http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org My professional development virtual hub Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:56:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having been an active participant in the English speaking edublogosphere for some years, I also feel the need to connect to Spanish-speaking edubloggers. After attending Rosario BlogDay, joining Edublogger Argento, and taking online courses in my L1 for teachers of different foreign languages, I became aware of the growing community ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/06/30/tics-y-lenguas/ A spin-off of RosarioBlogDay, MateyBlogs, the first collaborative blogging workshop in Rosario, took place today at CEC combining one of our dearest Argentinian traditions with the 2.0 spirit. After three brief presentations conducted by Fernanda Rubio, Francisco Sanguinetti on how to integrate mutimedia content, and Federico Aikawa, who shared some practical ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/05/24/mateblogs/ When Blogging4Educators started, I understood we had designed a number of environments to interact with participants, mainly, our YG and two blogs to host weekly discussions. During the first two weeks, fascinating conversations developed as we shaped, defined and built ideas dialogically on our blog threads. On week 3, however, ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/02/09/edublogtalkdistributed-conversations/  After a very hectic semester, Jesica and I have been finally able to submit our final assignment for the Teaching Business English Course – E-teacher Program scholarship. During the course we explored and gained a deeper insight into various aspects of TBE such as needs analysis, CLT, resources, cross-cultural business ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/tbe-final-assignment/ I’m ready for the b4echallenge. Here it goes: - I attended kindergarten in New York City and cried every single day because I couldn't understand what my teacher said. (See related post) - I studied drama for seven years and performed in a play called “Wonders in the Land of the Alices”.  In ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/02/01/5-things-participants-dont-know-about-me/ The Blogging Season No, I’m not into gardening at all, but I have always found metaphors essential to grasp new concepts and to connect to them emotionally. Just as flower buds look fresh and promising anticipating spring, the beginning of the blogging season at EVO always fills us with renewed hope and ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/45/ Three days before EVO 2008 official launch, the action has already started at Blogging4Educators. There are more than 110 participants from all over the world eager to exchange greetings and introductions and to share resources and expectations. The preparation process has been such a lively experience! Some time ago I defined ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/01/11/countdown-to-blogging-for-educators/ “We know we can publish information. What we need to focus on now is how we connect to each other; how we build contexts that help us learn.” Just as Pablo Mancini mentioned in RBD, social networks were the highlight of 2007 and the trend seems to be growing stronger. I ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2008/01/09/exploring-social-networks/ The CALL Interest Section of the international TESOL professional association has announced the 2008 EVO sessions (January 14 - February 24). Every year, EFL/ESL teachers from all over the world take part in online seminars and workshops to explore and discuss topics related to the integration of technology in English Language Teaching. This ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2007/12/04/tesol-electronic-village-online-2008/ [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/fyyLpEf7E3k" width="400" height="325" wmode="transparent" /] After RBD, I've had the pleasure of engaging in meaningful and unexpected conversations with some unique local bloggers (new friends?) . I guess I've just become aware of the fact that I'm an English-speaking blogger in Spanish-speaking city, but that does not seem to be a problem when ... http://carlaraguseo.edublogs.org/2007/11/16/rosario-blogday-more-surprises/