Facilitating Community Blogging Circles
This is an example of my planning process. It began with reviewing the Canadian Language Benchmarks manual, and combining a tally sheet of students’ assessed CLB Levels with a summary of the students’ needs assessments. I also need to consider Continue reading Blogging the ESL Curriculum Development Process – Part 1: Identifying Tasks
An Internationally Trained Professional new to Canada will need to demonstrate their skills and experience through their diplomas, licenses, and resume. Many would need to supplement these documents with evidence showcasing their skills development through documenting career assessments, recognition of foreign credentials, English language assessment results (Canadian Language Benchmarks, IELTS, etc.) as well as provide evidence of learning completed during industry specific skills training courses, LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers) classes, employment workshops, volunteering (internships), and networking contacts. Continue reading Professional English – Portfolio
First posted in Me2U on October 8, 2008 This post was first written for the mde605 course , and reviewing it again now (July 10, 2010), is intended to provide an example of why such archiving of posts is so Continue reading Academic Blogging for Identity Construction
Academic blogging is quickly emerging as a separate genre. In the first of my series of blog posts, I explored Dr. Terry Anderson’s academic blogging style, and analyzed his blog post on Rethinking Disclosure and Surveillance . I then explored Dr. Tony Continue reading Explorations in Academic Blogging: D’Arcy Norman
Academic blogging is quickly emerging as a separate genre. In the first of my series of blog posts, I explored Dr. Terry Anderson’s academic blogging style, and analyzed his blog post on Rethinking Disclosure and Surveillance . In this post, I explore Continue reading Explorations in Academic Blogging: Tony Bates