vocabulary instruction

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Inspiring!

Just imagine the possibilities if we all went above and beyond...

Jadav Payeng - Indian man single-handedly plants forest

Story: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/good-news/indian-man-single-handedly-plants-forest-india-164507919.html   #possibilities

I have selected for you this great videos . Watch what these leading educational thinkers say about the 21st century skills teachers need to have . Enjoy watching.

In Kenya, educating nomadic pastoralist children with low-cost schools

Recently, UNICEF has partnered with Turkana Education for All (TEFA) and the Government of Kenya on an initiative to reach marginalized and nomadic pastoralist communities with low-cost schools. The Rapid School Readiness Initiative identifies school-age children in hard-to-reach areas who do not have access to any form of education.

(via UNICEF - Kenya - In Kenya, educating nomadic pastoralist children with low-cost schools)

COMMON MISTAKES In ENGLISH

Similar to
Don't say  : your book is not similar with mine.
Say          : your book is not similar to mine.


Sit at a desk
Don't say  : the teacher often sits on his desk.
Say          : the teacher often sits at his desk.


Spend on
Don't say  : I spend a lot of time for my stamps.
Say          : I spend a lot of time on my stamps.

Issues and risks associated with blogging?

As blogs are entirely owned and controlled by the blog author, obviously this means that the University and the teacher have no control over what students (or staff) might post and these postings will usually be publicly viewable. So there is a risk that postings could be openly challenging, critical and even offensive.

Downes (2004) recounts several occasions where problems of this sort have occurred including a university that experienced a problem when a student's blog resulted in a commercial company threatening legal action and also occasions where students have posted insulting and threatening comments about fellow students and teaching staff.

Ultimately when a blogging system is provided and hosted by the University (such as the Elgg system at Leeds) then ultimately a university staff member will administrate the system and would be able to remove any troublesome posts when they are reported. However the potential for censorship (especially if this ability is openly exercised) will have an impact on the writing of the bloggers using the system.