вторник, 24 апреля 2012 г.

31 Great Ways Universities Are Using Google+

from http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/04/31-great-ways-universities-are-using-google/

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Social media resources like Google Plus offer a great opportunity for growth in education through collaborative work, communication, and camaraderie. Many of today’s universities have recognized this incredible potential, and have put G+ to work on campus. We’ve discovered more than 30 great ways universities are currently using Google Plus, along with several ideas for the future. Read on to learn about the amazing possibilities that Google Plus offers for universities.

  1. New campus communication: At the University of Michigan, administrators are excited about using Google+ for better campus communication, especially collaboration.
  2. Hangout office hours: Don’t feel like heading to campus in the middle of a snowstorm? Hold office hours in your PJs by offering your virtual availability on Google Plus Hangouts.
  3. Improving search results: Google Plus has begun to offer personalized search results for users who are logged in. Professors and experts can share excellent resources on Google Plus, and make it easy for students to get the most relevant information when they search.
  4. Sharing campus life: Google Plus is a natural spot to highlight university life and activities. Schools like the University of Melbourne use Instagram and other photo apps to share images of their campus.
  5. Engaging board members: For board members that have a hard time making it to meetings, Hangouts are a great way to let them get together and talk face to face without even being in the room.
  6. Alumni relations: Google Plus Hangouts are a great place for alumni to connect with other student, faculty, and staff, building connections and facilitating opportunities within the university community.
  7. Colleague sharing: Within departments, colleges, and the university at large, Google Plus allows for lots of idea sharing. Professors can get feedback on ideas from colleagues without a lot of hassle, and get it fast so that they can implement them immediately.
  8. Real-time conference sharing: Whether hosting or participating, universities can share photos and highlights from conferences in real time, offering a great way to promote the events right as they happen.
  9. Student feedback: Using Google Plus, it’s easy for professors to ask for feedback on classes, exams, and more, using that information to construct courses for the future.
  10. Club management: Extracurricular activities often require lots of meetings and communication that eat up lots of time from college students who often don’t have a whole lot to spare. But with Hangouts, club officers can hold group meetings without having to get together on campus.

  1. Career recruitment: Not every employer can make it on campus for career fairs, but most can connect through Google Plus. Using Hangouts, employers can meet in small groups with students who are interested in working for them.
  2. Connect with study abroad students: For far-flung students, it can be difficult to stay connected to campus. But Hangouts make it easy for students studying abroad to connect with campus, especially students who might be interested in going abroad in the future.
  3. Hangout collaboration: Faculty, staff, and students can collaborate and share as a group with the use of Google Plus Hangouts.
  4. Sharing university success: Lots of universities are using Google Plus to highlight the achievements of current and former students, as well as professors. Georgia Tech College of Sciences regularly shares great news about successes within the university community.
  5. Information exchange: Open the world of Google Plus up to students by sharing your circles with others. With this ability, you can ask your biology students to follow everyone in your biology circle and learn from the experts you’ve connected with.
  6. Sharing assignments: Some professors post assignments on Google Plus, offering a way for students to get clarification and updates in a really convenient way.
  7. Google+ reference desk: University libraries can offer a convenient online reference desk. Set times, or stay connected all the time for always-on help from your friendly college librarian.
  8. Optional review sessions: With Hangouts, professors can host chats a few nights a week before big exams, offering review sessions and helpful study hints for students to use.
  9. Virtual tours: Instead of outdated brochures, Google+ offers universities the opportunity for giving potential students and parents a virtual tour of campus, highlighting achievements, attractive campus spots, amenities, and more.
  10. Promoting student groups: Universities can highlight some of their most interesting and popular student groups on Google Plus, attracting prospective students and boosting the membership of worthwhile activities.

