English Virtual Community

Vance Stevens is visiting La Plata! He kindly accepted my invitation to give a presentation. He will speak about "PLN ( Personal Learning Network): The paradigm shift  in learner and teacher autonomy"  at the School of Languages. When? at 12.30 p.m.  next Wednesday -August 11th .  Free entrance but you should book your place in advance by phoning 0221 423 6672

Last Saturday we had our first chat session of Writing Matrix Reloaded. Writing Matrix Reloaded group is pretty different from the one we had last year. Matías, Barbara, Joao and María Luján are still with us - LUCKILY- , the new participants are all teachers: Beyza from Turkey , Berta from Venezuela, José Da Silva from Brazil and Liliana from Argentina . The chat lasted and hour and it was about tags and tagging , their use and purpose. Some teachers found it interesting and clarifying. Writing Matrix Tagging in Youtube by Vance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHjlCY0BCNo

" The 2006 K-12 Online Conference provided outstanding opportunities for free, collaborative, accessible professional learning for educators around the globe. The 2007 conference is shaping up to provide more exceptional learning opportunities in the same spirit of collaboration and sharing! This year’s fantastic line up of keynote presenters will create an inviting and welcoming introduction in which the sharing of ideas among diverse learners working in diverse contexts continues. These distinguished folks will not only extend the conversations, but also invite each of us to stretch and grow as they share their expertise and wisdom in their respective strands. We are delighted they have each agreed to accept their roles as keynote presenters." We are happy to participate in the K12 Online 2007 as presenters :Vance Stevens, Nelba Quintana, Doris Molero, Sasa Sirk, and Rita Zeinstejer “ Motivating Student Writers by Fostering Collaboration through Tagging and Aggregating” htt...