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Thai TESOL Conference – After Action Report
My workshop went pretty well, I was told. One of the participants told me it was the most useful thing she saw at the conference, which was very nice to…
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Thailand TESOL International Conference 2013
I’ll be running a 45-minute workshop tomorrow at this year’s Thai TESOL Conference entitled, “Using Technology to Aid in Teaching Oversized ESL Classes.” This is the first time I’m attending…
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Welcome home
I was greeted with the following exchange upon returning home to bring my sick kids (who choose to play hooky in unison) lunch: MAX: Daddy, are you going to work…
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One Tablet PC Per Child Tablet PC aka “iPad10”
I got to test out a number of Tablet PCs at one of the education projects I’m helping out. My opinion is that they are complete crap and even worse…
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All that glitters
It’s perhaps a fortuitous sign that I realized the lip balm I borrowed from my wife is shiny before I got to work.
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I’m writing a set of Japanese kana textbooks
But it’s boring the hell out of me and my Illustrator skills are kinda crusty. In the meantime, this is the most entertaining website I’ve seen in eons: INCREDIBOX
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Downtime monitoring via Google Docs
This is the coolest idea for a site monitor: Use Google Docs to Monitor Your Website’s Uptime I’ve set it up and I’ll check it when I get back from…
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Your internet pass is revoked
Some pimply-faced expert got in my face about the educational value of e-learning: “What’s wrong with books? Don’t you know what books are? Books are like the internet printed on paper!”…
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Study level: Bad Asian
Me: Your speaking topic is about something you would like to own. Please speak about this for one minute. Student: I would like to own my hair. Me: … What?…
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Under the trees
@ RMU
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Hin Suay Nam Sai Resort, Rayong
I’m in Rayong with 110 students and 10 teachers on a business English education project. It’s hot and sunny here, but these are some of my favorite beaches in Thailand.…
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“…credible and meaningful in foreign cultures.”
The university where I teach, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham, used to be a teacher’s training college. My uni is just one Rajabhat institute of about 40 spread all over Thailand, that…
