I have been an ELT teacher for 28 (22 at the Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa) years and have taught at most levels. I teach at the Centro de Estudio de Idiomas, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa. I live in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. I have six children, three girls and three boys. I love my family.
I have a BA in ELT, also, I finished a masters degree on ICT (Information and Communications Technology) but I didn't graduate because of administrative problems.
I have two certificates from the British Council in Mexico, one in E-Tutoring and another in Training the Trainer.
For the past three years I've been teaching online (Educational Technologies, Virtual Communities, Discourse Analysis, and Materials Design). I really love teaching. My wife says she feels been cheated because I spent more time with the computers. I'm l

ately enrolled in an exchange project where students and I will interact with some American students via Skype. This is a social network for our bachelors: http://bainelt-uas.ning.com/
E-CU Around ;-)

Hello everybody! My name is Stella and as most of you I'm an EFL teacher in Argentina. I've been teaching English for a myriad of years now. I teach at almost all levels: secondary school, college, university, post-univeristy levels. I've become a fan of technologies. I was a Webhead last year though I must admit I was overloaded with info. This year I think I'm ready to profit much more!! Ready to start :-)

Stella

In case you want to visit them, some of my blogs are: http://stella-myownjourney.blogspot.com/ and http://lab-level3.blogspot.com/

Dear Webheads and Webheads to be,

 I am a Brazilian living and teaching in Brasília, Brazil. I have been an EFL structor for almost 20 years now. I took part in BaW07 and BaW08 and consider myself a very person to be part of such a wonderful group of people. My first experience with EVO was in 2006 and since then I have been a big fan of the event and recommend to everyone I have a chance to. I love technology and as such I am a big fan of blogs, wikis, and podcasts. I love spending a great deal of my time creating things on the web and interacting with my peer teachers or students. One of the things I like about learning on the web is how accelerated it can be. I look forward to sharing some of the things I have learned and learning much more with you all. E-mail: joseaokc@yahoo.com blog in Wordpress blog in Blogger blog in 21classes. BTW, I love blogging.  Most recent blog in blogger

My name is Natasa and I come from Belgrade, Serbia. I have been an EFL teacher for 19 years. The name of my school is Zaduzbina Ilije M. Kolarca. It is the oldest school of foreign languages in Belgrade – we celebrated our 75^th anniversary in December. I teach adults and teenagers. I am a great fan of blogs and wikis and Web 2.0 in general. This is my second BaW. Last year I was really overwhelmed and I hope it will be easier this time. I need to concentrate on week four, however (I was out of town during week four last year, so I never created a podcast). What is great about BaW is the friendships you make here and I am really looking forward to the next six weeks.

My Netvibes pa

ge: http://www.netvibes.com/lunas994

My blog: http://lunas994.blogspot.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/lunas994

My Yahoo ID: natasabozicgrojic

My Skype ID: grojici.banjica 

My name is Buthaina, but I'm also known as Buth. I've been an EFL and ESP instructor at the Language Center of Kuwait University since 2001. I was among the lucky teachers in the world who joined the EVO 2002 session, Webheads in action, moderated by Vance Stevens, and have become a Webhead since then! If you are interested in knowing more
about me, please go to: http://alothman-b.com/buthaina_bio.htm
I hope we all have a great time in this 6-week journey of learning, TOGETHER. 

YM ID: buthaina_3  Skype name: buthaina_3

My name is  Mehdi. I come from Iran, Qazvin. I have been teaching English for 5 years now. I have started this career when I was only 20 years old in 2003. I have been actively involved with web tools for learning English in the past five years. Although I had to teach in the most under-developed rural areas of Iran, I never gave up my online activities and my studies. I am now studying an MA program of TEFL in Iran, Sabzevar. I always try to update my knowledge of language and technology to transfer the fresh air of learning into my classes.  

I d like to thank you all for being with baw09 in this adventure.

My Yahoo ID: mahdithr2003

Email:  mehdi.taherkhani@gmail.com

My Blog: http://www.iransessions.blogspot.com/

Hello from Italy! I graduated in 1990 and in 2007 I took my second degree in " Language Teaching Technologies " with a disputation about languages and technologies in the global school. I teach English in a secondary school, but I'm also a specialized teacher for students in special needs. I'm an Educator/technologist for a C.A.L.L. Lab at the University of Palermo. In 1999 I was a reporter at the East Midlands Regional Training Network during my experience as an Italian language assistant at King Edward VII upper school in Melton Mowbray (UK). In 1990-92 I was a multiple-tasks staff member of ESF courses (in charge of course planning, tutorage and teaching, teaching consultant). I'm currently doing research on blended learning, videogames and social networks. I’m glad of working on some educational projects in Second Life (Babel project, LanguageLab, Art&Life, ANITEL). I live fully, working, living, playing and socializing in Second Life. However, my first life is very busy… My key interests include: learner motivation, encouraging learner autonomy, ICT and the use of Web 2.0 tools and virtual worlds in teaching and learning languages, non verbal communication, investigating the use of SL in education, portability to SL of lessons learnt from e-learning of English and Italian teaching, social networks. Actually I'm offering free activities and classes for people who want to learn Italian or have a basic knowledge about this language and culture (Italian Pronunciation, Café Italia, Italian Classes for Beginners). I’m also giving a weekly event for Italian teachers in ANITEL. I’m taking part in MUVEnation project and I am eager to learn more about languages teaching and learning. I look forward to sharing my experiences and improving my knowledge with you!

Skype : carmendell964

e-mail: carmen35_64@yahoo.it

http://call-slingua.blogspot.com/

http://mymuvenation08.blogspot.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/misy08/

Facebook: search for Misy Ferraris 

Hello from freezing cold Toronto, Canada

It's a good thing I'm a skiier otherwise I would be wishing myself somewhere warm. 

I'm a corporate educator currently on sabbatical.  Like Carmen above me I'm also taking the MUVEnation course on Edcuation and Second Life.  I'm not sure how I will sell it in my corporate environment but those little details have never stopped me from learning so I will continue and figure out something along the way. 

