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Creativity — it’s our future.

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Science, Graphic Design, Social Sciences, Humanities, Web, Arts, Education, Video & Audio, Mathematics

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Early Childhood, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, Post-Secondary

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Creativity — it’s our future.

Learn why creativity is so important in driving student success and how you can promote creativity among students in your classroom. You’ll consider various perspectives on the definition of creativity, see first-hand examples from leading experts and learn many potential ways to incorporate creativity into your own teaching. You’ll also explore examples of creative classrooms and design your own vision of a creative environment using Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom.

Essential Question:

What is creativity, and why is it vital for success in school and beyond?

Learning Objectives:

• Explore and define creativity in the classroom.
• Discover activities and attitudes that cultivate a creative culture in your classroom.
• Incorporate research-based practices that encourage creativity in your lessons.
• Discover the relationships between higher-order thinking skills, confidence and creativity as well as their effects on student achievement.
• Design your personal creativity principles and create your vision of a creative classroom using Photoshop or Lightroom.

Prerequisites:

No prior experience with Photoshop or Lightroom is assumed.

Related Content:

This workshop is part of a six-workshop series entitled “Creativity in Today’s Classroom.”

The workshops in the series are as follows:

1. Exploring Creativity in Today’s Classroom
2. Designing Creativity in the Primary Grades Curriculum
3. Designing Creativity in the Middle Grades Curriculum
4. Designing Creativity in the Upper Grades Curriculum
5. Designing Creativity in the Higher Education Curriculum
6. Assessing Creativity in Today’s Classroom
7. Managing the Creative Classroom
8. Harnessing Mobile Learning for Creativity

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Joe Bonamassa - "Drive" - Live At Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening

My music...

Reflection # 5 MoodleMOOT 2017 webinar with Halina Ostankowicz-Bazan

This is the video recorded by my Dear Friend Diana.
I would like everybody to listen to it and make some comments about the problem.
Having been an English teacher for almost my entire adult life , I decided to look for job offers online.
This  is what I saw;
We're sorry, this job offer is only visible to users who are in the USA.
Only for Native English Speakers.
Only for British and American native speakers.

Joe Bonamassa - "Driving Towards The Daylight" - Live At Carnegie Hall: ...

What do you listen to?

https://youtu.be/3V_bDO0MSb8?list=RD3V_bDO0MSb8

Muhammet Kahraman - Today I Will Not Die (Official Video)

The song for Syrian kids has been published by my friend.

Today I will not die is a song of hope written for Syrian refugee kids and all children of war in the world.

Lyrics: Turgay Evren 
Melody: Muhammet Kahraman
Arrangement: Emre Moğulkoç


Today I will not cry




Today I will be happy




Today I will not die
Today my land is Turkey 

Dreams were my home
The jets hijacked




Green was my land
Before the sunset, I will not give up
I will leave behind
Blood and death
My orphan heart is my best friend
My smile sets my path

We are the children of heaven
Our love will beat all the weapons
We are the roses of all seasons
Compassion will conquer all the vengeance
We are all brothers and sisters
We deserve the world much better

Today I will not complain
Today I will be content
Today I got no space for pain
Hope will spread to every tent

My toys are bombs
Raining from the skies
Human rights are a song
Composed of white lies
My soul will not starve
Hope will not drown
In the sea of blame
My heart will not go lame
My innocence will rise again 

Dreams were my home
The jets hijacked


Green was my land
Before the sunset
I will not give up
I will leave behind
Blood and death
My orphan heart is my best friend
My smile sets my path

We are the children of the heaven
Our love will beat all the weapons
We are the roses of all seasons
Compassion will conquer all the vengeance
We are all brothers and sisters
We deserve the world much better

The genius of Marie Curie - Shohini Ghose

Marie Skłodowska Curie’s revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. But what did she actually do? Shohini Ghose expounds on some of Marie Skłodowska Curie’s most revolutionary discoveries.

English Core Quadrant animation (5 minutes)

http://www.pearson.pl/pearson-streaming-2017-06-09-2/go.htmlCome and 
Come and talk to Professor Jacek  Santorski.

Native speakers know the culture? - BBELT 2017

Talk about your feelings...

"A man worth being with is one… That never lies to you Is kind to people that have hurt him A person that respects another’s life That has manners and shows people respect That goes out of his way to help people That feels every person, no matter how difficult, deserves compassion Who believes you are the most beautiful person he has ever met Who brags about your accomplishments with pride Who talks to you about anything and everything because no bad news will make him love you less That is a peacemaker That will see you through illness Who keeps his promises Who doesn’t blame others, but finds the good in them That raises you up and motivates you to reach for the stars That doesn’t need fame, money or anything materialistic to be happy That is gentle and patient with children Who won’t let you lie to yourself; he tells you what you need to hear, in order to help you grow Who lives what he says he believes in Who doesn’t hold a grudge or hold onto the past Who doesn’t ask his family members to deliberately hurt people that have hurt him Who will run with your dreams That makes you laugh at the world and yourself Who forgives and is quick to apologize Who doesn’t betray you by having inappropriate conversations with other women Who doesn’t react when he is angry, decides when he is sad or keep promises he doesn’t plan to keep Who takes his children’s spiritual life very seriously and teaches by example Who never seeks revenge or would ever put another person down Who communicates to solve problems Who doesn’t play games or passive aggressively ignores people to hurt them Who is real and doesn’t pretend to be something he is not Who has the power to free you from yourself through his positive outlook Who has a deep respect for women and treats them like a daughter of God Who doesn’t have an ego or believes he is better than anyone Who is labeled constantly by people as the nicest person they have ever met Who works hard to provide for the family Who doesn’t feel the need to drink alcohol to have a good time, smoke or do drugs Who doesn't have to hang out a bar with his friends, but would rather spend his time with his family Who is morally free from sin Who sees your potential to be great Who doesn't think a woman's place has to be in the home; he supports your life mission, where ever that takes you Who is a gentleman Who is honest and lives with integrity Who never discusses your private business with anyone Who will protect his family Who forgives, forgets, repairs and restores When you find a man that possesses these traits then all the little things you don’t have in common don’t matter. This is the type of man worth being grateful for." — Shannon L. Alder 71 likes	Like Liked! view quote
	"Do Something! I was sitting on a plane after a long, tiring business trip. I was a bit grouchy and irritable because the rigorous schedule I had made for myself left me exhausted. Looking to not talk to the person next to me and simply endure the flight, I decided to open my newspaper and read about what was happening in the world. As I continued to read, it seemed that everywhere I looked there were stories of injustice, pain, suffering, and people losing hope. Finally, fueled by my tired, irritable state, I became overcome with compassion and frustration for the way things were. I got up and went to the bathroom and broke down. With tears streaming down my face, I helplessly looked to the sky and yelled to God. “God, look at this mess. Look at all this pain and suffering. Look at all this killing and hate. God, how could you let this happen? Why don’t you do something?” Just then, a quiet stillness pacified my heart. A feeling of peace I won’t ever forget engulfed my body. And, as I looked into my own eyes in the mirror, the answer to my own question came back to me… “Steve, stop asking God to do something. God already did something, he gave you life. Now YOU do something!" — Steve Maraboli (Life, the Truth, and Being Free) 62 likes	Like Liked! view quote
	"Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for instance, that I will something or other; but what relation this has with freedom I cannot understand at all. I feel that I will to light my pipe and I do it; but how can I connect this up with the idea of freedom? What is behind the act of willing to light the pipe? Another act of willing? Schopenhauer once said: Der Mensch kann was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will (Man can do what he will but he cannot will what he wills)." — Albert Einstein 38 likes	Like Liked! view quote
	"I hurried to the southern corridor, relieved when I was safe in the blackness there. Relieved and horrified. It was really over now. I'm so afraid, I whimpered. Before Mel could respond, a heavy hand dropped on my shoulder from the darkness. "Going somewhere?" I was so tightly wound that I shrieked in terror; I was so terrified that my shriek was only a breathless little squeal. "Sorry!" Jared's arm went round my shoulders, comforting. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." "What are you doing here?" I demanded, still breathless. "Following you. I've been following you all night." "Well, stop it now." There was a hesitation in the dark, and his arm didn't move. I shrugged out from under it, but he caught my wrist. His grip was firm; I wouldn't be able to shake free easily. "You're going to see Doc?" he asked, and there was no confusion in his question. It was obvious that he wasn't talking about a social visit. "Of course I am." I hissed the words so that he wouldn't hear the panic in my voice. "What else can I do after today?It's not going to get any better. And this isn't Jeb's decision to make." "I know. I'm on your side." It made me angry that these words still had the power to hurt me, to bring tears stinging into my eyes. I tried to hold onto the thought of Ian - he was the anchor, as Kyle somehow had been for Sunny - but it was hard with Jared's hand touching me, with the smell of him in my nose. Like trying to make out the song of one violin when the entire percussion section was bashing away... "Then let me go, Jared. Go away. I want to be alone." The words came out fierce and fast and hard. It was easy to hear that they weren't lies. "I should come with you." "You'll have Melanie back soon enough," I snapped. "I'm only asking for a few minutes, Jared. Give me that much." Another pause; his hand didn't loosen. "Wanda, I would come to be with you." The tears spilled over. I was grateful for the darkness. "It wouldn't feel that way," I whispered. "So there's no point." — Stephenie Meyer (The Host (The Host, #1))