  1. Class communication: Some professors have asked their students to sign up for GPlus so that they can create class Circles, sharing information, collaboration, and offering an outlet for interaction between students.
  2. Material archiving: Instead of getting buried in new material, students and professors can access posts by date. This makes it easy when it comes to reviewing materials for test time.
  3. Promotions on Pages: At Georgia Tech, students use Google Plus Pages to promote the latest updates on their research journal.
  4. Guest speakers from around the world: Instead of paying to fly experts in from around the world, universities can now use Google Plus to connect with experts and discuss topics virtually.
  5. Campus preview hangouts: Admissions counselors can lead hangouts, offering a great time for prospective students to stop by and discuss the college and admissions process.
  6. Student study sessions: Students like those at Boise State University can post Named Hangouts to make group study sessions available for their classes. Even impromptu sessions before test time are possible with Google Plus.
  7. Sharing campus activities: Universities like Auburn love to share updates on campus activities like football, allowing prospective students and fans to keep up with what’s going on, and get a glimpse into the lifestyle of the campus.
  8. Increasing student engagement: Before coming to campus, freshmen often try to find a way to meet other students, but that’s not an easy thing to do. With Google Plus Hangouts, new students can build relationships before school starts.
  9. Gathering university news: Google Plus Sparks makes it easy to gather news and information about a variety of topics, including all of the news that’s being shared about the university.
  10. Offering tutorial sessions: Much like Hangout office hours, professors and TAs can host tutorial sessions for students to brush up on material covered during class time without having to actually go to campus and participate in person.
  11. Marketing: Universities are seeking out future students right where they are: on Google Plus. Drake University has used Google Plus to target prospective students, sharing videos about a typical day at the university.
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суббота, 21 апреля 2012 г.

Virtual Round Table Web Conference

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Olympic London participants enjoying treasures of the National Gallery

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вторник, 17 апреля 2012 г.

‘In the National Gallery’ [Short Story] By Doris Lessing



‘In the National Gallery’

My intention was simple. I had a free hour. Instead of spending it going from picture to picture until the time ran out, I would find one large enough to be seen well from the middle of the room, and I would sit quietly and look at it. Just one picture, by itself. It should be already known to me. And there it was, the Stubbs chestnut horse, that magnificent beast, all power and potency, and from the central benches I could see it well. There were not many people that afternoon, fewer than with the Impressionists next door. I might almost have been alone with the horse, but then a man sat down, on the other side of the bench’s arm  and he leaned forward, elbows on knees, and looked hard at the horse. He was about sixty years old, well dressed, a well-presented man absorbed
in his contemplation. A second man sat down next to the first, who
raised his hand, imposing silence. The he murmured, “There he is, a

beauty, isn’t he?” This second one was younger by a good bit. A son? A younger brother? Certainly a pupil for now the first began talking, telling him about Stubbs the painter, and about the horses he painted.
He was talking in a low voice, not wanting to be taken as an official
guide, but the people just behind on the bench were turning to listen,

and I tried to hear too. How much I would have liked to know as much as he did, and to share this passion for Stubbs and the horse, but only phrases reached me. The second man listened and looked and, as people passed between us and the horse, frowned at he interruption of his view.

But he seemed restless, and soon was looking at his watch. The first man smiled at this and said, “Come on, you can spare a few minutes.” The second man did sit on, for a little, then jumped up, smiling, apologetic, a bit rueful, like a pupil chidden by teacher. The first man then flung out his hand, in a gesture of humorous resignation, and the young man snapped, “You can’t make a silk purse out of me, I keep telling you.” In the space of a moment the scene had turned ugly. The handsome young rough, revealed by what he had said and how he had said it, now seemed on the point of apologising, retrieving the situation, but the first man had turned his shoulder on him. The younger one went fast to the exit, which led to the French eighteenth century, though it was unlikely he had meant to find himself there. He turned and sketched a little frivolous wave, as if saying, “Oh, let’s kiss and make up,” but
his mentor was still not looking at him but past me to the end of this

gallery. The room was suddenly noisy and animated. Its tranquillity had been banished by the advent of some schoolgirls, identified by some smart little scarves, worn just so, expressing individuality, with a uniform of black jeans and black jackets. They were French, ten or so, a group conscious of being one, and they stood together just inside the big doors near Constable’s picture of Salisbury Cathedral. They were not looking at it, or at any of the pictures, but talked loudly and laughed, expecting attention, which they were getting. The man next to me was actually leaning forward, in his pose of elbows on knees, staring at them. He had not so much as glanced at the exit where his friend had vanished. What an attractive little lot they were these girls, glittery and shiny, as if from a fever, excited perhaps from the trip, but more
from their being here together, with each other, on show. Any older

female watching would look and remember the driving competitiveness in a girls’ group; we would know that this flock of pretty, well-dressed  girls was full of rivalries, best friendships, betrayals, a seethe of  emotion. One girl stood out. She was “so French” in her way of presenting herself, a package to be admired, in the French way with their girls, with a pert little face which must have smiled a hundred  times being told that it was like Audrey Hepburn’s. Well, it was, quite a bit. She was the boss girl in this group, even if not officially a head girl or monitor. She was an original, the “card”, the wit, perhaps even the buffoon.


