Informed Teachers

This is the first post of 2018. May we all have a happy and prosperous new year !!! When blogging we tend to start off by having some resolutions in mind. Today with me it was not different but for one detail: Facebook brought up a memory of a blog post from january 2014. My new resolution back then was to start vlogging. http://informedteachers.blogspot.com.br/2014/01/informed-teachersvlog.html What I had in mind back then was that I would start posting more like in this fashion: a written part + a video http://informedteachers.blogspot.com.br/2014/02/apps-for-your-learning-success.html I kept this going for a short while and then went back to my traditional writing. When I came across this blog memory the first thing that came to my mind was:  why is it that we start off with many ideas for the new year and we actually get to work on them but this usually lasts for a short while , or at least shorter than we thought ? How about starting a new year by looking back...

Let's define the target audience for this post: busy teachers. Many classes to prepare, papers with deadlines to correct, tests, meetings to go, among other things and also... a passion for teaching. Can you relate ? Yeah, most teachers such as myself have this drive for education and delivering a class that is truly meaningful to the students lives. And it's not that we don't have fun or love our job, but the demands of a daily routine are tough. My point being: so many things to cope with and little time left. So , how to keep updated with the latest educational news ? A great way to go is to subscribe to major publisher's in order to receive their post and news. From my experience so far I recommend:  Oxford University Press http://oupeltglobalblog.com/ , Cambridge University Press http://peo.cambridge.org/ , there's also a great educational website, EmergingEdTech http://www.emergingedtech.com/about/ . Also, the major authors in English Language Teach...