tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90778524062245438712011-08-01T21:18:35.560-04:00<i>"Teacher's Corner"</i> is an online journal of monthly essays, describing what a teacher learns when she creates and edits an online, classroom magazine for English language learners.summernoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-306001866468723322011-05-25T16:05:00.000-04:002011-05-25T16:05:02.750-04:00

By Jose Martinez, Globe Correspondent Eight-year-old Liam D’Souza snapped pictures from under a tree today as his 12-year-old brother Johann clutched an American flag and recited the Pledge of Allegiance before a group of grownups gathered on a hillside in Concord to become U.S. citizens. Seated among the 48 immigrants from 29 countries at Minute Man National Historical Park were their

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-15954785306428687902011-01-21T12:59:00.000-05:002011-01-21T12:59:15.604-05:00

January 2011: Another day of snow (and no school) for students here in Massachusetts!

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-12132567275578122262010-09-07T12:57:00.004-04:002010-09-15T08:52:09.143-04:00

 Seaside Daisy

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-23240128232208486392010-06-08T11:21:00.000-04:002010-06-08T11:21:16.156-04:00

What's Really Important by Susan Alyn With the stress of daily life, sometimes we may forget what tasks are really important to do. Here, below, a young student reminds us.

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-36266724686232790902010-03-07T10:18:00.009-05:002010-06-08T11:22:39.060-04:00

 A photo of some of my wonderful ESL students:     Anna, Roberta and Livia. Photo by Susan Alyn, copyright March 2010.  Thank you! by Susan Alyn March 2010  I thought about writing an essay, but instead, I just want to say  thank you to my wonderful students. I enjoyed having you as  students and teaching  English! Thank you!

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-49262553045879659302008-11-06T08:37:00.011-05:002009-07-04T20:34:10.625-04:00

Obama Elected 44th PresidentPresident-elect Barack Obama and his family arrive on stage for his election night victory rally at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. —Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Democrat’s agenda includes expanding preschool, recruiting teachers, increasing funding for charter schools, and amending the No Child Left Behind Act.By David J. Hoff Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois,

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-52232033324690793182008-04-12T14:50:00.008-04:002008-08-03T16:44:13.751-04:00

This is such an interesting and inspiring article from The New York Times. I just thought I'd share it with other teachers. (BTW, I added the bold in this article, below.) Enjoy! When Language Lessons Make for Good TheaterPhoto: Robert Caplin for The New York TimesA teacher of English as a Second Language, Néstor Rodríguez, moderated questions from students to actors during a play. By FERNANDA

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-33287347328895413162007-12-02T11:12:00.001-05:002010-01-25T07:57:21.393-05:00

The December 2007 issue of Educators' eZineI wrote the article, below, about the origin of Inspiration Lane, to explain to educators in instructional technology the problems I was trying to solve by creating my site. My article was published this month, December 2007, in Educators' eZine, and reprinted here, in techLEARNING. I love how the editor, Gwen Solomon, changed the title I originally

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-12663489612394774582007-11-09T10:17:00.000-05:002007-11-09T23:57:13.030-05:00

I want to take you on a little journey with me. We’ll travel the path I took which resulted in two reviews of my site, Inspiration Lane, being published in the recent newsletters of two ESOL teacher groups in the USA: the Tennessee Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (known as "TNTESOL") and the Texas Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages, Region III (known as “

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-57691958942560308532007-10-12T11:53:00.001-04:002009-12-24T12:38:37.755-05:00

Branches & Reflections, Photo used with permission; copyright 2007 by Edie BreslerIt’s always a happy day for me when I see policies change -- or potentially change -- and change for the better in education. Such was the situation when I recently received an unexpected email from Florida’s “Dr. Rashid A. Moore, Editor," Sunshine State TESOL Journal at www.sstesoljournal.org. First, some

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-22819781534413699962007-09-30T23:48:00.001-04:002007-10-29T17:05:01.481-04:00

OK, finally; I made it! I was trying to finish writing this essay before the end of October, and here we are, already in the last week of the month. Time sure flies!I wanted to tell you all about the EUROCALL Review, since they chose my site, Inspiration Lane, as their Recommended Website. (Thank you, EUROCALL!) And, I have indeed started reading more and more of their newsletter. But, to

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-78012688383261376642007-08-07T01:34:00.001-04:002007-10-12T16:41:03.032-04:00

I’m always amazed at how people from almost every nation around the globe manage to find their way to Inspiration Lane, the site I created which is also linked on the sidebar. And, I’m always delighted when students write about their enjoyment of this site, such as the English language student from Taiwan, Christina, whose glowing review was featured in my June 2007 essay. Equally thrilling for

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-69777959741207030422007-07-11T11:43:00.000-04:002007-10-12T16:38:55.879-04:00

A "screen dump," or screen shot, of my site, Inspiration LaneThe other day the editor of a CALL [Computer Assisted Language Learning] journal asked me to email her some "screen dumps" of my site for an upcoming review of my site in that publication. I have to admit I had no idea what she was talking about, but within a day, I learned what she wanted - and, how to make it, and email it to her. A "

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-19792164626992034322007-06-26T08:14:00.000-04:002007-10-12T16:38:15.509-04:00

I have been very delinquent in keeping my journal here, but I must say a big hello to the nice student who wrote a glowing review of my site, and that student's teacher, who kindly posted my message to students - all in Taiwan! When people reach out, the world can be a very small place, it seems. :) Central TaiwanHere is the review by Christina, a college student and English language learner:

summernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077852406224543871.post-58339800479403447322007-06-03T19:04:00.001-04:002007-10-12T19:05:02.070-04:00

This is actually a new journal space for me, as I was posting at the Inspiration Lane site for the past three months. I have not yet figured out how to transfer all those posts here, so perhaps I will start anew, and select some past posts to share when time permits. If you'd like to comment, feel free to post here in my journal in the "comments" section.Susan Alyn aka "summer," Age 3, in her

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