The man next to me now did glance to see if his delinquent friend was in sight, but did not seem much put out, for he was absorbed by the girls.

Everyone was looking at them. How could we not? They were so vivacious, so lively, such a little bonfire of bright sparks. Now they were playing  up to us, making of some private disagreement a real drama, a joke perhaps, but voices were rising and the chief girl stood in their midst,ready to arbitrate, or adjudicate. The man next to me was staring hard at her. Yes, she really was something, this little bit of a miss from France with her chic, her dark locks of hair, cut to be crooked, dark eyes, slightly angular eyebrows. She was altogether sharp and challenging, like a spiky female kitten before it becomes a serious cat,with measure and propriety. She stood there while disagreement swirled around her. She yawned. The man stared and seemed to hold his breath.

And then, without looking at them, without saying anything to them, she broke away, came towards us, or rather, towards the man, and sat down near him, on the other side of me. She had not looked at him. He did not move. She slid forward on the slippery seat, pulled herself up, and then, as it were, dived, hands between her feet, and she clasped her pretty ankles. She sat herself up again, and yawned and looked at the great horse looming there. Her mouth fell open, from astonishment probably, but that turned into another yawn and she fell asleep. Just like that. She slept.


The girls had scarcely noticed her departure. They were continuing their disagreement. The man near me was very still. A quick glance from showed  how he cautiously turned his head to look at the sleeping beauty, so near to him. His face might seem like that if it had been slapped. She was asleep. It was the delightful effrontery of it, as if she was really alone. But she was not, and had been pulled away from that group of schoolgirls because of how he had stared, focused on her, by the sheer force of his attention. And she had not once looked at him.


“Good God,” he remarked aloud, not meaning to, but then gave me a  glance, and laughed. That laugh could have been put into words, thus:
“Yes, I, too, had that irresistible impossible vitality … where has it

all gone … we don’t think when we are that age … time does its work  without any reference to us … yes, time ..” And so on. And I would bet  words something like these were running through the minds of many people  in that gallery just then.

The girl slumbered.

He remarked, to me or perhaps to himself, “She’s like a girl I was in
love with once. But I was just a boy.”

“And she?” I dared

“She was sixteen, like this one here.”

“And you?”

“I was twelve.”

“Ah, then she would be in love with a young man of twenty and to her you
would be just a little kid.”

Now he looked properly at me, took me in, decide I was worthy to
continue.

“Exactly right,” he said, admitting to much more than the discrepancy.

“But has it occurred to you how often our grand passions turn out to be  bounded by some silly cliché?”

“Well, yes.”


“Yes. Of course she didn’t reciprocate. But I was useful, you see. I was  quite a likely lad, well grown, as they say, and good enough to make  sense of.”


Now we stared, both of us, at the girl, who had not moved, not a muscle, while we talked about her.


“I took her to The Third Man all that summer … yes, exactly so, I didn’t get it either. It took me years, when much later I saw the film again  and it was all clear. With her, I don’t think I saw much more than her  little profile.” And he indicated, smiling, that delightful face. “I  thought she had a crush on Orson Wells. I certainly had, but do you  remember how that girl at the end walked down that long avenue towards  her admirer, one step after another, and he waited for her, and then she  walked past him, nose in the air? Well, she was rehearsing, do you see?
She wanted to treat her chap like that. His name was Eric, I seem to

remember. Yes, she would walk right past him, just like the girl in the  film and he would be torn up with jealous rage.

“And did that happen?”


“Who knows? That summer went past, the way summers did in those days, slowly, and later she married someone or other. And I did too.” And he  laughed again. It was an unscrupulous relishing laugh and he looked at me to share it with him.

“But if the snows of yester-year are you thing – here they are.”

“No, I don’t think they are. I don’t go in for nostalgia.”

“But?” I said


“But she’s just walked in – walked in from the past. And I feel – well, let me choose my words, I don’t want to exaggerate – yes, I would say  there is a knife in my heart. You are laughing?”

“Not really, no.”

“No: you shouldn’t. The passions of little kids are just as strong as
the grown-ups.”

“But we don’t like to admit that?”


