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Hiya everyone! A few weeks ago you may have seen me post about how I’m doing postgrad research. Well, the survey is finally live and if you are an ESL/EFL teacher I really need your help!

As I don’t have connections to an online teaching community, gathering participants can be difficult so if you are an ESL/EFL teacher I would be very thankful if you participate. If you’re not, then boosting this post would be very welcomed!

For those of you who don’t know, I am a Master of TESOL student from Australia and as part of my studies, I am currently doing a dissertation that is focusing on the speaking confidence and motivation of ESL/EFL learners in an online classroom.

This study is targeted towards online ESL/EFL teachers who will be able to provide first-hand experience about how the online learning environment has influenced or impacted how ESL learners engage in class and if it influences change in their speaking motivation and confidence. This area of study is of particular interest to me due to the sudden shift in online learning since 2020 and how many teachers have had to quickly adjust to a different learning environment.

I am currently looking for teachers to participate in a survey regarding this topic. The survey is entirely voluntary, anonymous, and it takes around 10-15 minutes to complete. 

The only requirements for partaking is that you are an English teacher who has/had experience teaching online. This can mean you are currently an online teacher, have had to teach online during the pandemic, or have taught a hybrid model. As long as you have online teaching experience, your feedback is welcome!

Your participation would be greatly appreciated, and more details of my research as well as contact information can be found in the link to the survey below:

https://forms.office.com/r/HR3gUevSBh

Boosting this post will be greatly appreciated, if you have any further questions please send a DM/Ask or reply to this post (i reply from my main tedursa!)

Studio announcement! Our new studio! More information on the studio its name and progress will be pu

Studio announcement!

Our new studio! More information on the studio its name and progress will be published soon. But for now (and before we burst) here’s the headline.


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A 60 second video of our children over the years. We have always given them space to do a dangerous things carefully. Voice over by Jordan Peterson.

“The class you taught this morning was my class.”Was 13/1/2015 a bad day for us? I enter

“The class you taught this morning was my class.”

Was 13/1/2015 a bad day for us? I entered the wrong class FOR FORTY MINUTES.

The students didn’t say anything when I said I was going to be teaching them history. They had the “Ok, whatever!” attitude, being unruly and testing my patience. Not that I didn’t expect that.

Only when the next teacher waited outside the class, they showed me their schedule. The one that said it was not yet my turn. My time with them was supposed to be in another 2 hours!

So they got 120 minutes with me that day, instead of 80 minutes.

Good thing the class I was supposed to enter was a quiet class. They just sat at their place, talking quietly with their friends. And when I explained the ‘Classroom Etiquette’, it only took half the time as compared with the first class.

Oh, and the actual teacher who was supposed to be in talked to me after school. “Oh, The class you taught this morning was my class. I did see you enthusiastically teaching the class. I didn’t want to mess up your flow.”

THAT CHEEK!

I was thisclose to mentally strangling the students during 'enthusiastically teaching’ part.

And I did see her walking by, all smiley. It all make sense now.


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“Please write down the places you’d like to go to someday.” When I was their age,

“Please write down the places you’d like to go to someday.”

When I was their age, I wanted to go LA and meet the rich and famous.

At my age, all I want now is go to Kuala Lumpur as well.

Are they the type who don’t dream big or the type who are just realistic?


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“Hey, how did you get into the teaching line?” That is definitely one question I have ye

“Hey, how did you get into the teaching line?”

That is definitely one question I have yet to find an answer I’m happy with to give out to people. A precise and concise answer that does not make me sound pretentious and self-important.

I have five more days to think about that while waiting for the first school meeting next Monday/ Tuesday.

Or can I just tell them that I had the world at the palm of my hand and that terrified me to the point I questioned my existence and purpose of living? That for two months, I contemplated life and its value. For two months, I stared at the ceiling in the dark thinking “Now what?”. For two months, I came into my finally purple-painted bedroom after work wondering if I was heading into the right direction with my instinct incessantly screaming no.

Would it be too soap opera if I told them from the moment I applied for the teaching position, all my uncertainties fade away?

Because it’s true. Because I know why. As simple as that.


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My opening line to freshmen students this year when I become their instructor. Just kidding guys, th

My opening line to freshmen students this year when I become their instructor.

Just kidding guys, that’s just what I tell the coworkers I don’t like. 


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In our latest Skype chat with another professional astronomer, Jeff and I talk to Dr. Natalie Gosnell, a professor of Physics at Colorado College. She works on stars that have crashed into each other, and is also an awesome mentor for her students.

#science    #astronomy    #threebodyproblems    #videos    #teaching    

Me, the teacher: all of the sources for your papers need to be academic references.

Some of my students:

A great relaxing and rejuvenating trip. Lots of animating and teaching to do this week. #legos #mini

A great relaxing and rejuvenating trip. Lots of animating and teaching to do this week. #legos #minifigs #palmsprings #pdx #pdxcarpet #minivacation #teaching #animation (at Portland International Airport)


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Chris reads a poem by student Evgeny from Russia:

Before you go, I’d like to let you know
that broken hopes can hardly be repaired.
My former friend, you’ve turned into my foe,
you waged this war before it was declared.

