Cigdem Göle

I've only recently heard about Wikiversity and took a look at it.

It seems like a good resource for both teachers and students.

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity...ersity_teachers

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:Learning_Materials

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:Education

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Learning_project

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity...munity_projects

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:Pre-school_Education

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:Primary_Education

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:Secondary_Education

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:Tertiary_Education

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:School_subjects

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:History

One of the many tributes to the film with the original soundtrack, Everybody's

Gotta Learn Sometimes (Beck)

The video covers almost all of the memorable scenes in the movie, including

Joel and Clementine's escape from the memory erasers.

Paul Banks; talent, melody and poetry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyqzpXAJ3SA

edit--wrong link

I wonder if there were similar frictions that broke up The Ministers Quartet? "

Could be...maybe the root of the controversy was the question of who will touch him and who won't.

With apologies to Kathy Becket

Another rock group that didn't last long was The Brain Strokes, who

released a single titled Last Nite I Had A Near-Fatal Brain Injury in 2001

but mysteriously vanished afterwards.

There are always some music groups that we think should never have broken up.

Such as;

A little-known band from the 1960s that broke up due to some unspecified controversies, The Ministers Quartet:

Dan,

Your post reminded me that I should mention another band that broke up long ago.

Adolf and The Hitlers became known around the world with their hit single, I Wanna

Hold Your Land in 1939 but the band broke up in the mid 1940s due to the ego frictions

among members.

There are always some music groups that we think should never have broken up.

Such as;

A little-known band from the 1960s that broke up due to some unspecified controversies, The Ministers Quartet:

They shouldn't be allowed to touch anyone.

Lots of activities, worksheets and downloads for teachers and students.

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslplans.html

http://www.handoutsonline.com/

http://iteslj.org/

I was planning to be in Dallas for the NID conference this year until

something unexpected came up, so I had to cancel my trip.

Debra Conway and Sherry Fiester are two respectable people

who are dedicated to solving the JFK assassination. Being a member

of and participating in the JFKLancer forum has broadened my viewpoint

on both the JFK and RFK assassinations. They're doing a wonderful job there.

I'm hoping to be in Dallas next year to meet Debra and Sherry in person

as well as my dear friends Kathy and Jerry.

I teach university students and observe that the ones

who listen to gangsta rap/hip hop are more likely to be abusive.

They copy the way these rappers dress and behave.

Last year, one of them threatened another student with a knife

in the campus cafeteria.

There's an interesting article about the subject in Copernicus Journal for Young Scientists

http://www.journal-for-young-scientists.ne...ent/view/27/44/

Last week, I attended two Longman seminars about their Longman Interactive Online.

It seems to be a useful tool.

Apart from the physical class, the teacher and students have another

class online where they do homework and self-study. So, the program

enables the teacher to monitor what kind of work the students do outside

the classroom.

Mull Historical Society

Robin Thicke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO8aaAaSApc

The song is very good. The video can be good, too if

you disregard the white hat and the funny dance moves.

But it's really bad.

I hope Noel Gallagher is feeling better.

Oasis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMqlXHp8-IY

Especially in foreign language learning, homework is important because

it helps the students to review and practise what they have learnt in school.

On the other hand, the subject of the homework should be chosen properly and

shouldn't be used as a punishment.

Yet, my little Diary, I don't want to die, I still want to live ..

I would wait for the end of the war in a cellar, or in the attic, or any hole, I would, my little Diary,

I would even allow that cross-eyed gendarme who took the flour from us to kiss me, only not to be killed,

only to be left alive!

You can read more about Eva Heyman here :

http://www.annefrank.dk/children/new_page_5e.htm

Behind every successful man is a woman who is not married to me.

---

Except for the day before the day I met you, this is the happiest day of my life.

Al Bundy - Married With Children

Nickelback, Fallout Boy, Metallica (and all the other hair metal bands),Limp Bizkit,

Creed, Black Eyed Peas, Milli Vanilli (I need a memory erasure to forget them),

Status Quo (only they can play just one song with many different titles),

Nelly Furtado/Lindsay Lohan/Beyonce/Britney/Christina/Jessica&Ashlee Simpson clan.