“Exactly. I remember every detail of that summer.” He was thinking of  that summer and not at all of her, who was breathing who was breathing  away there, at his elbow.


And I was thinking that he had not suggested that his heart might have  been even a little discommoded by that nasty little scene earlier.

And then she was awake. Her eyes focused, on the great brilliant horse,
so close, towering there on the golden canvas, on his hind legs. Her
face did not reveal what she was thinking.

What could she be making of that so dramatic horse, with his
discontented eye? Was she thinking, “Is this a circus horse? Horses

don’t usually stand on their back legs.” And what was he thinking – the  horse? Surely: “What a silly business. I am a serious horse, and why should he paint me standing here with my forelegs in the air?” One thing  we could be sure of was that this horse did not know he was the colour  of polished copper, and so very beautiful.


The girl waved at her group, and they ran up and were scolding her for  going off to sleep there. There was something theatrical about these  reproaches, loud and meant to be heard. Now she must reaffirm her rights  over them. She stood up and went to stand in front of the horse, and  flung out her arm. “Look,” she cried, “A red horse.” “Voila! Un cheval  rouge!”

They all looked at the horse. Something had to be done, and in the
spirit of their exuberance, their abundant animation, she began to
laugh, theatrically. Girls have to laugh, they have to, for elation
rises in them like bubbles in liquid and has to find expression. They

stood laughing at the horse, led by the girl, and the man, the expert on  Stubbs, got up and stood in front of the horse, led by the girl, and the  man, the expert on Stubbs, got up and stood in front of the horse, as if  defending it. But the girls did not really care about the horse and  wandered off, towards the French eighteenth century. The man merely  stood there, staring after them. And then she wandered back, not to him, or that didn’t seem to be the case; she stood beside him and stared at the horse, which she must have felt she had affronted by her laughter.
At any rate, she and the girls hadn’t really behaved very nicely.
Well-behaved girls should not mock and giggles in a public gallery.

He stood staring, yes he stared, and that wasn’t very nice either. He

went off towards the exit back to the Impressionists. Her group came  back to her and again they stood together, disagreeing. Now I could hear  what it was all about. They were tired. They wanted to find a café and sit down and have some coffee. But then, they wouldn’t see the rest  of the pictures in this world-famous gallery, and they had been allotted  just so long to see the great masterpieces which perhaps they might never see again.

It could have gone one way or the other. Then the girl, his girl,

decided for them. “Come. We must have coffee. At once. Or I’ll simply die.”

The man was standing at the entrance, or exit, looking at her.


The girls were going towards him, but as they reached him on the way to departing altogether, she swerved to the left and stood gazing at  Salisbury Cathedral. I would swear that this was the first picture,  apart from the Stubbs, that any of them had glanced at that afternoon.


Some of her group had gone through to the Impressionists. She stood staring at the Constable, a few paces from him. One girl came back and took her by the arm and turned her around so now she was face to face with the man who for the third time had drawn her – or his memories had – towards him. She stood just in front of him. And still she did not look at him. Young things do not see elderly or middle-aged or older people. She might be staring straight at him, but she didn’t see him.


Her friend pulled her through the big doors. There she stood and looked  back. Her face said that she was wondering if she had mislaid something … forgotten something … missed something?

Then she disappeared, with her group.


Slowly, he followed. Oh no, I was thinking, he simply must not try and  talk to her, attract her attention, impose himself. If he did, it was easy to imagine raised voices, ugly laughter, even an “incident” that could reach the newspapers. There was a wildness in the air, unexpressed, and raw, and dangerous. 


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понедельник, 16 апреля 2012 г.

Six Reasons Why You Cannot Be A Bad Teacher

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Year 2011. And it is almost impossible to be a bad teacher.