Inquiry-Based Learning: Developing Student-Driven Questions

As a language teacher, I use all kinds of tricks just because making students speak and building their self-confidence in keeping the conversation going is the most essential for me. When I teach Polish, my foreigners and I have to speak only Polish, and also my English classes are run wholly in English. I teach without a bridge language. This way they are required to forget about native language and start speaking as well as thinking in a foreign language. Thinking in a foreign language, this is basically what I want my learners to achieve. My students learn the language in different contexts, mostly singing phrases, expressions, collocations, idioms, phrasal verbs also telling stories. Moreover, I prompt them to speak to everybody, even to themselves in a foreign linguistic communication. Consequently, they can communicate as well as discuss a variety of beautiful narrations. Many teachers spend most of their time altering each other’s errors.
Nevertheless, I correct only fundamental mistakes, as I don’t want students to stop talking. I also encourage my learners to listen to songs, see flicks with captions in a language they learn, read a lot and then forward.

Halina's Online English Classes

I am a passionate non- native English teacher from Poland. Teaching is a big part of my life. With that understanding, I am a lifelong scholar.
I am in a blended learning/ training and flipped classroom.
The traditional physical classroom settings for my lessons are not efficient enough.
In my view, technology gives us many new possibilities.
I prefer blended learning, which means, taking advantage of both, traditional f2f techniques and opportunities confronted by new technologies.

An occasion to meet and connect with people from the entire Globe is one of the reasons I appreciate online communication, very much.

I retired in October 2013 and signed for a freelance Senior Lecturer occupation at the Wroclaw University of Technology.

At present, I am going to continue taking and giving online English courses. What is more, I am confidently getting ready to finalize my online project Halina’s English

Leonard Cohen Dance Me To The End Of Love

Lala, lala

Marek-Kiczkowiak about Native and Non- Native English Teachers

What makes a good English Teacher?

Slog's Dad

Slog's Dad
Slog's Dad is a story by the renowned British author David Almond and is the third of the BritLit kits produced by Russian teachers under the guidance of Alan Pulverness from NILE (Norwich Institute of Language Education). This BritLit kit is aimed at developing interest in and motivation for reading, based on creative exploration of the literary text.
Topic
Magic
Level
Upper-Intermediate / B2+
Age
14+
Aims

1. Pre-reading activities activate language and cultural knowledge necessary for understanding the story, as well leading into the genre of magical realism.
2. While-reading activities are designed to encourage predicting and interpreting, which are crucial for building up motivation for reading.
3. After-reading activities are focused on the style and themes of the story, which provides a good opportunity for the development of reading skills, as well as prompting imagination and creativity.

The ‘kit’ is aimed at developing interest in and motivation for reading, based on creative exploration of the literary text.

Pre-reading activities activate language and cultural knowledge necessary for comprehending the story, as well leading into the genre of magical realism.

While-reading activities are designed to encourage predicting and interpreting, which are crucial for building up motivation for reading.

After-reading activities are focused on the style and themes of the story, which provides a good opportunity for the development of reading skills, as well as prompting imagination and creativity.

The ‘kit’ was designed by Russian teachers and methodologists under the guidance of Alan Pulverness,  Assistant Academic Director, Norwich Institute for Language Education, UK.

By;

 Elizaveta Bogdanova Ludmila Borbotko Olga Romanova Svetlana Sokolova Olga Sventsitskaya Ludmila Talsi Marina Vorontsova

 Tell a fantastic story

 Sample story: Once a baby was left at home with its sister, Anna, who was only 5 years old. Their parents went to the supermarket to do some shopping. Anna was playing with the baby when she heard a dog barking outside. She opened the window and looked out. There was a rabbit being taken for a walk by Mr Fletcher, who lived nearby. Oh, the rabbit was so lovely that Anna couldn’t but show it to her little brother. She took him to the window. It was not very difficult. Then she put him on the window- sill and… the baby… fell down from the fifth floor! Guess what? He landed right on the fluffy rabbit … safe and sound!

Why You Need To Include Narrative In Your Online Learning

Why You Need To Include Narrative In Your Online Learning:
Want to know why you need to include Narrative In Your Online Learning? Check all the reasons why you need to include Narrative In Your Online Learning.

By Juliette Denny

April 4, 2017

Storytelling is my primary teaching approach.

The main benefit to using narrative in training is that stories are easier to remember

 It just involves creating a story in your mind containing all the elements you want to recall.