It can't get much worse...

There are always some music groups that we think should never have broken up.

Such as;

The Smiths

Geneva

Mansun

New Order

Savage Garden

Due to the loaded programme that is being applied in the Preparatory

English classes, there's little time to study novels in the classroom.

Instead of studying them in the class, I prefer to let my students

choose a novel they want to read and tell them to read it at home.

After a month we discuss why each of them chose that particular

novel and whether they enjoyed it or not.

I saw that the book the student chooses to read helps

the teacher and also his/her classmates to understand

the student's personal preferences and views. Also, they

are really enthusiastic to discuss their novel in the classroom,

which is very good because each student learns about a different

novel and a writer and also most times develops interest in reading

what his/her friend recommended.

Interpol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6oIzvholME

Editors

Puressence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOLZq65Wwyg

Some videos with nice choreographies

OK Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

A good example of how to make a music video without spending any money.

The Avalanches

One of my all time favourites.

Fatboy Slim

A classic.

The aim of this thread was not to favour student based learning but to

discuss the effective ways of creating a satisfactory learning environment.

However, I agree with Ms Walker. Young teachers have been told that the most

useful method in class is the student centered approach.

Teacher trainers dictate that the teachers who can make the students do all

the work in class are the best educators. As Mr Simkin pointed out, I, too, have

witnessed some good and bad examples of active learning. I oppose to the idea

that the teacher should leave everything to the student as well as the opposite.

The teacher knows his/her students' needs and learning styles well and uses the best

approach in the class according to them It's wrong to promote only one teaching style

and discredit all the other ways saying that they are old fashioned.

From Dumb & Dumber

Harry: I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.

Lloyd : I was thinking the same thing. That John Denver's full of s**t, man!

The Dardanelles War means victory for Turks, defeat for the Anzac, the British Empire

and France but it also caused peoples of countries that are so far from each other to

establish a connection which will live forever.

Each year in April, we (Turks, Australians and New Zealanders) come together in

Çanakkale to remember and pray for the brave men who gave their lives in Gaba Tepe,

Ari Burnu, Seddülbahir and all around Gelibolu.

I hope to meet my friends in Çanakkale again in April 2009.

http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/

http://www.57ncialay.com/hava.htm

http://www.anzacday.biz/anzac_day/archive/news.asp?index=204

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWdardanelles.htm

http://www.anzacs.net/AnzacStory.htm

In my work life, if I can help my students to express themselves

in a foreign language at the end of the academic year, I consider

myself successful. Of course, the effort spent by the students

plays the most important part in this.

Also, as a foreign language teacher, if I can make at least one elementary level student understand

the difference between the words "accident" and "incident" by saying

"Every accident is an incident but not every incident is an accident.",

I feel quite successful.

In general, to me, success is being able to make someone smile.

Jonsi Birgisson's band, Sigur Ros (from Iceland) use minimalist,

classical and melodic elements in their sound. Beginning from 1997,

Sigur Ros have released five studio albums, one of which (Takk)

gave them international fame.

Almost all Sigur Ros videos have an outstanding art direction with beautiful

scenery of Iceland.

Vidrar Vel Til Loftrasa (Good Weather For Air Strikes) is one of the most powerful

songs of the band and also its video is quite effective, but I decided not to give the

youtube link to the video since some might find it disturbing.

Saeglopur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBTH2E5QPEE

Glosoli

Hoppipolla

We're told that the Longman Interactive Online has been added to this year's

curriculum. It will be my first time using a software in the class, therefore I need

feedback as to whether it is a satisfactory educational tool.

I've also heard that both students and teachers encounter some difficulties in

using the program. I'd appreciate if the teachers who use similar software in their

classrooms post their opinions in this thread.

TIA

http://www.longmanenglishinteractive.com/home.html