Because…
If you are a teacher who is passionate about teaching and who considers continuous professional development as an important aspect of your career, the opportunities to become a good teacher are ENDLESS.
I am not going to share with you a long list because I find long lists overwhelming and confusing.
Here are my six reasons why you cannot be a bad teacher. In other words, learning opportunities for enthusiastic teachers:)
1. Twitter
It is a global staffroom with endless learning and sharing opportunities. After you sign up and before starting to think desperately what to do next, go to We Follow, search for educators on Twitter and start following them. You can search with keywords like elt, esl, efl or tefl. If you think you need some guidance, you can join the aPLaNet Project. It is a European Union funded project which aims to help language educators become autonomous members of online social networks.
A great way to understand how Twitter works and how wonderful it is to be in a global staffroom, you can join the #ELTChat discussion sessions that take place every Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. GMT and 21:00 p.m. GMT. ELT teachers from all around the world log into their Twitter accounts and for one hour they discuss on a topic they have selected. Read more about the #ELTChat.
2. Nings
Ning is an online platform for people and organizations to create custom social networks. (Source: Wikipedia)
When you join a Ning that is created for educators, you have the opportunity to join discussions, share articles, videos and photos.
Here are four Nings which you can become a member of and start interacting with likeminded colleagues:
3. Facebook Groups & Pages
Through Facebook Groups and Pages, you can stay more connected with educators from all around the world. (Click here to read about the difference between Facebook Groups and Pages.)
Here are some Groups and Pages you should check out:
#ELTChat (Group)
EU Educators (Group)
4. Blogs
There are so many wonderful educator blogs in the blogosphere. Once you start following some of them, you will see that they support each other by giving links to other educators’ blogs and that’s how you will discover other great blogs.
As a beginning, check out these blogs, and their blogrolls* as well:
*Blogroll: A blogroll is a list of links to blogs that the blogger likes. A blogroll is usually included in the blog’s sidebar.
5. Online Workshops & Conferences
IATEFL Online Project has been providing online coverage of the IATEFL Conference for five years. The next IATEFL Conference is taking place in Glasgow on 19-23 March 2012 and I’m sure the IATEFL Online Team will do a wonderful job again and take the conference to teachers who are not able to attend in person.
Virtual Round Table Conference (20-22 April, 2012)
The Virtual Round Table Conference is a 3-day online conference. So far more than 2000 participants and 180 guest speakers have participated in the conference. It is great that all the sessions are recorded and can be found on the Virtual Round Table (VRT) Ning. You can join the Ning at http://www.virtual-round-table.com/.
The Macmillan Online Conference (8-9 November, 2011)
Macmillan is organizing its first online conference. It is a 2-day event with a very good line up of speakers. You can see the program here.
EVO is a set of online discussions and workshops that takes place every year from mid-January to mid-February. Sessions include a range from simple discussions to virtual hands-on workshops. Registrations start on January 2, 2012 and being a TESOL member is not required to register.
6. Webinars
The term webinar is short for Web-based Seminar, a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the Web, specifically a portmanteau of web & seminar, to describe a specific type of web conference. (Source: Wikipedia)
You can check out TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC, Macmillan and PearsonELT webinars that offer good quality content on a regular basis.
It is great that everything I have shared with you here is free and you don’t need any special computer skills to get started. All you need is enthusiasm and some time!:)
Let me finish with a quote…
“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.” Bo Bennett
:)
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15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy

