A IS FOR AUTISM, F IS FOR FRIEND
I am dedicating this to my youngest son Sammy who is 18 and suffers from autism. It might help both children and adults to understand what autism really is and how it effects the autistic person (in this case a child). Narrated innocently by a child with easy colourful images to follow via this YouTube video, it really appealed to me so I hope it does for you too.
Source www.aisforautism.net YouTube
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OH, THE GOOD OLD DAYS!
While some of you might think I’ve gone a little mad others will appreciate this compilation of 70′s TV shows and adverts typical in the UK. I happened to be reminiscing with a friend of mine on Skype and then got carried away with this, it certainly brings back memories, anyone else remember? Source YouTube
E-TEACHER’S ACADEMY
Are you a teacher embarking into the online world? If you are this might be for you. E-Teacher’s Academy is a new website founded by Kirsten Winkler. The difference with this one is that the teachers are the students. So what will E-Teacher’s Academy offer their teacher/students? What is the E-Teachers Academy? Empowering Teachers for Education [...]
THE ART OF TEACHING ONLINE
Online instruction is new to many teachers, and for good reason. In just a few years, it has grown from an academic experiment to a recognized alternative to traditional classroom learning. Teaching online is different from teaching in the classroom as it requires a different type of facilitation. In a nutshell I will take you [...]
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
No not Athos, Porthos, and Aramis but Aniya, Kay and Kirsten making us The #teachertuesday team, you may have noticed the initials AKK on the teachertuesday Twitter page, so now you know what they stand for. From an idea of mine after the success of #followfriday I thought that it would be nice to congregate other [...]
MOBILE ESL LEARNING
Source YouTube
BlackBerry LESSON
A few months ago I wrote an article on how to spell BlackBerry (the device and not the fruit) after reading about it on Twitter. Yes it’s me who writes perhaps more about BlackBerry devices than my teaching, some of my followers probably love to hate me, but others love to love me, so to [...]
ONLINE LEARNING
What are the main differences in teaching in a traditional classroom to e-learning? Traditional Courses Online Courses Instructor-focused More “passive” learning Instructors “deliver” knowledge Outgoing, verbal, high-achieving, students participate the most Technology may be used, but is not central to the role of being a learner Various media may be used, but most delivery is [...]
TEACHERS NEED FEEDING!
Calling all teachers on Twitter, if you have a blog/website and would like me to add your feeds, please leave a comment below, my feeds are all pushed via my BlackBerry. The use of RSS (the most common translation is now “Really Simple Syndication”) is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently [...]
TEACHER TUESDAY
Last Tuesday marked the start of #teachertuesday on Twitter. What does this mean? The hash mark (#) before a word in a post allows you to tag that post for that word. However, in order to get tracked via a hash tag, you need to opt-in and follow. Once you’re following hash tags, every time [...]
