Author: @tesolgeek
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Have a moving Obon, my friends, and be safe, loved, and with family
I hope everyone had a lovely Obon with their families. I said goodbye again to a dear friend and sent a lantern and a prayer for him down at Arashiyama this evening. I hope everyone had a chance to be together, and to be loved.
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Gareth Lochhead, I’ll miss you forever
This morning I sat down at my computer and logged into facebook to see that the world had lost one of the kindest souls I have ever had the pleasure of being able to call my friend. My heart hurts terribly, for his loss is so unexpected, so early, too soon, and I ache for…
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If on the JET Program a great place to find used goods is on the Facebook Japan Garage Sale Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/JapanGarageSaleEverythingElse/ This facebook group is the home of a plethora of English speaking folks who all live in various parts of Japan and who’d love to sell their used goods to you. People from all over the world live in Japan, and they bring a lot of things with them that they later realize they…
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On my way to #JetProgram Orientation in #Tokyo, then bound for #Kyoto
I am exhausted. I thought last time we made this world-trek I was exhausted, and it was just my husband and I. This time we had to pack up an entire house and 2 kids. I need to sleeep. About to get on the first flight of the trip. See you on the time-zone flip…
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Mindmap on Educational Technology and general philosophy and psychology related to the study of.
#Mindmap on #EdTech and general #philosophy and #psychology related to the study of. I made this mind map awhile ago for a class assignment, and I thought others might benefit from it. I just used it to help me write my lit review, and it really helps me out. Maybe because I made it… But,…
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Just found out my placement for the #JETProgram … but I can’t tell yet!! #excited
I am SO excited!! I just found out where I will be placed in Kyoto prefecture (we have been waiting almost 2 months now) and I am SOOO happy! I can’t say yet, I signed a form saying I wouldn’t until I was officially contacted… but I CAN say I am super GEEKED out right…
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JET Program Parents … beware, Keio Plaza Daycare is super expensive!!
JET Program Parents … beware, what they say is true about Keio Plaza Daycare!! I just got my quote to have my kids watched at Tokyo Orientation, and it will cost 4100円 PER hour PER kid!! That is over $1000 for 2 days!! I can’t afford that! So, if you are a parent, in the…
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Kyoto Bound
Well, actually I just know so far that I will be in Kyoto Prefecture. I have no clue where in the prefecture I will be. I could be down in the city, or up in the mountains, or out by the sea. All I know is that we got our first choice again, and I…
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#EdTech Niche… #Geek who likes to integrate #Tech for #LanguageLearners?
So, I have been working hard lately to figure out what my purpose is in doing what I am doing (i.e. EVERYTHING). I think I have uncovered various places where more communication needs to exist between interested parties. One are that needs a lot of help seems to be language teachers. I think that the…
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I’m a ReJET
So, I got my JET acceptance letter in the mail… again. Last time it was on letterhead from the Japanese Consulate in Miami. This time, 9 years later, it arrived as an email. CONSULATE-GENERAL OF JAPAN IN MIAMI(JET) 5:06 PM to undisclosed recipients Thank you for your patience throughout the 2013 Japan Exchange and Teaching…