http://www.finerminds.com/happiness/15-things-give-up-happy/

by FinerMinds Team
April 9, 2012
The following article was written by one of our very own Mindvalley Team members, Dana, and is a piece from the heart. After receiving an astounding 318,000 shares we felt that it was only fair to share this with you so you too can identify the 15 practices, beliefs and habits that may be preventing you from being happy. The article is a little longer than usual but it is seasoned with powerful insights and peppered with inspirational quotes. Enjoy! 
15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy 
Here is a list of 15 things, which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and you’ll feel much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go and allowing ourselves to be stress-free and happy, we cling on to them.
Well, not anymore. Starting today, we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go!
1. Give up your need to always be right. There are so many of us who can’t stand the idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain for us and for others. It’s just not worth it. Whenever you feel the “urgent” need to jump into a fight over who is right and who is wrong, ask yourself this question from Dr. Wayne Dyer: “Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?” What difference will that make? Is your ego really that big?
2. Give up your need for control. Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to you and around you – situations, events, people, etc. Whether they are loved ones, co-workers, or just strangers you meet on the street – just allow them to be. Allow everything and everyone to be just as they are and you will see how much better will that make you feel.
“By letting it go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning.” Lao Tzu
3. Give up on blame. Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don’t have, for what you feel or don’t feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life.
4. Give up your self-defeating self-talk. Oh my. How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative, polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Don’t believe everything that your mind is telling you – especially if it’s negative and self-defeating. You are better than that.
 “The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive.” Eckhart Tolle
5. Give up your limiting beliefs about what you can or cannot do, about what is possible or impossible. From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly!
“A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind.” Elly Roselle
6. Give up complaining. Give up your constant need to complain about those many, many, maaany things – people, situations and events that make you unhappy, sad and depressed. Nobody can make you unhappy, no situation can make you sad or miserable unless you allow it to. It’s not the situation that triggers those feelings in you, but how you choose to look at it. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.
7. Give up the luxury of criticism. Give up your need to criticize things, events or people that are different than you. We are all different, yet we are all the same. We all want to be happy, we all want to love and be loved and we all want to be understood. We all want something, and something is wished by us all.
8. Give up your need to impress others. Stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not just to make others like you. It doesn’t work this way. The moment you stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not, the moment you take of all your masks, the moment you accept and embrace the real you, you will find people will be drawn to you, effortlessly.
9. Give up your resistance to change. Change is good. Change will help you move from A to B. Change will help you make improvements in your life and also the lives of those around you. Follow your bliss, embrace change – don’t resist it.
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” Joseph Campbell
10. Give up labels. Stop labeling the things, people or events that you don’t understand as being weird or different and try opening your mind, little by little. Minds only work when open.
“The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” Dr. Wayne Dyer
11. Give up on your fears. Fear is just an illusion, it doesn’t exist – you created it. It’s all in your mind. Correct the inside and the outside will fall into place.
“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
12. Give up your excuses. Send them packing and tell them they’re fired. You no longer need them. A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use. Instead of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck and lie to ourselves, using all kind of excuses – excuses that 99.9% of the time, are not even real.
13. Give up the past. I know, I know. This one’s hard. Especially when the past looks so much better than the present and the future looks so frightening. But, you have to take into consideration the fact that the present moment is all you have and all you will ever have. The past you are now longing for – the past that you are now dreaming about – was ignored by you when it was present. Stop deluding yourself. Be present in everything you do and enjoy life. After all, life is a journey not a destination. Have a clear vision for the future, prepare yourself, but always be present in the now.
14. Give up attachment. This is a concept that, for most of us, is so hard to grasp and I have to tell you that it was for me too (it still is), but it’s not impossible. You get better and better at it with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things (and that doesn’t mean you give up your love for them – because love and attachment have nothing to do with one another. Attachment comes from a place of fear, while love… well, real love is pure, kind, and selfless; where there is love there can’t be fear, and because of that, attachment and love cannot co-exist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state beyond words.
15. Give up living your life to other people’s expectations. Way too many people are living a life that is not theirs to live. They live their lives according to what others think is best for them; they live their lives according to what their parents think is best for them; to what their friends, their enemies and their teachers, their government and the media think is best for them. They ignore their inner voice, that inner calling. They are so busy with pleasing everybody, with living up to other people’s expectations, that they lose control over their lives. They forget what makes them happy, what they want, what they need… and eventually, they forget about themselves.  You have one life – this one right now – you must live it, own it, and especially don’t let other people’s opinions distract you from your path.
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PurposeFairy.comDana is the Product Development Manager for Mindvalley and the founder of Purpose Fairy Blog. A student of art, economics, and psychology, Dana draws inspiration from novels by Lao Tzu with The Tao Te Ching to the lives of leaders such as Wayne Dyer and Carl Jung. She infuses life-changing and mind-transforming approaches in the works she does, challenging people to challenge themselves.
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суббота, 14 апреля 2012 г.

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Virtual Round Table Web Conference


