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A Secret Number?
We are told that 13 is an unlucky number. One of the
many theories is that Friday the 13th is taboo because the Templar Knights were
arrested and condemned by the seneschals of Philippe IV, King of France, in a
"pre-dawn raid" on Friday, October 13th, 1307. The number 13 has been
shunned for centuries. Some architects omit the 13th floor from office
buildings to this very day. Is it possible that the folklore associated with
the number 13 is absolutely apocryphal? Or that it has become a demonized
numeral precisely because it was sacred in pre-Christian times? It is an oddly
recurring sum. 12 apostles and a messiah. 12 Knights of the Round Table and
King Arthur. The number 13 recurs too consistently in such significant contexts
to be purely arbitrary. And I believe, it’s not. 13 was a central
number to certain traditions of sacred geometry, because it reflected a pattern
which could be seen to exist in man, nature, and the heavens. For instance,
there are 13 major joints in y…
Social Networking in ELT
Advantages of Social Networking
- Educational tool: most students nowadays are fluent in Web and social networking technologies. Teachers must leverage this knowledge to enrich the learning experience. With social media, educators can foster collaboration and discussion, create meaningful dialogue, exchange ideas, and boost student interaction, especially when they are moving inside a new linguistic code.
- Enhance student engagement: students who rarely participate in class may feel more comfortable expressing themselves on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Social networking platforms enable teachers to establish “back channels” that foster discussion and surface ideas that students are too shy or intimidated to express themselves.
- Improve communication between students and teachers: Facebook and Twitter can enhance communication between students and teachers. Educators can answer students’ questions, post homework assignments or lesson plans, send messages and updates, schedule or anno…
- Educational tool: most students nowadays are fluent in Web and social networking technologies. Teachers must leverage this knowledge to enrich the learning experience. With social media, educators can foster collaboration and discussion, create meaningful dialogue, exchange ideas, and boost student interaction, especially when they are moving inside a new linguistic code.
- Enhance student engagement: students who rarely participate in class may feel more comfortable expressing themselves on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Social networking platforms enable teachers to establish “back channels” that foster discussion and surface ideas that students are too shy or intimidated to express themselves.
- Improve communication between students and teachers: Facebook and Twitter can enhance communication between students and teachers. Educators can answer students’ questions, post homework assignments or lesson plans, send messages and updates, schedule or anno…
What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali
Taylor Mali is a "vocal advocate of teachers and the nobility of teaching, having himself spent nine years in the classroom teaching everything from English and history to math and S.A.T. test preparation. He has performed and lectured for teachers all over the world, and his New Teacher Project has a goal of creating 1,000 new teachers through poetry, persuasion, and perseverance.” Check his website for more information!