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Achieving Harmony in Teaching and Personal Life

22 de março de 2023

As a teacher or teacherpreneur, it is easy to become overwhelmed by the demands of the job. Lesson planning, grading, checking homework, and doing administrative tasks can quickly pile up, leaving little – if any – time for leisure activities. However, finding a healthy work-life balance is crucial for maintaining physical and mental well-being, and...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education

challenges, reflection, teaching

Before we worry about ChatGPT, let’s enjoy it

22 de fevereiro de 2023

by Henrique Zamboni

If you’re a teacher, it is very unlikely that you haven’t heard about ChatGPT. But in case you haven’t, to put it simply, ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. This tool has raised many concerns among many professionals, but especially educators as ChatGPT is likely to be used by...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Resources, Technology, Trends in ELT

challenges, classroom activity, creativity, EdTech, educational technology, reflection, technology, teenagers

New Year’s Resolutions

21 de janeiro de 2023

by Ana Carolina Calil

resolution / ˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən / 2. the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc. 3. a resolve; a decision or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. 4. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose. Here we go again…...Read More

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career, challenges, motivation, professional development, reflection, teacher development

The Work Behind The Scenes

22 de novembro de 2022

by Henrique Zamboni

While scrolling through my Instagram feed I usually come across a lot of posts from teachers who advertise themselves as super organized and productive. It does make sense since being a teacher requires a set of skills that we learn to develop throughout the years. Another kind of post which is usually seen is the...Read More

Career, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, reflection, social media, teacher training, teaching

The innovator teacher’s dilemma

4 de agosto de 2021

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Are you tired of listening or reading about how innovative teachers must be in the classroom? Especially now, during and after the covid-19 (years 2020 – 2021) when we were forced to reinvent ourselves and our classroom? Why are you tired of it? Maybe because it is tiring to be always looking for different ways...Read More

Classroom Experiences

challenges, Classroom experiences, education, EFL, elt, innovation, innovation-in-education, reflection

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

2 de dezembro de 2020

by Natália Guerreiro

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

#StaySafe

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

Vulnerability

18 de maio de 2020

by Henrique Zamboni

I’ve always felt that in order to be a good teacher for my students I had to be at the top of my game all the time. This means having to let go of all worries and problems from the outside-of-the-classroom world while teaching, and I managed to make that happen for over a decade....Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

challenges, reflection, teaching

CLIL is the New Black

13 de março de 2020

by Ana Carolina Calil

Sunny afternoon in the capital of Brazil, a group of teachers awaits for the presentation of the new coursebooks. Curious eyes on the presenters, colorful boxes on the shelves and the expectation to end the day with grids and tables filled with content that would translate into a year’s worth of teaching. To their surprise,...Read More

Bilingual Education, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

CLIL, future_trends_in_education, Language acquisition, methods, reflection, Second-language acquisition

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