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Comment on The 350 best education blogs! by jguerrerol

jguerrerol — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:26:01 +0000

Thank you for reading it!

Comment on The 350 best education blogs! by Kesavan

Kesavan — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:01:54 +0000

Thank you for posting this educational blog.

Comment on DISCIPLINE by jguerrerol

jguerrerol — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:16:06 +0000

That reminds me that quotation that said something like:
“Try not to have a good time…this is supposed to be educational.”
― Charles M. Schulz

I can see your point, but I think that fun, in this case, does not mean laughing and talking about sex (I’m sure yous students have much more interests than that), fun is something else, it more related to creating relavant lessons, creating something that is really interesting and useful for them.
Quite easy to criticize students (Surely many of them are to blame) but we, as teachers, have to evaluate ourselves and out methodology, that is the only way to improve.
I do not have any intention of achieving anything just by having fun. Creating enjoyable lessons is just one more step, not the whole walk.
Thank you for your comment!!
Hope to hear from you soon!

Comment on DISCIPLINE by Chistine

Chistine — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:00:38 +0000

All American students care about is fun… Fun is so embedded in this culture, that they won’t work because it’s not fun… In life we don’t always do fun things and they need to understand that they have to learn things that are not always enjoyable. It’s very hard to create fun moments all the time and what is fun for somebody may not be fun for others. For many of my high school students, fun is violence, sex and drugs. If I did my French lessons on those items, they would get excited and pay attention… if not… French is “boring”…. When are teachers in this country going to stop being entertainers and actually start teaching? I agree lessons should be meaningful and relevant to the students’ needs, but you can’t achieve much by just having fun, playing games and making sure students “have fun” so learning is not “too stressful” for them…. By the way, I’ve only seen stressed out teacher… not too many stressed out students…. Most students are overconfident, don’t care about school and think they are entitled to good grades, even when they don’t put effort in the class.

Comment on NEW ESL WORKSHEET OF THE DAY by jguerrerol

jguerrerol — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:40:00 +0000

This worksheets are very easiy editable.
Hope you found it useful.
Cheers!

Comment on NEW ESL WORKSHEET OF THE DAY by Chaya

Chaya — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:28:11 +0000

I folded the paper in half and copied it because the group learning food hasn’t learned Present Simple yet.

Comment on DISCIPLINE by jguerrerol

jguerrerol — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:38:31 +0000

Sure, creating the class rules together is the best way to do it, this way you involve them in their own learning But, important: be firm when applying the rules or you’ll lose your authority. Confidence is a crucial aspect when teaching

Comment on DISCIPLINE by ahoralucia

ahoralucia — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:29:14 +0000

I am going to buy the cards tomorrow, because the first day was a bit of chaos. Since I work with teens, I believe it is also important to reach agreements with them. So, the second day we discussed a bit together the behaviour’s rules and it was much better! Anyway, the cards will also help, I am sure!

Comment on DISCIPLINE by jguerrerol

jguerrerol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:07:20 +0000

There shouldn’t be any problem with the appropriate wire! Tell us about your discipline techniques experiences from tomorrow! Thanks

Comment on DISCIPLINE by ahoralucia

ahoralucia — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:45:35 +0000

Another question. Could I connect my iPad with a wire in the school’s projector? I start tomorrow! And I suppose there will be a projector at the school and wifi connection! thanks!