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Happy Holidays Everybody!

December 25, 2008 By 3 Comments

Show 81 takes a look at using dictionaries in the classroom. When should students use them? what is the best way to use them? What kind of dictionary should you recommend?

All this and an incredibly cheesy opening! Wow, a deal at twice the price!

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Happy holidays!

As always, the feed for the show is in the right side links or, if you want, you can catch them here.

Scott

**UPDATE**

I was thinking about dictionaries again and remembered this video I saw about a year ago. Erin McKean at the TED conference.

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Dude vs. the Librarian – Show 80

December 13, 2008 By 2 Comments

Good Evening all,

Show 80 takes a bit of a look in the mirror and asks “What kind of teacher are you?” To be clear, there can be no right answer for this one, so make sure you can support your answer with examples. Don’t forget to cite your sources :)

By the time you see this, the show should be in your iTunes queue already. What’s that? you aren’t subscribed? Shame on you! get over there and get that done right now. Remember, the first 50 shows now reside in the “EdgyArchive” feed.

And before you go, don’t forget to leave us a message on MyChingo on the right there, or a comment below the show you listened to.

One last thing, tell all your friends!! Post about us on your blog or on other blogs related to ESL.

As always, the feed for the show is in the right side links or, if you want, you can catch them here.

Also, If you like our theme, stop by Mark Blasco’s site Podcast Themes. (Thanks Mark!)

Scott

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Welcome net@night listeners!

December 11, 2008 By 3 Comments

Hi all,

Thanks for stopping by. (And a huge thank you to Amber and Leo!!!)

If you are interested in teaching English, but are not sure what to expect…. I’d recommend a trip to the archives and catch the first couple of shows. We lay out some of the basics of getting into the field there. For those of you who are out and in the classroom already, subscribe and then hit any of the shows that look interesting.

Everything is stand alone, and there are only a couple of repeating themes.

Again,

Welcome to the site and tell your friends!

Scott

P.S. If you want to hear the net@night episode you can get there from here.

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Research and Reading – Show 79

December 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The conundrum that faces new folks in the field, should I try to fit all the newest research into my classroom?

Tune in to find out!! This week we ramble on about the new teacher vs. research. It also counts for those of us who have been around a while. I actually cite a paper in the episode only to realize that it was the wrong one!! the actual paper that I refer to is:

Rankin & Becker, Does Reading the Research Make a Difference? A Case Study of Teacher Growth in FL GermanThe Modern Language Journal, 90, iii, (2006)

A nice little case study about the topic at hand. I don’t want to spoil the ending so you’ll have to listen to the show!!

As always, the feed for the show is in the right side links or, if you want, you can catch them here.

Also, If you like our theme, stop by Mark Blasco’s site Podcast Themes. (Thanks Mark!)

Scott

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