Dear all,
The 5th Virtual Round Table Web Conference 20-22 April on language learning technologies is approaching fast and what an exciting 3-day program is being planned.
FRIDAY 20 APRIL
The conference starts with a 5h program which includes a panel discussion, keynote by Nicky Hockly, sessions about language games, teaching tools, young learners and virtual classrooms. Friday, 20 April program starts from 7:30pm GMT | 4:30am TYO (Sat) | 12:30pm LA   and closes with paralle sessions at 10:30pm GMT | 7:30am TYO (Sat) | 3:30pm LA
SATURDAY 21 APRIL
Thel 9h program on Sat is filled with panel discussions, keynotes and unconferences, sessions about virtual worlds, online testing tools, online resources, video, digital publishing and presentation techniques. Saturday, 21 April program starts at 1pm GMT | 10pm TYO | 6am LA and closes with an Open mic session at Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 9pm GMT | 6am Tokyo (Sun) | 2pm LA
SUNDAY 22 APRIL 
A full 12h program is planned for Sunday with panels, keynotes and unconferences, sessions on holistic teaching and learning, e-publishing, demo lessons, mobile learning, teaching & learning tools, dogme & tech. Sunday, 22 April program starts at 6am GMT | 3pm Tokyo | 11pm LA and closes with a party on Sunday 5pm GMT | 2am TYO (Mon) | 10am LA
Due to the many submissions which we have received, we have had to restructure the program quite a bit and wouldn't you agree that this is looking great?
For a Google Doc with an overview of all of the sessions click here (work in progress)
Interested in volunteering at the conference?
The Virtual Round Table Web Conference is run entirely by volunteers, especially our guest-speakers. If you wish to volunteer to do an Open Mic or a Pecha Kucha session, blog, tweet or take notes during the sessions, you can contribute towards this phantastic event. Please submit your submission to assist by using the following volunteer form.
Interested in sponsoring the conference?
The Virtual Round Table Web Conference is free of charge but not free of costs. We greatly appreciate your support to keep the VRT WebCon free by your contribution and your advertisement on this website. For a sponsorship brochure, click here.
Thanking you all for making the VRT WebCon a success and looking forward to seeing you live online.
Your conference organisers
Heike Philp, Shelly Terrell, Berni Wall and Steven 

For questions please also check the FAQs page
Visit Virtual Round Table Web Conference at: http://www.virtual-round-table.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

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5th VRT WebCon Program 2012


5th Virtual Round Table Web Conference 2012
20-22 April 2012
Web conference for
Language Learning Technologies
             
Conference Program

FRIDAY 20 April 2012
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All of the sessions will be recorded

Friday, 20 April 2012 - 7:30pm GMT | 4:30am Tokyo (Saturday) | 12:30pm Los Angeles
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/20Apr730pmGMT

Welcome Address by Heike, Shelly, Berni and Steven
Friday, 20 April 2012 - 8pm GMT| 5am Tokyo (Saturday) | 1pm LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/20April8pmGMT

Plenary (90 min)


Break 30 min


Friday, 20 April 2012- 10pm GMT | 7am Tokyo (Saturday) | 3pm Los Angeles
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/20April10pmGMT

Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E
Digital literacies

Friday, 20 April 2012- 10:30pm GMT | 7:30am Tokyo (Saturday) | 3:30pm Los Angeles
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/20April1030pmGMT

Parallel Sessions (90 min)

Language Games

Al Doyle
Game Design in Schools

Graham Stanley?
Kyle Mawer?
Paul Maglione?
Teaching Tools

Jennifer Verschoor
Jazz up your language classes with technology

Beyza Yilmaz
Twitter: Getting most out of it

Janet Bianchini
Janet’s project 366: Ten Ideas for Exploiting Personal Images

Sandra Rogers
How to Create an eNewspaper with Paper.li

VRT2
Young learners

Ayat Tawel
Harry Potter Book Project in Edmodo


Barbara Sakamoto
From Speaking to Writing: Teaching Literacy with Young Learners

Ozge?

Marcia?
Virtual Classrooms

WizIQ
Blackboard Collaborate
Adobe Connect
gotomeeting





SATURDAY 21 April 2012

Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 1pm GMT | 10pm Tokyo | 6am Los Angeles
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/21Apr1pmGMT

EVO Panel/ Plenary European timezone (90 min)



Break 30 min

Saturday, 21 April 2012 -  3pm GMT | midnight Tokyo | 8am LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/21Apr3pmGMT

Joel Josephson and Teresa Dello Monaco
Music and language learning - primary and secondary students
Saturday, 21 April 2012 3:30pm GMT | 0:30am Tokyo (Sun) | 8:30am LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/21Apr330pmGMT

Parallel Sessions (90 min)

Virtual Worlds I

Shiv Rajindran
Languagelab, UK
The Opportunities and Challenges of Virtual World Language Learning

Dr. Doris Molero
Rafael Belloso University, Venezuela
Fireworks in Virtual Worlds: An ESP Blended Experience

David Parrott
Kiski Boys School
Virtual Worlds Experiment

Online Testing Tools

Geoff Tranter
Mondiale Testing, Germany
Testing Technical English Skills Online - A Flexible Approach to Ensure Hitting the Nail on the Head

