Using Google Reader for Professional Development
I made this slideshow, Using Google Reader for Professional Development, as a supplement to an article I’m writing for HITESOL The Word. Check it out, and let me know how to improve it!
One complete online course is up!
I finally had some free time to work on getting some more content up here, and here’s the result: one complete online ESL course is up! I’d be happy to hear your comments on it. But please be kind–this was my first attempt at such a course, so it definitely is rough around the edges. […]
My final translation project
It’s my last semester as an MA student, and one of my last courses is on translation between Japanese and English. One useful thing I’ve learned is the value of more than one head working on a translation, so as an experiment, I’m going to post the pre-final draft of my final project here. It’s […]
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 […]
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.