Marisa Constantinides – TEFL Matters

Language Teaching, Teacher Education & New Technologies

My Nominations for the Edublogs Awards 2011 – #eddies11

Blog post December 2nd, 2011

I still remember how much I enjoyed being nominated for some of the awards as a new blogger and tweeter in 2009 and how much this encouraged me to keep blogging and to try to keep getting better. Some people may still think these nominations have no value – well, they do; it’s our colleagues [...]

My 11 from ’11

Blog post November 30th, 2011

Am taking up  Adam Simpson’s challenge, well, not really a challenge, more like an invitation but such a nice way to look back at what I have blogged about this year.  Adam said, “Choose the best 11” but I must confess I don’t write as many posts as all that. Some people seem to be able to churn [...]

Happy 1st Birthday #ELTchat!

Blog post, Second Life September 24th, 2011

Happy Birthday #ELTchat and all #ELTchat followers! It’s been an amazing year and I am very proud and grateful to have been a part of this! I look forward to many more birthdays and many more new directions that this great PLN will take me to! Thank to all who follow and make my Wednesdays [...]

Survey on the use of Social Networks for Foreign Language Teachers

Blog post August 6th, 2011

Dear PLN, Many of you are aware that since earlier this year,  I have been involved in an EU funded project – aPLaNet – whose aim is to help Foreign Language Teachers develop and maintain their own PLN in an autonomous way. Creating one’s PLN takes time, effort and commitment,  and those of you reading [...]

The New Twitter and why I don’t like it

Blog post June 25th, 2011

For months now, the “new” Twitter has been warning me that I should switch to that, because soon I will have to one way or the other. Today there was a severe warning You all know how I love Twitter and what I think about its value and role in forming my PLN!  And, on [...]