Part of my course is to create a blog and to reflect on my learning.  This activity is becoming stressful.  I'm not sure if I a) know how to learn and or b) know how to blog.     It's a good thing I'm persistent.    There is a new book coming out on Blogger.   It's called Google Blogger For Dummies by Susan Gunelius (Paperback - Jan 16 2009)   I'm going to be going through that book with a fine tooth comb.    

I'm looking forward to connecting with all of you.  

Thank you to all the volunteers who are taking their time to provide a forum for this incredible learning.  

It's because of people like you and the people who sign up that I'm have become a much better learner and far more curious and creative in my approaches to learning. 

PS  Picture will be coming.  I have to find one 

Mireille

Toronto, Canada

Email:  mireille10@yahoo.com  or mireillem10@gmail.com   (I had to use my gmail account to join this wiki)

Skype:  mireillem10

Yahoo IM:  mireille10

Blog:  http://mireilleslearningcircles.com   (I created this one for this course)

Facebook:  Mireille Massue 

 Hi there!!!
I am writing to you from Oman. I am going to tell you more about my country in the coming days. I am wearing our traditional clothes (see the pic). I am very pleased to take part in such an event. For me, it is more than just a course. Here, in addition to the gain of knowledge and experience, we gain friends with whom we share ideasm problems and solutions. I have just started my blog. I will share it with you when I see it can give you something. I am interested in online language learning  but I need to know more on that. I am pretty good at programming but I am still learning. I think this is a good chance to benifit from each others experiences and skills. There is a lot to say. Days are coming.
If you are interested in contacting me!!! saeed-r-s@hotmail.com or saeed_al_abdulsalam@yahoo.com
bye for now
eager to meet you.

Hello, and greetings to 

all of you from Romania, Transylvania, which is the famous land of Dracula!!! 

I have been teaching English for a long time, almost 22 years but basically in traditional face-to-face classes. However I am trying hard to keep the pace with technology and have developed (with a specialist's help) my own site where my adult students of Business English can find materials which encourage them to take more responsibility for their learning. 

The site address is: http://www.orizont.net/users/victor/AnisoaraPop/

Right now I am involved in organizing a workshop in higher education ESP. You can find details about it at: http://www.orizont.net/users/victor/espworkshop I have also estabilished an ESP wiki and an ESP teacher networking. I am eager to learn more about using technology to develop our students' autonomy and motivation.

I am glad and thankful  to be part of such a large and special community and  hope to be able to stay in touch even after this event. 

I am a DELTA-qualified English teacher and have taught in various context in Brazil, Germany and the UK. I live in Turkey and teach on-site, online and in Second Life.
This is my second BaW session. What I have learned in BaW08 and the new colleagues and friends I met have contributed a lot to my professional development throughout the whole year after the session. I just couldn't resist participating again. Although, this year, I might sometimes only manage to lurk.

Looking forward to to whatever the BaW team has in store for us. 

You can find more about me here.
 

Hi my name is Louise Carr and my Yahoo ID is Louise 3100.

I live in Kent, England and work for Central Sussex College in Crawley.  I  am currently a Curriculum Team Leader responible for a small team of teachers who deliver ESOL and EFL (including IELTS) to learners in the community and across various sites.  I have taught all levels and also teach ESOL subject specialist trainees and parts of the generic teacher training programme.  I have just been appointed eCPD personal adviser for the college.
My aim is to have all my colleagues become as enthusiastic as I am about using technology in teaching and learning including the college's VLE system. 
I joined because I  am currently trying to put together a blended teacher training programme and want to learn as much as I can about both designing and using online communication.

Hello Everybody, 

Originally from Montreal, Canada, I now live in New York City. Currently I'm teaching Low-Intermediate adult learners at a private language school (I've taught all levels of GIE as well as TOEFL).  

I attended last year's Blogging for Educators and touched but the tip of the iceberg, so I'm back, hoping to learn more and improve the few Web 2.0 skills that I do have! (My children are 13 and 12 so this is their world too and I'd like to understand how the Internet influences their world as well.) 

My Yahoo ID and Skype IDs are webgina10003

I look forward to meeting + working with you all. 

Gina

Hello everyone! 

I am originally from France but I now live and work in Canada as a French teacher. I have been teaching for 5 years in a private language school to young adults from all over the world. They come to Montreal to improve their level of French before they go to university, or in order to get a better job. I try to include technology into my classes, but there are so many new softwares and applications out there that I’d like to know more about! This is why I joined Webheads in Action for the second year in a row: to better know how to use these tools in my teaching practice. 

Yahoo ID: is_aub

Hello Everyone & Greetings from Finland!  

I have been living and teaching workplace English in Finland since 1998-- before that I taught in S. Korea and also at an IEP when I was getting my

MA TESOL from Southern Illinois Univerisity @Carbondale.  I came to Finland for a nine month contract and was then planning on returning to the states and I am still here after ten years.  I have recently changed jobs.  I am now the Director of Studies at LANCELOT School GmbH out of Germany.  LANCELOT stands for 'LANguage learning with CEritified Live Online Trainers'.   This job will allow me to work from anywhere that I can plug in my computer and access the internet.  It is ideal for me...  I also teach at a local high school for six months out of the year.  I decided to join this session to familiarize myself with more tools and also as a means to meet more like-minded language teaching professionals from around the world.  Looking forward to interacting with you all during this session and in the years to come.   

Yahoo ID:  hollysuel

Skype:  hollysuel

blog:  http://www.liveonlineenglishteacher.blogspot.com

twitter:  hollysuel

I'm Marianela Najul, from Caracas-Venezuela. I've been teaching English (ESP, EST) for 18 years at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas to engineering, basic sciences, architecture and urban planning students. Three years ago I started to explore technology and I became a fan of webtools. I just find them fascinating, but I need to learn more and more. In the  last thre

e years I've been teaching blended courses to Architecture and Urban Planning students, and the experience has been great. I love teaching this way, and that's why I'm now again for the second time in this baw group. 

