Frank's Portfolio (9)

Calaverita: Altar for an English Student

I wrote and gave this calavera to my Advanced English students at Tec de Monterey. ALTAR FOR AN ENGLISH STUDENT

Diego, Juan Carlos, Bruno, and Jose Together had a mass funeral For they touched the teacher’s Mac Apple During class time they were sleeping Getting eerily closer to their graves Laughing, fighting, talking & cheating Sadly they only lived to… Continue

Added by Frank on October 31, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Happy New Year 2009

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Added by Frank on January 2, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Helping Colleagues Get Connected One by One

It's been a great week. Over the past few years, I have been working on getting connected with technology and the Web, building professional development networks, and doing lots of personal reflection about the art and mastery of teaching and learning. But, at the same time that I have been growing in these ways; I have also seen the technology gap growing between me and my colleagues. A gap which was widening even beyond the difference that I was already keenly aware of; that I am a predominant… Continue

Added by Frank on April 5, 2008 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Twitter and Educational Applications...

"Phones have become an interestingly enabling tool. Invented to connect us all together, it has become something much more, a device that webs us not only to people and places, but across the hours, months, and years of our experience." --David Warlick

OK, you can see above that I have a Twitter acco… Continue

Added by Frank on August 23, 2007 at 11:24pm — 1 Comment

Brainstorming Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles

Professional Development Workshop: Instituto Latino de Morelia with Instituto Angloamericano

Technorati Tags: mexico, EFL

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Added by Frank on August 9, 2007 at 6:30am — No Comments

TED: Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers

This site is fantastic ... lots of inspirational and motivational material. Please take a look ... you'll be happy that you did.

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Added by Frank on July 24, 2007 at 9:00am — No Comments

The Edublog Awards: Best Educational Blogs 2006

Check out these great educational blogs at The Edublog Awards and see for yourself the power of blogging!

And the Winners of the 2006 Edublog Awards are:

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Added by Frank on July 24, 2007 at 6:02am — No Comments

Want to make your ideas "Stick?"

Chip and Dan Heath in Made to Stick; Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Random House, 2007) suggest that "sticky ideas" have some common characteristics and that all of us can make our own ideas stickier.

Sticky ideas:

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Added by Frank on July 23, 2007 at 10:03am — No Comments

Everything Has a Beginning...

I just stumbled upon this Site through a search engine while looking for something else .. and I see that it is new; but it looks like something with great potential for English teachers in Mexico. So, I want to be a part of founding and growing this site ... because I need it. We need it. I hope others feel the same.

I noticed that I can have my very own blog, create a local group forum and group page, and participate in the main areas too. I hope to see this Site be a major resource f… Continue

Added by Frank on July 9, 2007 at 1:21pm — 2 Comments