Forget my name and play your little game
with those who trust your treacherous endeavour.
My take on you will always be the same,
By lies of yours I’ll be affected never.

#english    #british english    #english lesson    #teaching    #learn english    #education    #poetry    

“You taught me how to love, forgive and care. You taught me how tough it could get and all the despair. You taught me my first words and how to eat, you made me everything I am, and I will ever be. Life seems dull when you’re not around, but with your one smile, everything turns around. You’ve given so much and asked for so little, you’ve sacrificed your dreams to make mine achievable. All my love and actions in this world will fall short in comparison to yours; it will take me a lifetime and many more to reciprocate yours. If I have only one wish, I hope that when I am born again, I have you as my mother all over again. because mommy, no matter where I am, I love you a thousand times more.”

- g.d. (Happy Mother’s Day)

Got my copy#journal #journalcover #coverart #neurosurgery #medicalillustration #publication #textb

Got my copy
#journal #journalcover #coverart #neurosurgery #medicalillustration #publication #textbook #medicalart #sciart #scienceillustration #textbooks #medschool #physiciansassistant #neuro #bypass #neuroscience #bypasssurgery #teaching #sutures #technique #spinesurgery #medicine #spine #photoshopdrawing #digitalpainting #cintiq #magazinecover #article #brainsurgery #brains (at Barrow Neurological Institute)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTmtPwRFsU1/?utm_medium=tumblr


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Illustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. TwitteIllustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching. Twitte

Illustrations for American Educator about making learning, not testing, the goal of teaching.

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squided: tlitookilakin:engineer-pearl0:tastefullyoffensive: “Not use collective punishment as itsquided: tlitookilakin:engineer-pearl0:tastefullyoffensive: “Not use collective punishment as it

squided:

tlitookilakin:

engineer-pearl0:

tastefullyoffensive:

“Not use collective punishment as it is not fair on the many people who did nothing and under the 1949 Geneva Conventions it is a war crime.”

Wait it’s a fucking WAR CRIME?!?! I mean that might not be 100% accurate but now I gotta know

holy crap, collective punishment is a war crime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention#Collective_punishments

and according to the exact legal phrasing-

Noprotected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.

This technically counts, as students are civilians, and thus considered a “protected person”. So yes, collective classroom punishment breaks the fourth Geneva Convention, and she should be rewarded for standing up for human rights and doing her research.

Power-move: accuse your teacher of a war crime using knowledge they supplied you with

Amo discipulos intelligentes.


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Social justice workshops often open by demanding that everyone consider the space safe and put absolute trust in the person leading it. For instance, workshop leaders will often say things like “This is a safe space. No one will feel unsafe here — but you might feel uncomfortable confronting your privilege. Understand the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe.”

“Everyone will be safe” is a promise we can’t keep. “Everyone must feel safe” is a demand that we have no right to make.

No workshop is actually safe for everyone. Sometimes, people are going to feel unsafe. Sometimes, people are going to *be* unsafe. People who feel unsafe need to be welcome in our workshops — and all the more so, we need to welcome those who are taking significant risks in order to learn from us.

When we tell people who are feeling unsafe that it must just be their privilege talking, we make the space much more dangerous for everyone in the room. Sometimes, people who feel unsafe are responding to real dangers. If we demand that participants who feel unsafe ignore the possibility that they are right, we are demanding the right to hurt them. That’s not something we should ever do.

Feeling unsafe isn’t always privilege talking. It’s always a possibility, but it’s never the only possibility. Sometimes, presenters aren’t actually as knowledgable and perceptive as they think they are. Sometimes, presenters get things wrong in ways that make the space unsafe for the most marginalized participants in the room. Sometimes, participants are so used to being unsafe that they need a lot of evidence of safety before they’re willing to risk trusting someone.

One way this can happen is that sometimes participants are marginalized in ways that the presenter doesn’t understand. For instance, people presenting on white privilege don’t necessarily always understand the significance of ableism, people presenting on sexism and misogyny don’t always understand the significance of racism and antiblackness. No one has a perfect understanding of every form of marginalization, and we are better presenters when we keep this in mind. When marginalized people are taking risks in order to learn from us, we need to respect the risks they’re taking and not write them off as a privileged affectation.

This can also happen in other ways. We have power as teachers and presenters, and it is possible to abuse that power. Even when the people we’re teaching are more privileged than we are in every relevant way, it matters how we treat them. Being privileged in society is not the same thing as being safe in a classroom. We are all capable of making mistakes that hurt people, and when we make those mistakes, it matters.

People have the right to manage their own safety. Our students have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they trust us, and how far they trust us. They have the right to revoke that trust at any time. We do not have the right to demand that they make themselves vulnerable, and we do not have the right to demand that they allow themselves to be hurt.

People have the right to make up their own minds about how safe or dangerous something seems to them. Calling a space safe does not make it safe, and it does not give us the right to order people to feel safe. When we present, it’s never ok to demand that people trust us. Trust is always earned.

Going from gr 8 to gr 2, from in-person to online, from FSL to immersion…

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