Teaching English

October 2009

Blogs and Education

Technology can foster active communication
inside and outside of the classroom. One way for
teachers to engage students in more innovative
and interactive ways is through web-logs, better
known as blogs. Check out the exciting things
these teachers are doing with blogs.
Beatriz Sendic
http://www.teachersnetuy.blogspot.com
Lizette Uyterhoeven
http://programaaulascomunitarias.blogspot.com
Beatriz Díaz Pereyra
http://ingles.over-blog.es
Tricia Terzaghi
http://teachingbitsnpieces.blogspot.com

Columbus Day Start your own blog for students

Visit http://edublogs.org or www.blogger.com to create
October 12th is Día de la Raza. a free account and start blogging within minutes. You
Enjoy the day off! can post class exercises, photographs, videos, charts,
study guides, homework, podcasts, links to useful
Halloween resources, and more.

On October 31st children dress in

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
costumes and collect candy from neighbors.
To ask for the candy, kids use the phrase,
“Trick or Treat?” 1 2 3

What´s Happening? 5 6 7 8 9 10
Acreditac Natalie 2nd PADs 2nd Foro
ión work- Kuhlman meeting de
Natalie Kuhlman workshop for Acreditación shop meeting Lenguas
teachers and meeting with Commision. Natalie with Com- at IPES
Kuhlman mision
2nd Foro de Lenguas at IPES, October 10 & 11
12 13 14 15 16 17
Specialist Bonnie Weatherbee, “Brain Based Dia de la ¨Brain ¨Compart-
Raza Based iendo
Teaching” on Tuesday, October 13th at 16:00 at the Teaching¨ experien-
Cátedra “Alicia Goyena” with cias de
Bonnie beca a
“Compartiendo experiencias de beca a Texas” at Weather- Texas¨
bee
16:00 on Friday, October 16th by Mónica Vide,
Silvana Ricca, Sonia Sosa, and Silvana Porley 19 20 21 22 23 24
English
Friday, October 23 English Symposium:
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Sympos-
Students´ Voices at the IPA anfiteatro, 9:00-17:00 ium at IPA

Conversation Circles with Fulbright ETA, Jennifer

Bly, on Tuesdays 15:00 Liceo 16, Thursdays 12:00
26 27 28 29 30 31
Halloween
Liceo 59, and 13:00 Liceo 62

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Prepared by Fulbright English Teaching Assitant, Jennifer Bly