Learning the English Accent

I find this video English File Pronunciation App by OUPELTGlobal interesting. While embracing whatever accent that I have, I don’t mind learning or listening to different accents of English language varieties. Plus, English File is a well-known series of textbooks in English Language Teaching that make use of multimedia apps. Just want to share it with you all.

Tutorials on Google Earth Outreach

http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/index.html#

A click on this link will take you to the website Google Earth Outreach with a good number of short videos. They are very helpful in getting you started with your lesson plan. Have fun!

Discoveries on Google Earth

Since we were working with Google Earth, I found this video shows 10 interesting things that were discovered around the world through Google Earth. When introducing students to Google Earth, this would be a good attention grabber.

Posts on Blog

I thought it will be nice to make you all smile today by posting this our class blog. There are so many things to do because the session is coming to an end so I just want to remind everyone not to forget to continue posting on our class blog. We tend to forget to post in our class blog or even comment on other's post. I am guilty sometimes and I try my very best to come in and post and make sure to read everyone's posts and comments. So when I found this online I thought to post  it so that it remind us that we get graded by posting and commenting on each other's posts. In order for us to get a good grade let us continue posting on our class blog. We are almost done for this session!!

Learning is Ongoing

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ― Henry Ford. Quotes About Lifelong Learning. Good Reads. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/lifelong-learning Towards the end of the spring semester, I asked a classmate of mine what classes she was taking and she said she was taking a break. I seriously thought about taking a break, but my best judgment encouraged me to keep taking classes. After all, summer is a season, not a term for vacation. When I sit at my table to work on my class assignments, I feel happy, proud, and useful about myself. In fact, while I am studying, I am doing what I like doing; it is my hobby, my pastime, my time to myself. I am improving myself academically and professionally by taking all these classes. I don’t feel busy. This is how I keep my learning ongoing.

How much kids use technology

This video, aired on ABC News, explains how much time the average kid uses technology. It also points out that kids who spend longer times using technology, such as Facebook and texting, get Cs or lower in school. Kids whose parents set limits on their children's usage are more successful. In this clip, technology includes cell phones, computers, television, and music devices. Taking into consideration the claim that kids are spending more time with technology, it is a motivation to implement technology into our classrooms.

Never Give Up.

Illustration and quote from: MotiveWeight.Blogspot.com

We always think that giving up is the best option when things go bad. When we teach, and see students not picking up our lessons we tend to somehow feel helpless and worse is we feel like giving up already.  The quote would like to bring up the inner you, to never give up in whatever challenges you have no matter how impossible it may be. It may be taxing for us educators to teach a student who have no regard for education but once you have helped them see the light and see progress, then you must be proud of yourself for being an effective teacher, for not letting down your student in spite and despite of the challenges you’ve been through to teach him/her because at the end of the day, their achievements reflects what teacher have we been to them.