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Jazzing it up: Lessons from Miles Davis for our professional development

2 de dezembro de 2020

As you will probably agree, inspiration comes from the most unusual places. Just now, I felt so moved by a Netflix documentary about the jazz genius Miles Davis that I had to come here and write about the lessons I believe his career may bring to our professional development as teachers. “The Musings of...Read More

#StaySafe, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

art, career, challenges, CPD, creativity, jazz, Music, professional development, reflection, teacher development

Meaning over form

21 de julho de 2020

by Ana Carolina Calil

Friday, 6p.m., the deafening bell rang. Surely there had been meetings in which “the bell issue” had come to light, but there was never enough time to actually do something about it. The empty halls were taken by running bodies who dragged half-open backpacks and screamed as if they had been held captive for way...Read More

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Classroom experiences, covid-19, Covid-19 Lockdown, EFL, elt, reflection, teaching

3 Things I’ve Learned from Teaching Teens Online

16 de julho de 2020

by Henrique Zamboni

An increased interest in online teaching has emerged in recent years. Such interest has become even more prominent due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine, during which teachers worldwide had to take up online teaching overnight. Many of us had been teaching adults – or taken online lessons and courses ourselves – for a...Read More

#StaySafe, Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Reflections about Education, Technology

challenges, Classroom experiences, EdTech, reflection, teaching, teenagers

Online Lessons – Using Task-based Language Teaching – Part 3

25 de maio de 2020

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

The use of this current communicative approach is very common in the English lesson field. We always tend to use a task as the topic of the lesson and ask students to perform this task at the end of this lesson. As the name states TBLT, also known as TBI (task-based instruction) focuses on the...Read More

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Online Lessons – Using Communicative Language Teaching – Part 2

18 de maio de 2020

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Coronavirus day 3.648: It feels like that, right? At least, it does for me. Since this has all begun and we started teaching remotely, I have been re-reading all my academic books, trying to find various other approaches and/or methods for dealing with “emergency remote teaching” in a way that lessons will be meaningful, not...Read More

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Online Lessons – Using TPR – Part 1

15 de maio de 2020

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

First of all, I’d like to send a warm hug to everyone who is reading this post. We have been living under stressful moments due to an emergency lockdown caused by the COVID-19. As you know, and based on your own needs, families require your full attention, exceptionally now. You are no longer “only” teaching...Read More

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Lessons from the pandemic – a quick guide to the desperate teacher

27 de abril de 2020

by Taylor Veigga

You may have been flooded by positive messages on social media talking about how this pandemic is an opportunity to develop new projects, learn a new language, exercise more and drink two liters of water. This kind of toxic positivity is certainly not what teachers need. If you are looking for a flower power kind...Read More

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Who was prepared for the unexpected?

15 de abril de 2020

by Isabela Villas Boas

Who was prepared for a pandemic that would close schools for up to two months or even more? No one, for sure. We were all caught by surprise in a situation that we would never have predicted even in January or February of 2020. However, when we look at it more closely, maybe some educational...Read More

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coronavirus, covid-19, education, lockdown, pandemic, technology

COVID-19 Lockdown: tips for bilingual educators

6 de abril de 2020

by Renata Condi

Greetings, everyone! I truly hope you are all safe and sound at home with your loved ones! I also hope this post comes to you at the right moment: all of us are working from home and trying to do our best to keep learning happening and young minds active! All of us are quite...Read More

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Bilingual Education in Brazil, Covid-19 Lockdown, Remote Learning, technology

Why should we all develop an Infinite Mindset? (2)

30 de março de 2020

by Lenora Haranaka

As I was relaxing after a long productive day working from home for the 5th day in a row, for the 1st time in my life, I came across a Simon Sinek’s short video where he explained why ‘These Are Not Unprecedented Times’. Most of us are feeling as if we were living in a...Read More

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change, collaboration, infinite mindset, innovation, uncertainty

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