Aoife Farrell

Aoife Farrell, Ireland, Primary, English

I'm a Primary School Teacher currently teaching children with English as an additional/second language. I've been teaching for 6 years and this is my second year in this area.

ESLaloud - currently offline
The blog is a collection of poems suitable for young children learning english. The headings that the poems fall under are in line with the topics to be covered in the Up and Away Programme, the guidelines laid out by the Department of Education in Ireland for teaching English as an additional language.

The poems are simple and vocabulary rich. They are accompanied by pictures of vocabulary and suitable for interactive whiteboard use. They will have worksheet and whiteboard activities to accompany them soon.

The idea for the site came about due to frustration trying to find poems simple enough for young english language learners to understand, learn and enjoy.

Theme: english language, poetry, poems, language learning, ESL, ELL, teaching resources

Daniel Yáñez González-Irún

Daniel Yáñez González-Irún, UK, Adult, Literature

Psychology graduate (B. A. Hon., University of Sussex), freelance writer, poet, photographer and translator... School of Computing and Cognitive Science, University of Sussex (U.K.) - Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Psychology).

Pre-Diploma in Counselling. The British School of Yoga: Diploma in Mental Health, Selection Interview Technique Course - 2008, Child Protection Course - 2008-09

UK vocal for the Spanish art association Ocre & Oro, the Art and the Artist.

La Fábrica de Sombras - currently offline
My photography, drawings and writings (poetry, fictional and non-fictional texts).

Theme: poetry, essay, fiction, photography, drawings

Lyn Tiernan

Lyn Tiernan, Australia, Secondary, English

I am an English teacher. I've been teaching for 30 years and have always loved technology. Does anyone remember the 'keylink' project (before the Internet!)? Right now I am 'upskilling' because we just got 1:1 with laptops. I like learning new software and thinking about the ways I can work with students in a creative and connected way.

Lyn's Blog
A bit of an experiment - if I want kids to blog then I should give it a go and connect with other like minded teachers. I also have a lot of general experience of teaching to share.

Theme: english, literature, laptops, writing, technology, poetry, pedagogy, cooperative learning

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Alan J Wright

Alan J Wright, Australia, Primary, Secondary, Teaching the Craft of Writing

An extensive career in education as a classroom teacher, consultant and administrator in Australia has been followed by almost six years working as a literacy consultant based in New York.

Returned to Australia in 2007, I have worked as a consultant in Victoria, Australia across a range of educational settings. Currently writing a blog to support educators who wish become more effective writing teachers. Writing poetry, short stories, novels consumes much of my writing time.

Alan J Wright
Would you take piano lessons from someone who didn't actually play the piano? It is the same for teaching writing. I can't think of anything more powerful to do than to allow your students to see you commit to the same challenges they face as writers.

Writing with your students makes you credible as a teacher of writing. You instantly become a partner in the learning journey. Like these young writers you will understand the challenge of the blank page. Sit among them and write! Write in front of them. Share your writing thoughts and ideas.

Think aloud about writing and watch them take up writing challenges with renewed conviction. This is the only way to create a sense of community in the classroom. Celebrate together those constant triumphs, no matter how small they may appear to be. This blog aims to share the journey towards becoming an effective teacher of writing.

Theme: writing, writing craft, writing workshop, conferencing, quality conversation, revision, editing, mentors, literature, poetry, young writers, elementary, middle, secondary, primary education

Daniel Lund

Daniel Lund, Chatham, Illinois, USA, Elementary Education,

I live and work in Chatham, Illinois, USA, a small town 4 hours south of Chicago. I teach fifth grade at Glenwood Intermediate School.

Mr Lund's Fifth Grade Class
The blog is an extension of our classroom learning environment. The students enjoy having visitors from other parts of the country to our blog.

We've used these visits to connect geography, current events, and our lives with the world. We'd welcome visits and comments!

Theme: fifth grade, math challenge problems, poetry, reading, book talks, parent communication

Richard Millwood

Richard Millwood, England, UK, All Sectors, Learning Technology

I direct Core Education UK and I am Reader in Distributed Learning working on the Inter-Disciplinary Inquiry-Based Learning project in the Institute for Educational Cybernetics at the University of Bolton.

From 2005 to 2006 I was head of Ultralab and worked with Stephen Heppell from 1990 to build it. From 1980 to 1990 I developed simulations in the Computers in the Curriculum project with Margaret Cox. I started out for four years as a Mathematics and Computer Studies teacher in London schools.

Richard Millwood - A new learning landscape
This blog is for my thoughts and reflections on learning, technology and its development through my research and development work with Core Education UK and the IDIBL project in the Institute for Educational Cybernetics at the University of Bolton.

You can also access my former blog - Ricardo's Blagado.

Theme: academia, action, case study, computing, conference, delight, design, education, ideas, industry, learning, learning journal, lifelong learning, manufacturing, music, online community, poetry, reading, television, well-being, youth voice

Brendan O'Regan

Brendan O'Regan, Ireland, Secondary, Religious Education, English

I'm an English and Religion teacher in a boys' secondary school in Ireland. I've contributed various articles to Religious Education journals in Ireland.

Faitharts
The blog deals with my educational adventures in teaching religion using the arts. I describe various classes I've done, resources used, useful TV programmes, events and observations.

Theme: religion, arts, faith, resources, teacher, films, music, poetry, drama

Ruth and Stacey

Ruth and Stacey, USA, Primary, Writing, Language Arts

Ruth and Stacey met in March 2007 at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project's Saturday Reunion. Ruth attended Stacey's session, which was about grant writing. Even though Ruth and Stacey live 872 miles apart, they're in touch daily.

Two Writing Teachers
This is a place for teachers to be fueled with a passion for teaching, writing, and living; for teachers to see the latest in research and ways to apply it in their classrooms; for us to "practice what we preach" by sharing our own writing; to bring writing teachers together to share ideas and stretch each other's thinking; to reflect on our teaching — celebrating when it goes well and working it out when it doesn't.

Theme: reflections, resource, writer's notebook entry, poetry, observations, writing, personal narrative, writing about reading, noticings, friday poetry, writer's notebook, memoir

Natalie Cowie

Natalie Cowie, New Zealand, High School, English

I am a high school English teacher from Katikati in New Zealand. I started blogging last year and I have two blogs.

english@kkc
This blog is for the majority of students at our school.

scholarship@kkc blog
This blog is for our Year 13 students, particularly those who want some extension work.

Theme: language arts, english, literature, film, poetry, education, technology

Janien Benaets

Janien Benaets, Belgium, Secondary, Dutch language and Literature (and German)

MA Philology K.U.Leuven and Universiteit Antwerpen (Language and Literature: Dutch and German). Former language teacher. Blogger at The Sausage Machine.

The Sausage Machine
In 'The Sausage Machine' you can find the sunny side of language and literature learning. In connecting and in sharing knowledge on the blog (also metacognition) we - students > 20 as well as the administrator - stimulate and reveal each other’s learning and teaching capacity, competency and creativity. Each result, each product or project is a touchstone on the way of a new way of learning: strongly motivating and challenging, surprisingly enjoyable.

Associated to our edublog: the wikis 1) Het Scriptorium for writing exercises and paper writing in Dutch, 2) project07 for Reading and Writing Art and 3) di-da-deutsch didactics for German.

Theme: literature education 2.0, dutch, german, web 2.0 in education, young authors >20, talent scouting, writing art, poetry, literature, bebo boomers