A journey into learning

On slaps in the face and banging heads against the wall

tamaslorincz — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:26:11 +0000

Am I a good teacher, or am I just fooling myself, and you? I don’t think I’m fooling myself at all – I don’t think I’m a good teacher. . Am I using this blog to promote the idea of me being a good teacher? Not even that, I believe. I definitely don't use this forum to intentionally mislead or deceive you, kind reader.

Multiliteracies #evomlit

tamaslorincz — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:04:21 +0000

Vance wrote a post about the different definitions of multiliteracies. I often start reading things with creating a wordle of it and then narrowing it down to the 50 top words. This is an interesting way of figuring out the gist of any longer piece. It also keeps your brain busy trying to figure out [...]

Merry Christmas

tamaslorincz — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:40:35 +0000

It's Christmas and the thing I like most about it is that it gives you a great opportunity to say Thank You to people you might not have thanked in the year.

On the same day….

tamaslorincz — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:11:25 +0000

I got very excited when last September I got this call from out of the blue pretty much begging me to do what I had thought I was bursting to do: teach in a secondary school in Budapest, and put all my ideals and ideas about teaching into practice. I kept banging my head into walls and encountered pretty severy resistance from students and every time I tried to discuss the issue with the students I got the same answer: You should be more strict. We should write mote tests. We have only done two units of the book. When are we going to prepare for the language exam? You like us too much.

#iTDi – The future of professional development is here

tamaslorincz — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:17:45 +0000

I am so very excited about the buzz iTDi has created. Can't wait to see this great initiative unfold and turn English language teachers' professional development into a truly community experience.

11 from ’11 that I haven’t written

tamaslorincz — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:16:29 +0000

My 11 posts ... I should have written ... which is actually 22 Adam Simpson - better known as @ayearinthelifeof started a challenge which has already had some pretty groovy response by some of the great bloggers out there. The challenge is simple: choose 11 post from the year 2011 and share them in a blog post with a quick description of why you have chosen it.

My Edublog Awards nominations (#eddies11)

tamaslorincz — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:16:50 +0000

It is a lucky learner who is hard put to find the best among the best teachers. Let me give it a go here:

After another awfully long hiatus

tamaslorincz — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:15:03 +0000

I often feel that I need to have these relatively long and complete silences to see if I can stand up again and there is still something to talk about and that there are people to listen and reflect.

Another great post by @timbukteeth – (positive) deviant teachers

tamaslorincz — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:49:24 +0000

Interesting. I think you can be a positive deviant only in retrospect, at the time of being deviant you are everything but positive. You can’t challenge and subvert and stay positive. I would really like to think of myself as a positive deviant, I like asking people why they are doing what they are doing [...]

A very good reason…

tamaslorincz — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:53:18 +0000

to post something. We have been working on this since December last year, of course it is WiP but it started looking very good. My wonderful students in class 9A at Madách Imre Secondary School in Budapest started their own blog. There are quite a few exciting posts inspired by our everyday life, units in [...]