Arjana Blazic
Online Testing Tools




Online Resources

Dr. Natalja Cigankova
Essential Digital Visualisation Tools for Language Learning

Catalin Nicolin
From Classworks to RL
Video I

Tara Benwell
MyEnglishClub
The Learning English Video Project

Duysevi Miyar
Five Easy Steps!  Let’s Create a Video Using Photostory3



Break 60 min

Saturday, 21 April 2012 -  6pm GMT | 3am Tokyo (Sun) | 11am
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/21Apr6pmGMT

Keynote/ Presentation (30 min)
Saturday, 21 April 2012 6:30pm GMT | 3:30am Tokyo (Sun) | 11:30am LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/21Apr630pmGMT

Parallel Sessions (90 min)

Video II

Philip Gienandt
Lingua TV
Benefits of using video in language lessons


Bill Collom
Inside Class
Digital Publishing


Rosetta Stone?
Digital Publishing?
MacMillan?
TellMeMore?
Pearson?
Pilgrims?
Presentation techniques


Joe McVeigh
Developing more effective presentations

Virtual Worlds II

Paul Preibisch
The Avatar
Classroom - A
A turnkey SLOODLE website connected to virtual 3D classroom

Angela Rizzo
Be Epic: Learn how to make machinimas from scratch in five weeks




Break 60 min

Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 9pm GMT | 6am Tokyo (Sun) | 2pm LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/21Apr9pmGMT

Open Mic (90 min)

Ekhlas Mohin
Anne Elisabeth
Geoff Tranter?




SUNDAY 22 April 2012

Sunday, 22 April 2012 - 6am GMT | 3pm Tokyo | 11pm LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/22Apr6amGMT

ASIAN JALT Panel CALL SIG (90 min)


Break 30 min

Sunday, 22 April 2012 -  8am GMT | 5pm Tokyo | 1am LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/22Apr8amGMT

Keynote/ Presentation (30 min)
Sunday, 22 April 2012 - 8:30am GMT | 5:30pm Tokyo | 1:30am
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/22Apr830amGMT

Parallel Sessions (90 min)

Holistic teaching and learning

Marisa Constantinides
CELT Athens
Defrag Language Learning

Berni Wall
RLI-Gapfillers
Mentoring

E-publishing





Demo Lesson


Marina Petrovic
Demo lesson
screensharing Vyew


Halima Ozimova
Demo Lesson
Olympic London participants enjoying treasures of the National Gallery
Unconference II



Break 30 min

Sunday, 22 April 2012 - 11am GMT | 8pm Tokyo | 4am LA
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/22Apr11amGMT

Parallel Sessions (90 min)

Mobile Learning

Shelly Terrell with
Cecilia Lemos
Teaching & LearningTools

Moderator: Marina Petrovic

Arkady Zilberman
Language Bridge
How to heal linguistically wounded

Mike Harrison
Sound activities for the ELT classroom

Tyson Seburn
Blogs for interactive
intensive and extensive reading


Dogme & Tech

Chia Suan Chong
Plugging into an Unplugged Classroom

Dale Coulter
Teaching with Tech

Bruno Andrade
Humanizing the Use of Technology in ELT

Dilip Barad
Experimenting in Blended Learning





Break 30 min

Sunday, 22 April 2012 - 1pm GMT | 10pm Tokyo | 6am Los Angeles
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/22Apr1pmGMT

Panel (90 min)

"To text or not to text..."

Watson & Baker published 1984 their studies on how we communicate. Their research showed that we humans communicate 55% by listening, 24% speaking, 13% reading and 8% writing. Has this changed? Today we communicate mostly in text chat via Instant Messenger (Skype, AIM, Yahoo), write short messages on the mobile and tweet. A large amount of communication takes place in forums. A large amount of communication takes place via text chat in virtual worlds such as World of Warcraft, Second Life etc. So, how has this relationship changed and are language educators aware of this?

Ben or David Crystal
Steven Thorne
Dr. Doris Molero


Break 30 min

Sunday, 22 April 2012 - 3pm GMT | 12am midnight Tokyo | 8am Los Angeles
For World Time click here http://tinyurl.com/22Apr3pmGMT

PECHA KUCHA
Sunday, 22 April 2012 - 5pm GMT | 2am Tokyo (Mon) | 10am Los Angeles
For World Time click here  http://tinyurl.com/22Apr5pmGMT

Party in Second Life (Open End)
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