Yahoo ID: mnajul

Hi everyone. This is Bertha/Berta Leiva in Caracas, Venezuela. I also work at Simon Bolivar University with Marianela and Daf but mostly in the freshman EFL/EST reading program and the theory and methods of ESL teaching and learning of our graduate program in Applied Linguistics. I have been lucky to be a Webhead since 2005 and have met wonderful colleagues and friends from all over the world. Students from developing countries do really need us to narrow the gap between those who handle online tools naturally because they have had the experience and means and those who don´t. I feel technology has a socioeconomic component that most people do not really talk about or consider and by keeping up with the latest trends, we can analyze their use and potentials in our classrooms and the effects they might have in our students´ academic,  professional and personal lives. It´s great to be in this amazing group once again.

yahoo ID: eannegrenoble SkypeID: Elizabeth.anne2

I live in Grenoble, France and work at the University Joseph Fourier. I started off life as a Physics graduate, and am very pleased to teach physics postgraduates (i.e. teach them English of course) because the subject-based teaching keeps me in touch and motivates them. This is my third year with EVO, so last year my best Masters class made blogs http://marjo.edublogs.org/the-poster-session

It's wonderful how we learn things all the time - I've just learnt how to upload a photo on to pbwiki - thanks.

Hi,I'm Biljana Naumoska and I live in Skopje, Macedonia.

I'm an English teacher foe 20 years and I work with children age 10-15. I love to work with them.

In my country there is a project called "Computers for every student" so I must learn the use of the new technology and how to use in my classroom. I will meet a lot of different people from all over the world and I am excited about that.

My Yahoo ID is biba02mk

My skype ID is ivabiba08

I am Maria Auxiliadora Pinto. I have been an EFL/ESL Professor for 17 years. I have worked with ICT in the English classroom in diferent subjects at university level for 6 years. I was a regular contributor in tutoring undergraduate students in the field of Technology in Education at the Department of Modern Languages at Carabobo University. I have worked as a ICT facilitator in teaching training programs together with  the British Council.

I hope I can learn and share with all of you.

Yahoo ID: marypintof18

Skype ID: marypintof18

My name is Montse Martín. I am from the Canary Islands (Spanish Archipelago on the north-west coast of Africa). I teach English at Puerto del Rosario Secondary School. It’s the biggest school of the island, situated in Puerto del Rosario, capital of Fuerteventura. My pupils are teenagers, from 14 to 18 years old. I’ve been teaching for 23 years and I’ve always been taking up courses on new matters related to the learning-teaching process, that’s why I’ve enrolled in this adventure. I don’t have much experience with ICTs, however,  I’m developing my second e-twinning project, which is a European project where you have to use ICTs.

I expect to learn a lot. If so, I’ll put it into practice in my projects, as I’ve realised using ICTs is an excellent way to motivate my pupils.

My ID montsewebhead

I am Mbarek Akaddar , 45 , male ,from Morocco . I have taught English to 15-19 years old pupils at Moroccan  high schools for 21 years . I  taught university students for 6 years .(2001-2006) .Beside my official job at high school  , I am a volunteer  teacher  of English to  women members of the democratic leagues of women's rights in the city of Benimellal One of my main professional interests is the integration of ICT in ELT .In 2007 I was awarded by Microsoft and the ministry of Education in Morocco for an interactive CD Rom to learn and teach  English through songs .In 2008 I was named an iEARN master teacher in making digital documentaries.This year , I am a facilitator of "students Unlimited " project with mEARN .My students work on projects related to environment , consumer protection , entrepreneurial skills , education etc .

I am looking forward to sharing  and learning with you about web 2.0 tools and the ways to implement them in ELT. 

All the best ,

Mbarek

email : akaddar13@hotmail.com

 yahoo ID : akaddar1

skype ID  : wanacuf2f

Secondlife : ub4me halderman

Social Network : http://allsharing.ning.com

Hi ! 

I'm Helen from Nice (from the UK to start with !) I've been working for the past 15 years in French state sector secondary schools  - this means spotty teens ! I was a lurker on last years evo session ( due to lack of time and lack of confidence too I think - sooo many things to learn I felt swamped :(  However, since that eye-opener I've been messing around very slowly and trying things out with my pupils and yes !! - enjoying myself !!

My pupils are mostly from families with a lot of social problems and lack motivation (big understatement !) -  using IT in the classroom does seem to get them interested and more active. That's why I'm looking forward to being more active this year and hoping to learn and share as much as I can .

Bye for now

email : myprof@free.fr

yahoo id : helen100463

skype id : hdavies06

My name is Sanja Božinović. My Yahoo ID: sanja.bozinovic

I live in Zagreb, Croatia with my husband and two sons. I have a B.A. in English language and literature and Italian language and literature. I work as an English teacher at a high school in Zagreb. I teach Italian, too.  

Last year I participated in my first EVO. I was  in “Exploring the Big Apple, Byte by Byte“ and I loved it. That's why I am back in EVO this year.

I'm interested in computers and the Internet. I hope that “Becoming a Webhead“ will help me organize those tiny bits and pieces of the knowledge about the Internet that I have now and, more importantly, to learn things that I will be able to use in my teaching.

Last year I met some wonderful people during the session.

I hope this year will be even better.  

I'm pleased to be part of this group! I would like to increase my web 2.0 literacy to find efficient and effective ways to use such technology with my students. I've dabbled with using a few web apps/tools, but have mostly used the internet for content (articles, podcasts, etc.) because I find myself overwhelmed beyond that -- which apps are best? how do I get started? where do I find the time? I'm not naturally tech savvy, but want to keep learning. This semester I want to try a wiki with one of my classes. 

