My blogroll Revamped !

Just the ticket here: Magpie Moments by Anna http://annarose03.typepad.com/blog/ Great blog documenting her lessons with low level (inc. prelit) ESOL students, taking ideas, plans, materials, anything and documenting what she does with it in class. I think you’d like it.

Cheers,

Mike =)

Thanks Mike !

I think I had heard of it chez EnglishRaven, but now taking a better look.  

You have just given me another resourse to delve into – I am only familiar with some of the blogs! Always learning something new on THIS blog!
I second Mike’s recommendation about the Magpie’s blog, though she hasn’t been posting recently – excellent!
Thanks for including me!

Hi Brad! I have just come across this new blog: http://tryingoutweb24ed.blogspot.com/2011/09/talking-about-presentation-skills.html You may find it interesting. Kisses and hugs.

Merci 4 the kind words, Naomi. Everyone should check out your blog !  Refreshing, always new angles and your teaching population is unique so you really do have something different to share. I’m a big fan !    Cheers, b

Hey Sabrina !

Thanks for the REC.  Just now checking it out and some great ideas for the classroom.  Cheers (and besos tambìen

Hi Brad, I am a newbie when it comes to the blogoshpere.  My job is to mentor new teachers hired to our school division.  I believe that building a PLN is one of the most accessible ways for people to learn and improve professionally and want to encourage our new teachers to “grow their PLN”.   I have started a blog for the new teachers in our school division.  I have read so many amazing blogs and feel somewhat intimidated by the quality of the work.  This is new for me and I hope to develop my blogging skills.  You can check us out at stjamesnewteachers.blogspot.com.  I would love to get any feedback or suggestions you may have.  PS.  How did you create the revolving word cloud on the bottom right hand corner?  It is awesome.

Thanks for the comment, Julie !

First off, the little cloud is a wordpress plugin:  http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-cumulus/  I saw that you all are on blogger… not sure if there’s something similar on that platform.

I only started blogging a few months ago and have really enjoyed the journey.  If you’re writing your blog for new teachers, then it might be interesting to hear what they’d like to read about, or what their concerns are.  It’s not even necessarily important to produce “original” content, but to find someone else’s great post on PLN for example, and then expand to your context.

Took a spin of your new site and looks good.  Best of luck with the new term !  Cheers, brad

Hi Brad,

Thanks for adding me to your blogroll (though the odd rant aside, I don’t see myself as a ‘discussion-oriented’ blogger).

Ome great blog I’ve discovered recntly by another Englishman also based in Ankara is http://allthingslearning.wordpress.com/ – tough to pick one post to start you off with as there’s plenty of food for thought there!

Dave

Hi Brad,

I’m kinda new to all this blogging and tweeting so this list of blogs to read is great, thanks.

Sure has saved me a lot of searching!

Glad u find it helpful !   Cheers

Hey Dave-

Shall we throw you over into that rambuncious bunch of “comment @  blogs” ?

I just found Tony’s blog yesterday and oddly enough it was on your blog that I saw him mention another post of his.  Go figure !  And I agree, plenty of food 4 thought.

Thanks, Brad (though my last name doesn’t have a T–that’s actually my first initial tagged on the end there for Twitter).

I think you have the majority of blogs I keep going.  Danika Barker’s (http://dbarker.edublogs.org/) is the only one off the top of my head.  She’s not ELT though.

Cheers   (aha… no T… gotchya !)

Checked out Danika’s blog.  Very nice indeed.  Merci 4 the rec.

Thank you Brad. Some great resources here and a timely reminder that all the stuff on the side needs regular pruning too! Must check mine out!
Berni

Thanks for the mention. I hope this post inspires some other bloggers to spruce up their blog rolls too (hint hint)

Cheers for adding me Brad, and for reminding me that my blogroll is badly in need of attention!

Here’s my recommendation for  a blog that I don’t think has had a mention yet, that I think you and your readers will enjoy:

The Island Weekly, by Anne Hodgson http://annehodgson.de/

Sue

de rien, mr teacher james !

Just stopped by Anne’s site.  Wow… as I think you said once, it’s surprising to uncover gems you’d never even heard of !  Thanks for the the rec

Hey Anne-

Thanks for the kind words. I just stopped by your blog (by Sue Lyon Jones REC below) and am very impressed.  Likewise, I think you’ve done a nice job or organizing your blog roll.  So much out there, isn’t there !

It is true that the PLN takes us to magnificent places we wouldn’t see otherwise.  I’ve always become quite fond of Summify for this reason— as it averts us to those “most tweeted” stories we may have missed.

Cheers, Brad

cheers  There is a tree-like feel to blogrolls… their roots connect us all, and a bit of pruning every now and again feels necessary.

Thanks so much Sue

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