It is once again time to prepare those proposals for next year’s TESOL Convention in Dallas in March of 2013. The deadline is June 1, 2012. It’s a challenge to make it onto the program. Last year, the acceptance rate was about one in four. But you can enhance your chances by paying close attention […]
Tips on writing effective conference proposals
May 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Resources, TESOL
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Improving your virtual presentation skills
April 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Online instruction, Resources, Technology, video
Have you been asked to deliver a webinar? Wondering how to do it? Check out the tips in this webinar about how to give good webinars! This was part of the Virtual Roundtable Conference in April. You can view the slides alone on Slideshare, but you’ll get more out of it if you watch the […]
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What teachers inspired you?
August 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · TESOL, teacher-training
One of my most memorable teachers was a high school English teacher. Thomas Donovan had been teaching for nearly forty years and was in his sixties when I had him as a 14-year-old student. He was what today we would call “old school.” That is, he was very traditional in the way […]
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