Two Teachers Talking™
By Tony Silva and Charles Wiz
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Episodes: 185
Description
Teachers know that when classes are done, the beer has been poured, teachers gather around the table, and the talk turns to...teaching. Great (and not so great ideas) are tossed around, argued, praised, and ridiculed. What's been missing is a microphone on the table. Until now. If you're a teacher, and especially if you're teaching in Japan, have a listen. Tony and Charles talk about what they've learned, what works, what doesn't, and what other teachers like you have to say.
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184. More AI - How it might (and might not) change education
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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183. An Interview with David “MacSparky” Sparks
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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182. The teacher and AI ethics (What about YOU, Sensei?)
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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181. Tony, Spanish, and El Bújo Verde (Duolingo)
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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180. Tech tools for serious learners
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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179. Old Hands - Part Two
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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178. Old Hands - Part 1
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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177. Smartphones in the classroom
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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176. Listener Questions
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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175. Digital Surveillance
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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174. Graduation. Now what?
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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173. Professional Suicide Intervention
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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172. Reboot!
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May 01, 2024 |
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171. Welcome to retirement
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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170. Japan vs. Mexico
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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169. Cheating
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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168. Looking back…way back
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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167. Three for one
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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166. You can’t go back home
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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165. Teacher vs. AI - Round 2
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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164. Shock and awe or the comfort of the familiar?
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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163. Diversity - Mixing it up
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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162. Revisiting the teacher training experience
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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161. Around the world with Rin
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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160. This class is a DISASTER!
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May 01, 2023 |
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159. Stand and Deliver
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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158. Dead Poets Society
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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157. Depression
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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156. ChatGPT
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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155. Gifts for the Teacher
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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154. Desirable Difficulties
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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153. Improv and Teaching
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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152. The Sound of Music - In the Classroom
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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151. Too much time, too little time, this isn’t working…RED ALERT!
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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150. Teaching Reading
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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149. Plagiarism, again. Why the problem is so difficult to solve in Japan. Culture, society, comprehension, and plain old delinquency, the teacher is up against all of that in this fight.
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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148. Post-COVID?
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May 01, 2022 |
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147. Why English?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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146. Coordinators and...Leaving Japan?!
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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145. Program Coordination
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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144. Year of the Tiger
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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143. Teaching While Black in Japan
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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142. The Perfect Class
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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141. “Does everybody understand? Are there any questions?”
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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140. Pronunciation Part 2 and Machine Translation
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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139. Pronunciation - Part 1
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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138. Undoable done well
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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137. Odds and Sods
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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136. Collaboration
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May 01, 2021 |
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135. To face or not to face
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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134. Game Over: Tony has retired
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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133. The self-sabotaging student
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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132. Interview: A future educator
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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131. Too tired
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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130. Learning Styles
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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129. What we’ve learned about Zoom
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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128. Remotely Survivable - レモサバ
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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127. Mind Maps
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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126. Social Justice Issues in the Foreign Language Classroom
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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125. Tales from the front
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May 31, 2020 |
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124. The kids are alright
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May 01, 2020 |
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123. Meet Generation C
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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122. Email organization
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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121. Needs Analysis Part 2 and the COVID-19 Virus
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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120. Needs Analysis - Pt. 1: Prof. Alison Kitzman
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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119. An Interview with Chris Ruddenklau
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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118. Great Expectations, Revisited
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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117. Highs and Lows
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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116. Speech Contests
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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115. Language and Personality: It’s me!
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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114. Task Management
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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113. Beyond Your Control
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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112. Motivation
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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111. There’s a genius in this classroom. It’s not me.
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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110. So, now you’re a teacher
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May 01, 2019 |
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109. Study Abroad, Part 2: The Potential Downside
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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108. Study Abroad, Part 1
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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107. Tools of the trade
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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106. Final Exams
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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105. Holiday Party
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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104. Backup, Security, Privacy
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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103. Change. Everyone wants it. Why is it so hard?
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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102. Effective Assignments
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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101. Web Pages for Students
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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100. When disaster strikes
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Jun 30, 2018 |
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99. Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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98. Besides English
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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97. Making time
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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96. Teaching presentation skills.
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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95. The Grading Game
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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94. 2017: Shut It Down
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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93. Dear Santa
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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92. Mayday! Mayday!
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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91.Tablet or laptop?
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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90. Writing Tools
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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89. The Inescapable Bias Matrix
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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88. Lessons Learned
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Jul 01, 2017 |
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87. Sage on the Stage
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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86. Student questions
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May 01, 2017 |
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85. Ripeti, con spirito.
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Apr 01, 2017 |
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84. Student Feedback
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Mar 01, 2017 |
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83. Quitting
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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82. Take out your phones
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Jan 01, 2017 |
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81. Gotta Have It
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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80. To Moodle or not to Moodle?
