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P is for Personalization and Private one-to-one lessons. But what about larger groups?

14 de fevereiro de 2023

A long time ago, I wrote a blog post here talking about the perks and perils of being a private teacher. At that time, I had been teaching private classes for just one year. I have mostly taught one-to-one lessons since 2017, even though I have now been a private teacher for 10 years. Although...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Educational Technology, Learner Autonomy, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Resources, Technology

Classroom experiences, learning, motivation, personalization, personalizing lessons, teaching

Leveling Up

12 de janeiro de 2023

by Michele Schwertner

Hi there! My name is Michele and I’ve been an English teacher for over 25 years. Ever since I started teaching, I have already taught (very) young learners, children, teens, and adults. Also, I’ve taught all different levels at private schools as well as at English language schools. Last but not least, I’ve also been...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, CPD, elt, professional development, teacher development

My journey to becoming an e-moderator – Part II – the time when I became an online student

2 de maio de 2015

by Michele Schwertner

Dear all, this is my second post about my journey to becoming an e-moderator. This time, I’m going to tell you about the time I became an online student myself. Some of the courses I had to take at university were only offered online. I had never done anything like that before (as a student)...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Technology

career, challenges, educational technology, engagement, interaction, professional development, student engagement, teacher development, technology, virtual learning environment

My journey to becoming an e-moderator – Part I

31 de março de 2015

by Michele Schwertner

Dear all, From now on, I’ll write about my journey to becoming an e-moderator in order to reflect upon it. I realized the way online courses have evolved and my online teaching experiences intertwine. Thus, you’ll be able to accompany me in this journey to the past and to understanding what has been going on...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Reflections about Education, Technology

blended courses, career, educational technology, materials, online courses, teaching experiences, technology

On e-moderating and designing

1 de março de 2015

by Michele Schwertner

I’ve been moderating online courses for some years now. However, I’ve only just begun designing online courses. And I’ve been pondering over the differences between these two processes for a while. Here you have some of my (empirical) conclusions so far… As an e-moderator, I first have to get to know the groups and the...Read More

Technology

online courses

As a new year begins…

1 de fevereiro de 2015

by Michele Schwertner

Dear all, this post was supposed to be published on New Year’s Day and that would make perfect sense. Due to Internet connection issues, I was not able to do so and I also ended up losing part of it… I was about to delete it when I realized every day a new year begins...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, motivation, new year, personal development, professional development, teacher development

And that my friend is what we call closure…

1 de dezembro de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

As we come to the end of the year, our classes are also about to finish. Hence, the time for us teachers to start planning the end of the semester has come. We end up getting so busy organizing reviews, writing tests, testing and assessing students, writing reports and/or report cards, providing students with feedback...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Games, Lesson Ideas, Resources

classroom activity, Classroom experiences, creativity, game, motivation

To post or not to post?

1 de setembro de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I’ve decided to address a very controversial issue in my blog post. Well, it seems it is not controversial at all for most of the people, but it is something that has puzzled me for a while. This is not going to be a very long post as I do not have any answers to...Read More

Reflections about Education, Technology

Blog, controversy, digital media, Facebook, Instagram, online privacy, Parents, Pinterest, Posts, privacy, social media, technology, Twitter, Young learners

Classroom design

1 de julho de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

We all love reading in my family – my husband and I are real bookworms. I myself also love books – I buy so many, I wonder if I’ll ever have the time to read all of them in this lifetime. I started buying books for my baby daughter long before she was born. Even...Read More

Reflections about Education, Resources

classroom design, creativity, learning environment, learning spaces, materials, resources

Teacher Development & Teachers’ Associations

1 de junho de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I always say that one of the things I like the most about teaching is that I’m always learning. And I’m quite sure I’m not the only one… We teachers learn a lot not only from our students and from fellow teachers but also from what we read, from conferences we attend, and so on....Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, conferences, courses for teachers, language development for teachers, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teachers' associations

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