It is time to write exams and here is some advice to my students on writing essays. Topics: Analyze and
Making presentations for class
What makes a good presentation? Here are places I have found some good points. Presentation Zen, Context matters and Simple but
Elaborate on and discuss a number of international and global challenges
Seems like a tall order for students to be able to both elaborate and discuss a number of international and
School lumps by ability, not age
A novel approach to education with no grades and no grade levels. The RISC Approach to Schooling is a revolutionary
Obama’s statement on death of Osama bin Laden- writing a newspaper article
[cnnvideo url=’http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/05/01/sot.obama.bin.laden.dead.cnn’ inline=’true’] Objectives: Imagine you are attending this press conference and have a deadline to write about this historic
Writing better blog posts
Here are some useful tips I found at the Edublogger web-page on how to write better blog posts and get
English as a global language – don’t insist on English!
TED Talks At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world’s focus on English preventing
Students creating content online – Live Internet Radio Show
Assessing students’ communication skills In Norway the students get two grades in the class called “International English”assessing the students communicative
Free Documentary TV – Watch Free Documentaries
Free Documentary TV is designed to help you find and watch documentary films online. You can browse through 1700+ films
International guest visits our International English class!
Today, our class had a visitor from Lesotho. Lesotho is a country in the Southern part of Africa. It is
10 rules schools should follow in order to sustain engaging learning with the students
I had a great day yesterday at the It’s learning conference in Bergen and today I have taken some time
Itslearning conference with Michael B. Horn
I took an early plane to Bergen on the 11th of April to attend the It’s learning’s pre-conference with Michael
Who speaks English?
Competency goals: One of the competency goals in “International English” goes like this: Give examples of other varieties of English
How to make a splash in social media
Take a look at this 3 minutes presentation on TED. Do you see any areas where you as students could
The media’s role in international society
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive