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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79. How to Teach Whatever
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Oct 01, 2016 |
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78. Fluency
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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77. Paul Nation Interview - Part 2
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Jul 31, 2016 |
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76. Textbooks
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Jul 01, 2016 |
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75. Workflows: A String On Your Finger
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May 31, 2016 |
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74. A brand-new year
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May 01, 2016 |
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73. Interview with Paul Nation - Part 1
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Apr 07, 2016 |
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72. Futurama
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Mar 01, 2016 |
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71. A visit with Chris Cotter of Heads Up English
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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70. Starting from zero
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Jan 01, 2016 |
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69. Past our expiration date or improving with age?
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Dec 01, 2015 |
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68. Reelin' In the Years
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Nov 01, 2015 |
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67. Japanese Exceptionalism
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Sep 30, 2015 |
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66. Self-evaluation, Self-correction
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Sep 01, 2015 |
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65. An Interview with D.J. Condon
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Aug 01, 2015 |
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64. The Failure of Tech to Transform Education
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Jul 01, 2015 |
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63. Tech me, Teacher
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May 31, 2015 |
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62. Teaching Incommunicado
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Apr 30, 2015 |
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61. Won’t get fooled again
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Apr 01, 2015 |
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60. Great Expectations
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Mar 01, 2015 |
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59. Sense of Place
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Feb 01, 2015 |
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58. Burnout
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Dec 31, 2014 |
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57. Year's end reboot!
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Nov 30, 2014 |
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56. Student Centered Learning
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Nov 01, 2014 |
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55. Critical Mass
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Sep 30, 2014 |
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54. Plagiarism
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Aug 31, 2014 |
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53. Failure by design
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Aug 01, 2014 |
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52. School Culture - Part 2: Administration
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Jul 01, 2014 |
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51. School Culture - Part 1: Students
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Jun 01, 2014 |
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50. Unteachable?
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May 10, 2014 |
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49. Five Teachers Talking
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Apr 26, 2014 |
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48. Transitions
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Apr 12, 2014 |
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47. Student-Teacher Interaction
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Mar 09, 2014 |
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46. Teaching Writing
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Feb 22, 2014 |
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45. Final Assessment Tasks
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Feb 08, 2014 |
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44. Five Students Talking
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Jan 25, 2014 |
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43. Tough Enough?
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Jan 11, 2014 |
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42. Missionary?! Me?
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Dec 21, 2013 |
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41. Coordinated Programs
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Dec 07, 2013 |
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40. Toys for teacher
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Nov 23, 2013 |
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39. Teacher Training - A slippery three-pronged animal
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Nov 09, 2013 |
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38. From Ditto to Download - Part 3
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Oct 26, 2013 |
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37. From Ditto to Download - Part 2.
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Oct 12, 2013 |
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36. False Beginnings; Mid-Year Schizophrenia
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Sep 28, 2013 |
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35. From ditto to download
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Sep 14, 2013 |
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34. Does English Matter?
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Aug 17, 2013 |
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33. Three Teachers Traveling
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Aug 03, 2013 |
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32. The Grading Is Nigh
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Jul 20, 2013 |
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31. Time Management
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Jul 06, 2013 |
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30. Teachers Under Attack
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Jun 22, 2013 |
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29. Part-time, Full-time. Part 2.
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Jun 08, 2013 |
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28. Part-time, Full-Time. Part 1.
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May 25, 2013 |
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27. Problem Kids
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May 11, 2013 |
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26. Starting Over - マジで？
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Apr 27, 2013 |
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25. Why do we teach?
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Apr 13, 2013 |
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24. Pre-prep
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Mar 30, 2013 |
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23. Change
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Mar 16, 2013 |
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22. Cognitive and Affective Filters in the Classroom
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Mar 02, 2013 |
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21. Issues, Culture, and Convictions in the Classroom
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Feb 16, 2013 |
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20. Writing the Syllabus
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Feb 02, 2013 |
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19. Grades
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Jan 19, 2013 |
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18. A Flat Learning curve
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Jan 05, 2013 |
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17. Spreadsheets for Grading
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Dec 22, 2012 |
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16. Hypocritical
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Dec 08, 2012 |
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15. Using Web Technology
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Nov 25, 2012 |
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14. Teaching for the Future
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Nov 10, 2012 |
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13. The Interview - Part 2
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Oct 27, 2012 |
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12. The Interview - Part 1
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Oct 13, 2012 |
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11. The CV
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Sep 23, 2012 |
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10. Summer Vacation
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Aug 18, 2012 |
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9. Pet Peeves
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Aug 04, 2012 |
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8. Grading
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Jul 21, 2012 |
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7. Essential Tech for the Teacher
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Jul 07, 2012 |
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6. Mid-Semester Blues
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Jun 23, 2012 |
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5. Wish we'd known then what we know now.
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Jun 09, 2012 |
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4. Losing It
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May 26, 2012 |
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3. Walking on Water (when you can't even swim)
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May 12, 2012 |
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2. Manipulating Classroom Space
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May 05, 2012 |
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1. Survivors of Week One
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Apr 28, 2012 |
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Introduction
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Apr 21, 2012 |