Kieran Donaghy

Kieran Donaghy, Spain, Further, English, ESL

I am an English teacher who has taught in the UK, Italy, Portugal and Spain I have Masters degrees in TEFL, and Business Communication. I am interested in the uses of ICT, images and film. I am the co-author of Cineliteracy to be published in September 2011. I am a teacher and teacher trainer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Film English
The two main objectives of Film English are:
1. To promote the critical and creative use of film in the language classroom
2. To promote cineliteracy, the ability to read critically and evaluate moving images, in the language classroom.

The blog is promoting cineliteracy. The moving image is a shared and vital global language. The lives of young people are informed by the moving image. From early childhood, we live in a word saturated by audio-visual texts. Critical understanding understanding of the moving image is becoming an integral part of literacy. Cineliteracy, the ability to analyse moving image text, may sharpen students’ responses to English literature and may help to increase their reading and writing skills in English.

Theme: esl, efl, visual literacy, cineliteracy, esl movies, films, 21st century literacy, film studies, film language

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Honor Moorman

Honor Moorman, USA, Secondary

I am a high school teacher, university adjunct, and doctoral student. I blog about English language arts teaching and 21st century literacy.

Honor Moorman - currently offline
An exploration of literacy and learning in a web 2.0 world.

Theme: 21st century literacy, web 2.0

Jen Farr

Jen Farr, USA, K-12 Students & Educators, Educational Technology

Jen is a certified New York State administrator who has 17 years experience working directly with teachers, students, and technology. She has been a keynote speaker and has presented workshops at the local, regional, and national level.

Prior to writing her daily blog she published an inquiry based monthly online resource site that was used by educators in 150+ school districts across New York State.

Farr-Out Links to Learning - currently offline
Jen writes a daily edtech blog as part of her professional mission to research and share resources that will inspire educators to become lifetime learners so that they in turn can teach students to be competent in subject matter, digitally literate, effective collaborators, creative thinkers, and innovative problem solver.

Jen has also researched and developed 150+ websites and 40+ workshops. Feel free to contact her to find out more about the learning opportunities she offers teachers and educators who are interested in using technology to help students develop 21st Century skills that support curriculum expectations and life skills.

Theme: edtech, education, Web2.0, cross-curricular, technology, K-12, integration, technology education, digital literacy, digital technology, differentiated, eteaching, 21st Century Literacy, instructional technology

Robert J. Rubis

Rob Rubis (Robert J. Rubis), Thailand, Secondary, School Libraries & the move in libraries from web1.0 to web2.0

I am a Career Teacher-Librarian and have been a technology advocate since helping launch the first travelling computer roadshow in Abbotsford, BC (Commodore VIC20s) in 1980.

Environmental degradation, rapid societal change, the explosion of web2.0 technologies and the impact each has on underlying teaching pedagogy, has inspired me to launch a blog with “Devil’s Advocate” tendencies.

Edging Ahead...
“Edging Ahead” describes my current attitude to technology adoption. We now link out from a blog front end to our online research tools including subscription databases, online productivity tools, streaming video and iptv.

We employ Nings, Wikis and Googledocs when they lend themselves to teaching/learning situations and offer wireless laptops for student productivity use. There are many new avenues to explore, but “Edging Ahead” is a vehicle for reflecting on the educational implications of adoption before we act.

Theme: digital literacy, 21st century literacy, technology adoption, individualized learning, metacognition

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Kwan Tuck Soon

Kwan Tuck Soon, Singapore, Primary, Chinese Language, Civic and Moral Education

I am a primary school Chinese language teacher from Singapore. I have been teaching for 3 years and I am passionate about teaching using technology.

Education Soon-to-be
* My personal pedagogical reflections of daily teachings.
* Sharing of ideas and strategies, especially those related with Chinese language teaching and educational technology.
* Links to great tools, websites, edublogs and education news, updates and information.
* Education podcasts, vodcasts, screencasts, and any Web 2.0 media.
* Past, present and future education trends, i.e. Education Soon-to-be.

Theme: teaching, education, education system, educational technology, creativity, future trends, chinese language, mandarin speaking, 21st century literacy, cyberwellness, digital citizenship, web2.0, tools, edublogger, classroom management, engaged learning, blended learning, right brain thinking, flat classroom, wikinomics, classroom2.0, learning2.0