Random Quote
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
---- J. Robert Oppenheimer
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
---- Albert Einstein
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
---- Evan Esar
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
---- Doug Larson
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
---- Robert Frost
This may be the most interesting blog theme I've ever seen. http://eflgeek.com/index.php Definitely in my top 5 at least.
---- Steve Dembo
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
---- Edward R. Murrow
As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.
---- Mary Roninette Kowal
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
---- Edward Abbey
Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster!
---- unknown
A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.
---- anonymous
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
---- John Ciardi
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
---- Thomas A. Edison
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
---- Galileo Galilei
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
---- Thomas A. Edison
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
---- Malcom Forbes
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
---- Fred Allen
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
---- Terry Pratchett
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
---- H. G. Wells
Technology will not replace teachers...teachers who use technology will
probably replace teachers who do not.
---- Ray Clifford
Some interesting posts recently
I’ve noticed a number of interesting posts by various bloggers recently that I haven’t really had the time to comment on at their respective blogs or write my own post related to what they wrote. I’m sure many will find these posts interesting reading.
Teacher in Development writes about helping students kick ass and the development of one learners passion for English through podcasts and portfolios that resulted in a completely new student. A definite feel good story.
Dan Kirk writes about a new student access centre at his university called English Support Lounge (ESL) - read the first entry and then the second. I’m particularly intersted in this as myself and a colleague have been running a similar idea around in our heads for a few months and may look to Dan for more ideas in the future.
The very prolific Teacher Dude has three posts that I want to highlight. The first two are about technology and the classroom. Forget Technology is about using what we have to enhance the classroom and not worrying about not having the latest tech toys. The Limits of Tech continues in a similar vein and concludes by stating that:
There are limits to what technology can do even in the best teaching situations. It is a poor substitute for the passion, imagination and knowledge that good teachers bring to the classroom.
Finally Using Podcasts has some insightful ideas on how to incorporate podcasts and the potential problems one might face.
Lastly Daniel considers whether we have students or clients in the classroom. Daniel also throws in the towel regarding an article he was writing.





Aaron wrote 45 words on Friday May 19, 2006 at 11:02 PM
Hey man,
Thanks for the mention! I have been having the same problem - reading great stuff from others, but not having the time to do much commenting on it. Shesh!
Have a great one, and thanks again for mentioning me on your blog.
Aaron
daniel wrote 21 words on Saturday May 20, 2006 at 01:32 PM
so…are you practicing for hosting/editing the CELT in August?
what about you Aaron? would you be interested in hosting/editing an edition?