My name is FEderico Viana Funes and I have been teaching English for 30 years at a Secondary level and adult level in Granada, Spain. I am very interested in new technologies and I did a master in the subject. 

Now I am envolved in completing a new master degreee in e-learning. At the moment I coordinate a bilingual Project in a school. Previous years I devoted to introduce new technologies in my school. Last year 

I came across this event but I could´t engage. Now I´ll try to the best of it. I am delighted to see so many people engaged with the same aim. My yahoo identity is fedeviana. 

REgards 

Hi, my name is Elaine Krieg. I'm originally from New York, USA (Westchester County), but have been living in Germany for the past 12 years. I have been teaching English for the past 8 years (on and off due to having children) and recently took on permanent work with a private English language institute a year ago. I am teaching only adults, both "regular" and Business English classes. I enjoy this profession because I love socializing with all different types of people and have a certain degree of flexibility in the job. I joined the Webhead sessions, because I realized recently how behind I am technologically and would like to gain more confidence in using technology in the classroom. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with everything.

Regards,
Elaine  

My Yahoo ID is: elaine_krieg 

Hi, my name is Sarah Phillips.  I'm English, but I have been living and working in Spain for more than 20 years.  At the moment I live in Galicia, a green, wet corner in the north-west of Spain.  I started out teaching English in private schools and as time went on got some more qualifications and moved in teacher training and materials writing.  My special interest is primary aged children, and recently I have done quite a bit of work in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), which is challenging and fascinating.  I've joined these sessions to find out what can be done in education on the web - I feel I have glimpses, but I need some structure, guidance and above all hands on experience.  So, I'm excited and a bit nervous about what's to come, and looking forward to working with all of you.

My Yahoo ID is: bertamirans323 

Hello everybody!
I'm Sonia Vanesa Cladera, but everyone calls me Vanesa. My yahoo ID is vanesacladera (not so original)
I'm from Concepción del Uruguay, a city in Entre Rios, Argentina. I'm a teacher of English and I've a postgraduate degree on this language. I teach very different groups. I teach kids, adolescents, and adults. I work at one primary school, two secondary schools and three universities. Teaching is my passion. Every class is different, and
that is something that prevents you from becoming a conformist teacher and makes you want to look for different methodologies and activities. I joined this group because I would like to open my mind to new methodologies and explore the different tools we have as teachers.
kss

Vanesa

Hello everyone! My name is Özge. I'm from Istanbul,Turkey.I've been an EFL teacher for six years. I work with young and very young learners. I'm the coordinator of the kindergarten department.I'm also a teacher trainer. I've given seminars on young learners and technology in education. I've been working for an American company. We've been looking at putting out an interactive DVD that would be designed to give EFL students a jump-start to English. I write stories for children. One of my books was made into a film and came in second place in Istanbul International Film Festival in 2008. I'm very interested in Web 2.0 tools and how we can apply them into our teaching.

I'm very happy to be in BaW.I'm sure I have a lot to learn here.I'm looking forward to learning from you all.

My e-portfolio: www.ozgekaraoglu.wikispaces.com 

 Hello.  I am writing to you from a teeny tiny beach village in the state of New York.  Yes, we are freezing currently.  It is still beautiful. After becoming homeless, I traveled cross country via motor home with my family of two boys and husband from Seattle Wa. five years ago and parked it here in Sodus Point, NY.  Since our move, I have become a "self-taught" web designer with my Apple laptop and became self employed.  Could not live as a "starving artist", not with two little boys..so I became a bi-lingual consultants for a literacy school program and my advocacy business grew from there.  I have since that time have inherited a computer store (in which I have turned it into the ONLY bi-lingual computer/service storefront in the county, I also teach adults ESL in the evenings.  My goals for 2009 is to combine all of my skills and begin teaching my ESL students about computers and the internet.  Many still do not realize that the world is TRULY at their fingertips with a computer.  So,  Greetings to all.  I am looking forward to enhancing my knowledge of the Net through these classes and forums and my other fellow internet class companions.(have to make my photo smaller)

Hello everyone!. I'm Cristina from Banfield, in the suburbs of Bue

nos Aires, Argentina, where I also work. I’ve been an EFL teacher for 20 years. I work in state and private  schools teaching adolescents and adults  at different levels.  At the moment, I’m writing my dissertation to be awarded my BA degree in EFL  at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fé, Argentina.

I’m also attending the Blog-Based and e-portfolios sessions and I hope that my work over the next 6 weeks will enable me, and all participants, to introduce Web tools into the classrooms because I consider they  help take real life into the lessons and make learning meaningful.  This is my first time at EVO and I’m very pleased to belong to such an amazing learning community.  I don’t have a blog yet but I’m eager to start one right now. 

My Yahoo ID is:  crisreboredo

My Skype ID is: maricris2009

MSN : remaricris@hotmail.com

I am currently the third year doctoral student in Educational Technology program at Purdue University. In addition, I have certificates in Internet Integration into Classroom from Lewis and Clark College, Teaching Case-Study Method from Project Harmony and IATP. Right now, I am a Ross Fellowship recipient at Purdue (teaching and research assistant). I am originally from Republic Sakha (Yakutia), Russia. I got my bachelor's degree and master’s degree in English and Literature from Yakutsk State University (Siberia, Russia). After I graduated from university, I taught ESL, Business English and TOEFL at the Department of Foreign Languages in Technical and Natural Sciences at Yakutsk University. I worked as an interpreter at several events held in Yakutsk. I got my Doctoral Degree in Pedagogy in Russia in 1999.

 like writing essays, watching movies, skating and swimming. As the President of Yakut TESOL (a professional organization for people who are interested in English in Yakutia), I enjoy organizing professional events for English teachers in my city and collaborating with other professionals in ESL/EFL. My husband and I like traveling and living in different cities and places to learn something new. We dream about visiting Africa and Australia some day in the future.

I joined this group because I am curious about Web2.0 applications and h

ow I can use it in my classroom.

