Miscellaneous

English as a Global Language

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Nahir Aparicio from Caracas, Venezuela sent her summary of Kanavillil Rajagopalan´s to the British Council site. Yony Cardenas and Maria Esther Linares from Lima, Peru report on their impressions of the first day. Check out Vanessa Andreotti´s first blog post on David´s session.

Getting to know each other

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– I drove to the hotel early this morning (it´s only 45 minutes away from my country house) to be here at the opening session. All participants arrived here yesterday. It´s a very nice group composed of 29 participants (18 from different places all over Brasil and 11 from other Latin American countries: Argentina, Chile, … Read more

Documenting the process

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– I have started two other blogs, but not on Blogger this time. I want to experiment with WordPress as I will be giving a workshop on Blogging Towards Autonomy during the Hornby Summer School next Tuesday, January 10th. I do not know whether this is a wise move, as most of the participants, according … Read more

Entering the Blogging World

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– Anne Davis is an edublogger and works with faculty, staff, and students in the area of instructional technology at the University of Georgia, USA. In Edublog Insights, which won the 2005 Edublog Awards in the best teacher blog category, she reflects, discusses, and explores the possibilities of blogging in the classroom. Here is some … Read more

Welcome

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Welcome to the Hornby Summer School 2006 Mother Blog! Here you will find links to interesting readings online, announcements, reflections, gossip 🙂 and the blogroll of the participants. In a nutshell, a record of the high points of this 10-day event in Brazil. Enjoy your stay and experience. In your own blogs, practise using this … Read more