People really care about a Linux lab!
Last weekend, along with about 15 other people, I volunteered to help install a thin-client computer lab in an elementary school near Wainae. The clients were donated laptops that were headed for e-waste collection, and the server was also donated. All of this was possible through the great expertise and vision of a few core […]
My first publication leads to my second?
I got this request from Elise Fader, the publisher of HITESOL The Word: We have decided that we would like to submit your article about Open Source to TESOL Ukraine for inclusion in their newsletter. Sweet! I’m going to be an internationally known author. :)
Publication in HITESOL The Word
I’ve been really busy writing my first draft of my scholarly paper–that’s the final paper I have to write to get my MA in second language studies. So I haven’t had much time to worry about updating this site. I am more or less done with that draft now, so I can slowly start adding […]
Gifts for my brother’s birthday
Shhh…don’t tell my brother that I made these for his birthday! Perhaps you can guess that they are for his daughter, Cassie, but the graphics are all for him. Open source baby!
Joy of Math is taking shape
Over the last couple of days, I’ve started putting up files from my favorite class to teach, Joy of Math. I am proud of this class above any other because I conceived of, developed, and taught it. I also spent a semester improving the materials with the help of my advisor in second language studies […]
International travel lessons
Going through these lessons I made for a class about international travel brought back some less pleasant memories. I taught this particular class twice. The first time, I had only four or five students, and everything went really smoothly. So, the second time I taught it, I was expecting a similar situation–only to find that […]
False-beginner lessons up
I’m happy to report that most of my false-beginner materials are posted here. Going through these materials really took me back to when I was teaching low-proficiency-level courses, which I enjoyed and found quite rewarding. I found it especially interesting to have discussions about American holidays and the holidays in my students’ countries. In fact, […]
First ESL lesson is up!
Well, it’s not much, but it’s one step toward getting all of my ESL lessons online. “Pick It Up!”, a lesson about litter, is now available here.
Joining the bloggin’ world
I’ve finally decided to do it. I Everyone has a blog, right? Well, I never had a purpose for one that I could see. But I want to be able to share my ESL teaching materials and self-publish other random stuff, so Betsy’s Eclection is born.