My Yahoo ID: lolesova

My Blog: http://larissa-olesova.blogspot.com/

Facebook: Larissa Olesova

Skype: larissa.olesova 

Hello webheads!
I am Maricarmen Gamero, but I prefer to be called Mary. I am 23 years
old and I am an EFL teacher trainer in Coro (Venezuela), I have been
working as a teacher since a year ago and I love what I do.
I love computers, especially everything related to Information and
Communication Technology though I do not apply them too much in class.
Nowadays, I am taking a course based on Moodle and I have some
knowledge about wikis, blogs, and virtual classrooms, however, I would
love to exchange experience and ideas with language teachers and make
new friends too.
My yahoo ID is gamero26

hi webheads ,

i'm nour_eddine laouni , my friends and collegues call me nour.i'm from Meknes , a very beautiful imperial city in the center of Morocco.i've been teaching English for 15 years.i  trained so many students at the teacher's training center. now i teach in the Reference high school, a quite  special school regard

ing the excellent academic level and achievement of its students.i'm involved in Iearn and school net Africa since 2000.i attended so many regional and international Iearn conferences , in so many parts of the world.i'm also a founder member of Mearn , an affiliate of Iearn, which is a national association highly concerned with ICT in education. i like to work on exchange programs , online collaborative projects and community service projects. i faciliated so many of the above mentioned projects on so many occasions.

Mearn , the association i'm involved in, will host the Iearn international conference.we started already the preliminary preparations to make it a big educational and cultural event.have you any concern to know more about this event , please visit the website we prepared for this purpose.

www.iearn2009.ma

hope not to think i'm selling Mearn , i'm just sharing with you.

greetings to you all.

Hello everyone  from sunny London! 

I am a teacher (of EFL and ESOL) and also accredited as a CELTA teacher-trainer. After teaching for 19 years in one of the largest private language schools in London (where I was also Head of Resources), I have become a humble, part-time teacher in local further education college. I was trained as a Drama teacher and actor a long time ago and this still influences my teaching.

I am interested in finding ways to empower students in their learning and the internet seems a superb means of doing this. Although I use the web and various applications regularly, I have never before had the opportunity to use it in teaching. I am looking forward to increasing my knowledge and sharing experiences and ideas with others.

My yahoo ID is brishade@btinternet.com 

My Skype is strawberry1609

Hello everybody...

My name is Gilmar Mattos - all the way from Franca-SP-Brazil. Well, I have been teaching EFL for 20 years now. I have a degree in Translation English and Spanish from a State University from the State of São Paulo (UNESP). I work as a translator too although I have dedicated most of my working life to teaching, which I love. I now work at CCBEU - our BiNational Center here. I lived for 17 years in another city -São José do Rio Preto, where I graduated and 4 years ago I decided to come back to my roots. Everything started at CCBEU back in the early 80's and I'm really happy here. I have always been interested in the use of Technology in the classroom and last October I had a wonderful experience when I decided to do the "Webtools4BrazilianEducators" with Carla Arena from Casa Thomas Jefferson. I had already had some experience because I had also attended a workshop by Carla in 2005 but I always say things have really changed since the online course last October. Since then I have been trying to keep in touch with great friends I had the chance to make during the course and when I heard about this opportunity to join this group and do the baw09 course I did not think twice. I'm really excited about it and I am sure this will also open new horizons for all of us. I'd love to read/hear from all of you.

My Yahoo ID is : gilmattos20

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MSN: gsilvamattos@hotmail.com

Skype: gildsmattos

Blog: gilteacherbrazil.blogspot.com

Ning: ccbeufrancaeducators.ning.com

Blogs: kellycilc.wordpress.com

englishkelly.blogspot.com

usingwebtools.blogspot.com 

Hello everyone,

My name is kelly Vieira. I live in Brasília which is the political center of Brazil and also the capital. I am an English teacher at CILC which is a public language school. I have been teaching English for about 10 years. I have different age groups - most of them are teenagers and adults. 

I have joined this group because I believe we can exchange much information and be up-dated with the latest web tools for fostering our students`learning in a ore dynamic way.

I hope I can be in touch with many people from the group.

Hugs,

kelly

My contacts are:

Skype: kellyssimavieira

Yahoo ID: kelly.vieira79

MSN: kelly.silva.vieira@hotmail.com

Hi there everyone,

My name is Angel. I have taught both English and Spanish for 20 years here in my hometown Valencia, Venezuela. With a very short experience teaching Spanish in Halifax, NS, Canada.

I hope I can learn new tricks from you guys on how to use internet to our benefit to become better teachers. For a while I haven't really worried about learning new stuff but I decided it is time now to go out and see what is out there these days.

Thanks for reading,  Angel 

Greetings from Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada. I'm an ESL instructor with a MA TESOL from Wright State OHIO. I am also a former CF Logistics Officer. I joined this group to learn more about technology and using technology in the classroom and in personal life. My Skype ID is jacqueline.journeay (Not very original, I know, but the prospects of learning yet another password or user name is too much for me!), and my Yahoo ID is rosiejdj. Looking forward to talking, emailing, or chating with you all over the next six weeks. My next task will be to upload a picture. One step at a time. Cheers!

Hello everybody! I am writing from Greece, where I have lived for over 20 years now. I am originally from the UK. I don't have any formal TEFL qualifications (my degree was in German and Russian) and sort of fell into teaching English, but now I can't really imagine myself doing anything else! I mainly teach the 7-15 age group but recently I have been asked to teach pre-schoolers, too. This is my first contact with on-line learning and I am very excited about it. I hope to learn a lot here. Reading the intros alone is very inspiring, what a brilliant bunch of people! As other first-timers have said, I feel slightly swamped by all the information and I don't know how active my participation will be due to other committments and the fact that I know NOTHING about web technology. However, the atmosphere here is so incredibly supportive that my initial fears have already disappeared. The whole EVO initiative is brilliant, I love it! Congratulations to everyone involved.

