The Fallacy of English Courses in the Age of Digital Marketing
I spend a lot of time on social media. I try to keep up with the news from the groups …
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EDCrocks Events: How to make your work more visible
Being a freelance consultant is both frightening and exciting. I have much more time now to design courses, workshops, write …
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The Sound of Silence: Three Quiet Time Activities to Boost Learning
A few months ago, my buddy Rodolfo Mattiello and I got together for our usual brainstorming session before our monthly …
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The Owl Factor
What is The Owl Factor about after all? In my first book, The Owl Factor: Reframing your Teaching Philosophy, I …
A New Era for EDCrocks
This post marks the beginning of a journey – I mean, officially. I’ve been thinking about this move for some …
An Invitation to Individualism in the Tech Era: What comes next?
“What I witnessed as a mentor was fatigue, mental exhaustion, hopelessness, lack of support, working overtime like never before, apprehension, and frustration. Many teachers fell back on what was safe and simpler. They made slides and lectured. Some simply gave up asking questions as many students would either be absent or not say a word and that became a habit. Suddenly, shared spaces disappeared and became tiny individual squares on a screen. Each person in their own bubble, in their separate world.”
Reflections on Education. EPILOGUE – Hey! Teachers! Leave them Kids Alone
This is the conclusion of a three-blog series about education. The idea is to discuss some current views and basically …
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Reflections on Education. APOLOGUE -What if…? Learning in an Alternate Reality
This is the second post of a three-blog series about education. The idea is to discuss some current views and …
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There’s no Magic Formula but the Science of Learning can help
About 6 years ago I became obsessed with finding some sort of magic formula of what a successful lesson plan …
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The Five Pillars of Language Evolution – and Why we Mustn’t Neglect them
I’m privileged to say that I’m part of a team of lecturers who is qualifying the first generation of bilingual …
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