Author: @tesolgeek
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Help #edtech and #ict friends! I have to meet tomorrow to justify use of edtech and #GoogleDrive use at school again!
I want to have as many points as possible! I am again facing critics who just want to keep to the blackboard and chalk standard and I need to explain not only “Why Ed Tech?” but also “Why Google Drive?” If you have a moment and you can go to this Google Doc: http://goo.gl/oAzF1q Please […]
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#Change, #Cherries, #Curriculum and #Collaboration… its a #newschoolyear
So my favorite cherry tree on campus (not my favorite tree in the world, mind you, but my favorite tree here at school… what, you don’t have lots of favorite trees? Get some!) is blooming… and that means that it is the time of year when everything changes, for better or for worse. One of […]
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First George Takei and now Michelle Obama too… on how you know you must be a teacher…
I love George Takei. Since I was in the movie theater with my dad and watched him fly around that Huey with all that “transparent aluminum”, and then, later, listened to him speak on so many important issues… I just love him. I also love Michelle Obama. I think she is an amazing woman of […]
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Ode to School Lunch and those who provide me with it
The featured image in this post is that of Fuwa-Fuwa OmuRice, one of my favorite dishes at my school’s cafeteria. It’s delicious, and, I always compliment the lunch ladies each and every time. So, I’ve been a teacher long enough now that I work with a colleague who could have been one of my […]
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#TeamTeaching #EFL #ESL Introduction to Class and Introducing Myself – Lesson 1 for the Year
This lesson is the first we do in the school year. It is a presentation where the students have to introduce themselves through a show-and-tell activity. It is part of the first overall unit, and I will post more parts of this unit as I go on. This lesson was developed in cooperation with my […]
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Making a #GTA Google Teacher Academy Video
I put a lot of thought into making my Google Teacher Academy video. I watched a variety of other videos from previous attendees to try to get an idea of what to put in mine. Many recommended to make sure to show yourself. Apparently a lot of people show their class and/or a lot of […]
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Why does La Vie en Rose make me feel nostalgic?
I need to travel some more. I think my passport is getting rather boring. When I was a kid I was so excited to get new stamps, but now my passport is filled with US and Japan stamps. I need to get out of this loop. Where should I go first? I need to find […]
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On my way to the Google Teacher Academy… #GTASEA #edtech
I haven’t posted here in ages, and I wanted to post today on my way to the Google Teacher Academy in Manila, the Philippines. My life has been so busy recently, I actually haven’t had the time to get excited about. However, on this bus, looking out over beautiful Osaka, I realize that I can […]
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#TeamTeaching #EFL #ESL Introduction to Space Lesson – Lesson 1 in the Space Unit
This lesson is the first in our Space Unit. It is designed to be a background activation/engage unit to begin their learning on Space. This lesson was developed in cooperation with my partner teacher at my school, and I’d love to thank her by name, but as of late, she doesn’t want the online facetime. […]
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Welcome to the newly re-designed TESOLGeek.com!
So it looks like one of my old WordPress plugins was susceptible to hackers, the old site got hacked, so it looked like a good time to start anew! There weren’t too terribly many posts on the old site anyways, so here’s to keeping this one fresh and updated! I’ll be posting a lesson that […]