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Six years ago, I wrote a love letter to teaching associations as my time on our local TESL Toronto Committee was coming to an end. Much of my perspective on the benefits of or learnings from volunteering to run a Committee that facilitates teacher development at different levels was said in that post, so I… Read More »Love to @TDSIG

A lesson plan about a scary but hilarious movie made entirely by AI bots

While I’ve never been a fan of holiday-specific lessons (especially Hallowe’en), I couldn’t help but think of how to use this hilarious take on a horror movie plot. It’s written by AI bots after analysing hours and hours of footage. It’s reminiscent of an old Google Translate experiment I used to do before it got […]

Watch recordings of my #iatefl2021 talk, which is basically part 2 from my #iatefl2019 talk on LGBTQ+.

OK, so the Star Wars reference is loose, it's true. :) This post includes information lead up to and recordings of my recent talk at #iatefl2021 about how a disruptive approach complements usualisation for LGBTQIA2 and other marginalised identities in ELT materials.

OK, so the Star Wars reference is loose, it's true. But I made it. :) This post includes information lead up to and recordings of my recent talk at #iatefl2021 about how a disruptive approach complements usualisation.

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Mental health is as important as physical health. In fact, are they really different things? They are our health. A perceived difference should not cause one to be seen as a weakness and the other a fighting spirit of strength. One shouldn’t result in isolation and the other in medical treatment. [...]

It’s challenging for all of us right now with everything up in the air for a while and a big learning curve to go through in a short span of time. I thought a bit about what I could give our community. One thing I do have is my book, Academic Reading Circles. This COVID-19 [...]

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I’ve also been sitting on what my 200th post would be about for many months and which would be meaningful in some sense. Yes, it’s a sort of milestone in my ELT universe and it has all occurred within exactly a decade since I began expanding my thoughts into this reality in 2010.

Then the [...]

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I’ve also been sitting on what my 200th post would be about for many months and which would be meaningful in some sense. Yes, it’s a sort of milestone in my ELT universe and it has all occurred within exactly a decade since I began expanding my thoughts into this reality in 2010.

Then the [...]

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