By Barbara Dieu · July 07, 2005
On July 20, 2005, for 12 hours non-stop, Tapped In will be organizing its sixth annual Festival, during which participants will get acquainted with the various interest groups, and the weekly meetings offered for professional development.
We would like to invite you all to participate in the event and join us at The Blogstreams Salon Group, where the resources we have collected will be displayed.
At 22:00 GMT/UTC, Aaron and I will do a live presentation, highlighting projects and sharing some class activities aimed at developing the language, critical thinking skills and promoting greater learner autonomy.
Dekita.org and the Blogstreams Salon at Tapped In strive at developing a supportive community of EFL learners and experts from different cultures who would like to engage in interaction through weblogging and webpublishing and transcend the limitations of semester and curricula.
Meet other educators/experts, discover and share resources and experience during the one hour informal Sunday synchronous chats in the Blogstreams Salon Group at Tapped In and carry on your conversation, voice your doubts, share your everyday successes in the classroom through the Dekita Group Mailing.
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Cynthia Alvarado
wrote on July 21, 2005:
The Blogstream Salon presentation was very enlightening. I am still trying to process all that I learned. I am certain that joining in on Sundays will expand my knowledge.
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Bee
wrote on July 22, 2005:
Looking forward to having you with us, Cynthia and your questions are most welcome!
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AJ Hoge
wrote on August 23, 2005:
“transcend the limitations of semester and curricula”..... what a fantastic statement and exactly what I hope to do in my own teaching.
I think the days of rigid curriculum, strict syllabi, set in stone semesters, and boring lectures are going going and not far from being gone (and thank goodness for that)!
Time to break down the ridiculous wall between “school” and “the world”. Learning is a messy, organic, inherently pleasurable, fasciniting process—a process most traditional schools work overtime to squash.
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