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I hope you too can't get enough of this great talent from Toronto, Canada. He's been around for a few years but I've only… Continue

Use the big fluffy dice instead of a ball.



Students must run across the classroom.

The Teacher will throw the ball and hit them to get them out.



However, the teacher will call specific groups or even individuals to make the run:

People wearing watches.

Boys

Anyone with a hat.

Students with the name Park.



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This is my lesson plan for Summer Camp

Download English Summer Camp.txt

Edit: It's the last day tomorrow. It has been a really good experience for everyone.
I put an awful lot of planning and preparation into this camp. I wanted to try new things.

The above plan I changed a few things and cut many things out. I will post the modified plan shortly.

If you are building your own web page and want to add a flash .swf file you will need to use the full code. See just below this screenprint for instructions.

to get the code just click on this link, open the source of the page, change the URL of the swf file to the URL for your swf file(marked in pink above), change the dimensions to your liking (marked in dark yellow above), copy…

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I'll be using this space to add and post teaching quizzes. Many out there meant to give a teacher insight into themselves and thus, better their teaching. "Know thyself" is an important thing to a good educator.

Teaching styles are important to know. We all have a tendency towards one kind of style and this effects the learning in the classroom and what happens. A good educator knows their style and in this awareness, adjusts the style to suit the learners or…

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I am writing a short article to be published on a magazine for EFL teachers in Israel. It is about blogs. I thought I might write a few things that I intend to have published on that article, just to see if you, colleagues, think that I am on the right track.

I will just post here a few of the things that I have already prepared. The article (I have submitted a first draft which may be edited) is a bit longer.…

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I've always wondered what is the "je ne sais pas quoi' , that magical quality that great teachers have.

Is it simply their passion? Is it their knowledge? Is it their commitment and…

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I'm a pretty big cheerleader of our sister site, Classroom 2.0 and belong and participate in several groups there. Much like our Ning but focused on technology and its application for education.

Recently participated in a very enlightened discussion there (and sprawling, as is all thought).…

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hi i'm just trying out the blogging feature

i might be able to use this in school this year but i need to get to know the tools first!!

I teach English Language Learners at a high school in Sacramento, CA.

I'm impressed with the work Dave (and others!) have done developing this site, and look forward to learning from EFL Classroom 2.0.

My "regular" blog is at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/.

Whatever the subject, I believe that stories should play a vital role. We are hardwired to learn through stories and more importantly to "embed" within our subconscious mind, the lessons and learning of life, by way of story. Wisdom is a story.

I have used stories in the EFL classroom and especially funny stories (there are some good ones in my teaching folder, about 25 simple ones. ) I have also had a lot of success using folktales and they are especially effective…

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It's funny how sometimes you spend hours creating an activity, sure that the students are going to really enjoy it and learn something too, only to find that you were wrong and the activity is a total flop. Then other times you pull something together quickly and it is a success, go figure!

A few years back I discovered www.PandoraBots.com a site which hosts AI chat bots that you can use in your websites. The chat bot itself on a web page is…

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