The ancient memory recall technique that’s still used by majority of teachers and students is not effective at all.

Memorizing isolated vocabulary doesn't  make any sense.
Students should learn the language in the natural contexts, with the expressions, the phrases, and idioms.

 

Interview with Marek Kiczkowiak

Interview with Marek Kiczkowiak

Interview description

Marek shares his work in raising awareness of native speakerism with employers, teacher training organisations and customers. Marek looks at the need to discuss global English, address the different training needs and prepare trainees and learners expectations as best we can.

Reducing the demand for native English speaking teachers

Submitted by Anne Radowick on Tue, 2017-04-04 10:31

Marek points to the weak link in the cycle when he mentions marketers and agents.  I think students are open-minded about who they will consider a "real" teacher. It may be the prejudice of their parents that keeps this system going as well.  How are you going to reach the marketers? Do they go to conferences? Are they keeping up with the myriad of changes that come with our profession? If they do not, then it will be quite difficult for them to be on the side of the students and promote learning from a well-qualified teacher of whatever background.  Once the seller makes it clear that a product is no longer on offer, the buyers will have to adjust their wants to what is available.  Who doesn't enjoy a good rotary dial telephone?? But they are no longer for sale so we move on and make do with our smartphones.  And lo and behold, calls go through.  The same will happen in TEFL if agents can get the customer to move on to the next generation of product. 

I am a Non - Native English Teacher

Submitted by Halina Ostankow... on Tue, 2017-04-04 12:15

I am a Non- Native English Online Teacher looking for the line of work for a long time.
The biggest problem is my nonnativeness.
I have been offering English Conversational Online Courses for some time and had a lot of students participating for free.
Alas, when it comes to paid courses, nobody has decided to sign, nonetheless.
I would require the necessary question about how dependable is a teacher, what science does he use, what are the methods and the teaching effectiveness.
  

IATEFL Online NEST and NNEST

Now the topic is about:

¢NEST = Native English Speaking Teacher

¢NNEST = Non-Native English Speaking Teacher

IATEFL Online on You Tube

Interesting INTERVIEWS before the Conference.
34 watching now

IATEFL Online Conference in Glasgow

Online coverage of the Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition in Glasgow, 2017

I have just become an IATEFL Online Registered Blogger.

Unfortunately, I cannot join the Conference. Personally, I am willing to 'attend virtually' (or sometimes follow an online coverage) and share the knowledge with other instructors from around the globe.

Following my previous year experience, I am willing to write a few blog posts about the video content (streamed or recorded interviews or video sessions) published on the IATEFL Online site during the 2017 IATEFL Conference.

 http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2017

Watch the 2017 IATEFL Conference live online

51st Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
SEC, Glasgow, UK
4th-7th April 2017
Pre-Conference Events and Associates' Day, 3rd April 2017

http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/

Halina, English teacher from Poland - italki

Halina, English teacher from Poland - italki

I am an enthusiastic online non-native English teacher. To make it clear, I teach Polish as a foreign language and English.

I have been teaching English online since 2010. I have taught children as well as adults. I have a master’s degree in education from the University of Wroclaw, Poland, Philology, Linguistics Jul 1974.

After 40 years of teaching, I grow into an experienced online professional tutor. I specialize in Conversational English. I also prepare, for variety tests, including the Cambridge and Oxford standardized exams.

I have learnt a lot from my online friend Dr. Nellie, who has been giving me wonderful opportunities to join her online courses as well as online conferences.

Thanks to her as a passionate English teacher, I take advantage of new technologies. My approach is Teaching English with Technology. I use blended learning, flipping the classroom, learning by teaching or encouraging change from passive to fully active learners are significant implements in my teaching/ learning.

The view from my balcony.

Halina's Online English Classes

https://ostankowicz.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/the-essentials-about-halinas-teaching/

“Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics”

Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.^[1][2] It has its roots in 1940s' and 1950s' rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.

 

Charles's recording hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. "Hit the Road Jack" won a Grammy award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. The song was number one on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, thereby becoming Charles's sixth number one on that chart. The song is ranked number 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". 

It is only

"It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)"

If I could stick my pen in my heart
And spill it all over the stage
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange?
If I could win ya, if I could sing ya
A love song so divine
Would it be enough for your cheating heart
If I broke down and cried? If I cried?
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely?
If I could stick a knife in my heart
Suicide right on stage
Would it be enough for your teenage lust
Would it help to ease the pain? Ease your brain?
If I could dig down deep in my heart
Feelings would flood on the page
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would ya think the boy's insane? He's insane
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely?
And do ya think that you're the only girl around?
I bet you think that you're the only woman in town
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it. I like it...