Yahoo ID laura09johnson

Skype ID laura.ann.johnson

MSN laura_j@hotmail.com

Hello my name is Susana Tenreiro and i am an English and German teacher from Gondomar in Portugal. This is the first time i am participating in this event and i am very curious and anxious about how things are going to develop. Right now i´m teaching English to the 6th and 7th year in a school in Ermesinde and i have just finished my masters degree on Educational technology and am waiting for and preparing its public presentation. Technologies are my passion, besides the English language, of course and i have recently been working with a project envolving blogs and
podcasts in English teaching. At the moment i am starting my work with Moodle in English teaching, helping to develop my school`s platform.
I have to thank Teresa for inviting me for this event and i hope i can learn more, make friends and exchange experiences.
My Yahoo ID is susanatenreiro
I hope everybody enjoys the ride!   See you soon!! Susana

Hi, everyone! I've recently moved back to Japan from Dallas, Texas. I've lived here (Japan) off and on since 1985. I started out teaching English to native speakers (high school & college in the States), and then ESL and EFL for 20+ years now.  These days I mostly do teacher training and writing, and have been humbled to work with dedicated teachers in both Asia and South America. I'm excited to learn more about the potential uses of new technologies (at least to me!) in improving education!

Yahoo ID: barb.sakamoto

skype: barbara.sakamoto (skype still thinks I'm in Dallas, if you look for me)

email: barbsaka@gmail.com 

Sorry for being a bit late to introduce myself. I a bad flu early this week; however, I am feeling better right now. My name is Adela Sanchez and I am a 32-year old Peruvian English teacher. Although I am a certified translator with almost a 10-year experience in translating technical, educational and theological texts from English into Spanish and vice versa, I have found teaching the most rewarding and gratifying working experience. I worked as an EFL teacher in private schools and institutions, where I had the opportunity to develop student-centered active methodologies. Furthermore, I had the opportunity to teach an ESP course at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Peru, withi

n the framework of the 31º APEC Transportation Working Group (TPT-WG) meeting, held in Lima, Peru, in August 2008. I also taught a Practice Teaching Course aimed at prospective English teachers at “Federico Villarreal Distance Education College” (Escuela Universitaria de Educación a Distancia – EUDED/ UNFV). 

I will be leaving my country in March this year to travel to Quebec, Canada, to pursue an MA in Educational Technologies at Université Laval. So, it will be a great pleasure to share with all of you our experiences and knowledge on how to become Webheads in order to integrate new technologies to our teaching practice.

Yahoo ID: adelatrad

MSN: adelamariasr@hotmail.com 

Mountainair NM (USA

a few blogs:
Mountainair Arts
Poets & Writers Picnic

Writing & ESL

Blogging English

(class only) 

Hello all, Vanessa here. I was born in the US state of New York and have lived overseas and all over the US. Lafayette in south Louisiana is my true hometown because I called that part of the country home longer for than anywhere else. Now I live in a small, remote rural village, Mountainair, in the U.S. state of New Mexico but stay connected to the rest of the world.

My teaching life includes ESL, Basic Writing, GED (high school equivalency), college writing and literature (English & World). I have worked with students of all ages in public, private and corporate environments. I'm mostly retired now,but like to keep busy. Besides teaching ESL online for StudyCom since 1997, blogging and other webby stuff, I read widely, keep in touch with far flung friends, stay active in the community, research interests (they are legion) and write. 

 Contact Info:

Email: vcrary@yahoo.com

yahoo ID vcrary 

Hola from Kathy (also known as Catalina) in Florida. My Yahoo ID is kathleenamaru@yahoo.com. I teach ESL at Daytona State College in central Florida. I have two Master's degrees - in TESL (1996) and in Drawing/Painting (1994). So, it won't surprise you that I'm working as a part-time ESL adjunct professor while I also work on a series of paintings of Mexican Indians with Aztec and Mayan themes. I'm taking this course because I'm sympathetic to the reasons more and more students are taking classes online teaching. I'd also like to expand in my teaching hours but would prefer not to do more driving.

On a more personal note, I am hoping to relocate to the Santa Fe area in New Mexico in May. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you, as we learn more about online communications.

MSN: essjunior@hotmail.com

email:  elysio@gmail.com

Yahoo Groups ID: elysio2005

Skype: (soon, I promise)  ;-)

 Hi Everyone! I´m Elysio (no special nickname). I´m typing from Brasília, capital city of Brazil. I´ve been living here since mid-2006. I lived in Rio de Janeiro most of my life and there I started teaching English as a Foreign Language in various language institutes and in a bilingual preschool before I moved to Brasília. Now I work for Casa Thomas Jefferson, a binational center. I have a sister who lives in Massachussetts, USA and works as an interpreter for a local hospital. Well, personally speaking, I´m keen on computers and internet stuff. I love making new friends, specially from other countries, because I can learn a lot more about customs and cultures. I enjoy listening to music and watching movies. No wonder I learned English and love languages! This picture you can see on the left was taken in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, while we were on our summer vacation. From left to right: my little friend, me and my 8-year-old son. He lives with his mom in Rio de Janeiro, but he´s enjoying hi

s vacation here in Brasilia now. It´s been great fun! 

