device, a headset, markers, sticky notes, papers and more papers, my glasses and coffee to start

My camera and my students’ smart phones 
We sometimes go out for a walk and take a few pictures, then we sit down on a bench in a nearby park and talk about our findings. 
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