I'm Karen and I've been teaching adult ESL in Rossland, BC, in Canada for three years now.  Because there aren't very many immigrants in our area, I often have beginner to upper intermediate students all in the same class.  Many of the younger students are professionals or skilled tradespeople but I also have a number of retirees who have moved here to be closer to their children.  As well, part of my job is helping pair students with volunteer tutors.
Before teaching ESL, I spent my time homeschooling our six children.  Now only my youngest daughter is still at home.  For the last several years the girls have done a combined courseload of online and individualized (created by the parent) courses.  I have also taken a number of university classes as a distance or online student including my certificate in TESL.  So between this and that, I've acquired a  basic computer knowlege and some familiarity with what an online student encounters.
I hope through BaW to learn about some new tools that might be useful for my students and tutors.  Specifically, I'm hoping that I can set up a wiki so that the ESL teachers and tutors in our area can share resources and encourage each other.  I'd also like to help my daughter do a blog for her English.  More than anything else though, I'd love to learn more about language, teaching and computers.  When you learn something new, you can never tell where it will take you.
Yahoo ID:  karenmsiemens          Skype:  karen.m.siemens

Roxana Chevez

Roxy and Best friend

My name is Roxana, but I like to be called Roxy. I am an English teacher from Costa Rica

. I've been a teacher for the past 12 years. I have taught about every level there is, from pre-k to University. Right now, I am working as an English teacher at the University of Costa Rica. I teach English 1 and 2, which are the first English courses the students in the English major take. I am also the General manager of Grade Results office in Costa Rica, an on-line tutoring company. I love teaching, it's indeed my passion to be in the classroom and share with the students. I want to learn as much as possible to be able to cope with this new generations who are definitely tech proficient.  

Yahoo ID:roxache                       Skype: roxache

Greetings from Iowa, USA! I work at a community college where I manage the non-credit ESL program as well as teach credit and non-credit ESL. I am working on the final creative component for a MA in TESL/Applied Linguistics at Iowa State University. I was born and raised in the midwest but I have traveled to China, East Malaysia and England. I've road tripped all over the US and love to travel on the backroads and through small towns where one can see how people really live. I enjoy meeting people from other cultures an

d backgrounds.

The reason for joining baw is to learn about Web 2.0 tools so that I can use them in my practice as well as share what I learn with the other instructors at our program. As a beginner at this, I will try to absorb what I am able while not becoming too overwhelmed and frustrated!

My yahoo id: lmtreangen. Skype: Mary3161 

Hello everyone!
My name is Gisela Suarez, I'm an English teacher at a high school and a university in Mexico. I have a BA in ELT and I'm currently studying a MA in Education.
I'm interested in incorporating ICT in my classes. I love using Internet because it gives everyone opportunity to learn and teach using different tools.
I expect to learn a lot in order to apply it in my classes!
My yahoo ID: gis_suarezruv@yahoo.com

Skype name: gis.suarez

Hello everyone!

My apologies for my late introduction!

I live and work in Santa Rosa, La Pampa, ARGENTINA . I teach English to teenagers at a non profit Language Institute. 

I´m really interested in learning how to use Web 2.0 tools in my classes b

ecause it is a way to encourage students (specially teens),  to get the most out of the classes considering that they seem to enjoy more doing activities on the computer than on paper.  

My yahoo id: vican2002   Skype: vican2002. e-mail: monicasales@cpenet.com.ar

Hello everyone

I live in Canada. It is nice to share with you this course.  I am interested in learning all about Web 2.00 tools.

Yahoo ID: glennaldo_sf

MSN ID: glennaldo_sf@hotmail.com

Second Life:

Mishka Shearer

Website: http://www.glennstevens.biz

Hello,

I am Glenn Stevens from….. well.... it’s a long story…. I’m an American who grew up overseas most of my life, mainly in Oman where I spent the majority of

my childhood. My father is an ESL teacher and avid webhead himself. After completing a degree in Geographic Techniques, I decided to follow my roots and embark in a career in TESOL, obtaining a TEFL certification in Guadalajara, Mexico and relocating to Abu Dhabi to teach English where I currently reside. I have been teaching general English to adults for the last 5 years as well as ESP – business English & English for the oil & gas industry.  I am currently teaching English and delivering Certified Business Professional courses at the UAE Academy.  I just completed my Masters in TESOL via distance learning at the University of Southern Queensland.  In doing my masters, I developed a keen interest in utilizing web 2.0 tools for the language learning environment and this seems to be a natural way of enhancing those skills.  This is my maiden voyage through the EVO sessions and I look forward to working with everyone here.

Victor Botelho

Hello everybody. I am Victor, from Brazil. I have been teaching EFL for more than 10 years and I have been working at Casa Thomas Jefferson, a binational center, for more than 6 years. Besides being an English teacher, I am also one of the Edutech monitors of my working place. If you want to know me better, please fell free to access my blog victorjatobabotelho.blogspot.com or my wiki victorjatobabotelho

.pbwiki.com

I'm Chris and I have been an EFL for the past 20 years; nowadays I'm teaching Portuguese for Foreigners at the University of Brasilia, Brazil  http://peppfolunb.blogspot.com/. I have an MA in Applied Linguistics and I'm a PhD. student at UNESP (The State University of Sao Paulo). I'm working in the teletandem project (I teach my language, you teach yours - http://www.teletandembrasil.org/home.asp.)

E-mail: jr.anne@gmail.com

Yahoo ID: jr.anne

Skype: chrism.martins

 I´m from Buenos Aires, Argentina too. I´ve been teaching general and business English to adults , in company and at language schools, for several years. When I got acquainted  with this community, I was thrilled due to the wide range of possibilities it offers to all of us.

Being this my first experience in attending online learning sessions, I hope to profit from them as much as I can and to share our experiences in this enriching community. As a current learner of all these new communication tools (new for me), I´ll be sharing them not only with all of you but also with my students.

Warm regards to all people envolved.

Mail: pcfernandez01@yahoo.com.ar 

I teach English in Uruguay.  I have a Bachelor in TESOL (University of London). I train students for Cambridge and Trinity exams. This is my third year at EVO and it has been

a rewarding experience for my lessons. My wiki is www.englishcorner.pbwiki.com

Skype: claudiacarril2

e-mail: claro@adinet.com.uy

 I’m an enthusiastic EFL teacher who recently did the Lancelot course & switched to online teaching which is awesome!  I love travelling and spent the last 2 years teaching in Cambodia & Vietnam.

This is my Europe year.  I am tucked away in Caivano ( a local town), about 15 minute drive to Napoli – traffic permitting.  I’m helping to establish an online programme at the language school I work for, and in my free time sample the various ice cream flavours and other goodies that Italy excels in. 

Just joined WebHeads to keep up with my students’ techie skills. Turns out I know more than some of them!

Recently life’s been a more  interesting experience than I had anticipated.  No regrets.

Hi! I am writing to you from a hot and humid city called Belém, which is the largest city in the Amazon Basin.Belém is about two degrees of latitude south of the Equator and that's why it has a hot, humid climate. Rainfall occurs almost daily. It is known as the "city of the mango trees" because of the large number of those trees growing here. It's a lovely place and I really like to live here!!!

Like Jan Holland, I consider myself an enthusiastic EFL teacher too and I love being an English teacher despite of all the

problems we, Brazilian Teachers, face here.

I have been teaching for four years now. I worked for two years in a Montessori Regular School, I taught young learners from 1st to 8th grades. I also taught at a public university(Federal University of Pará), as a Substitute Professor. I taught for the Letters undergraduate course. I hold a B.A. degree in English and Portuguese and also a specialization degree in the Applied Linguist

ics field. Recently I have passed in a public contest and I will work at the Federal University of Pará. I will teach for the Letters undergraduate students.

I'm really interested in technology and that's why the reason I decided to join this group and learn as much as I can.

Yo can find me on skype: marcela_knowles; hotmail: marcelaamaral@hotmail.com and yahoo: amaralmarcela

 Hi everyone,

  I hope it’s not too late to complete week 1 tasks. I did my best to complete them by last Sunday, but I just couldn’t. I do have a yahoo ID (zoubairn) and I have introduced myself before, but I haven’t included the rest of the information needed. I work as a supervisor for the ministry of national education in Agadir, south of Morocco. I also teach part-time at a private school. I joined this group to update my ICT knowledge and skills; and I hope I’ll have enough opportunities and time to actually use some of the web tools.

I’m looking forward to sharing ideas and experiences with you all. Thank you.

 Abdellatif Zoubair,

Morocco. 

Hello everybody! My name is Eleni Argyriou and I teach EFL in secondary education in Livadia, a town close to Athens, Greece. I hold a Med in TESOL and I am mostly interested in CALL, blended learning, blogging and virtual environments. It's my second year in Webheads and I intend on being more active. Using online tools with peers gives an incredible opportunity to raise my confidence.

Looking forward to collaborating with you,

Eleni 

Yahoo MSN: elenargy

Skype: elenargy1

email: elenargy@yahoo.gr

personal blog: http://elenargy.blogspot.com  

I´m from the capital of Brazil, Brasília.  I work as an EFL teacher at a public language center . It´s my third year at BAW and I can say that it has changed my professional life for better. 

Skype: isabelteixeira7397 

Dear friends,

My name is Eugeniya. I've been teaching EFL for 10 years at Yakutsk State University, Russia.

I'm happy to be a participant of this course. It's my first experience. Hope to know much about Web 2.0 tools

E-mail: yadrikhinskaya_e@yahoo.com

Dear Friends,

My name is Ditza and I live in the Algarve, Portugal. I've been teaching EFL for 20 years.

I use computers in my classes quite often. Though I've been doing several workshops on Web 2.0 educational tools, there's so much I still need to learn.

This is my first time in BAW and I have Teresa d'Eça to thank for because I had never heard of it before. Something I've realised so far: this is a really friendly group. I hope I learn a lot with you!

Email: profditza@sapo.pt   Blog: http://sharingtools.blogspot.com

Dear Friends

My name is Rainer Sousa and I live in Caracas, Venezuela. I've been teaching portuguese as foreign language at an army school for almost 5 years. I got a degree in languages (english and german too) at Aveiro University in Portugal. Teaching portuguese has been a wonderful experience. At this moment I am a candidate for a Master in applied linguistics at Simón Bolivar University in Caracas. I am particularly interested in matters related to the process of teaching-learnig a foreign language such as portuguese among spanish-speaking students.

This is also my first time in BAW. I hope I learn a lot with you.

Email: sousarainer@hotmail.com, rainersousa76@gmail.com

Blog: http://www.lusotiuna.blogspot.com

Sorry to be so late with an introduction - I did try earlier, but the system defeated me. I participated in BAW2008 a little and learned a lot. This time I'm just lurking, that's all the current schdule really allows, but it is still very useful. I teach langauge for Istanbul University on the MBA prep programme and I train people face to face mostly for Cambridge Esol teaching awards (CELTA, ICELT and DELTA) for ITI Istanbul and I'm an on line tutor for the Distance DELTA. I keep resolving to take a proactive approach to technology rather than my so far largely reactive one.  Maybe this year ...

Another late introduction!   I received a Masters degree from the School for International Training (SIT) in 1995 and have spent the past 11 years teaching English in corporate settings under the business name ProActive English, working with a partner who is currently in Mumbai working with a team of fifteen market analysts on advanced level writing and communication skills.  It has been a stimulating challenge to deliver a meaningful program over five weeks amidst their busy schedule and pressing work demands.   As part of our training model over the past 10 years, I have developed a Web-based learning tool called the Business English Web, which allows participants to record speech onto a server and get audio and text feedback from a trainer in an asynchronous environment.  We seem to have success in our courses when our Web-based learning activities are closely integrated with the classroom curriculum.  I think one of the challenges of using Web-based tools is keeping the Web-based environment simple and the task clear, so that learner focus is not on the experience of engaging with the technology, but on the experience of engaging in the task or activity and includes the critical step of reflecting on that task with the help of a teacher or classmate.  This is the first time I have added to a Wiki.  Yippee!

Please feel free to contact me directly at: dkertzner@proactive-english.com

You can get a better idea of the training we have been doing at: www.proactive-english.com

Hello everyone,  My name is Béatrice; you can call me Béa or Bees. I’m French but I live in Brazil where I’ve been an EFL and French teacher for about 20 years at all levels, for teens, adults and senior students. I hold a M1 degree in FLE teaching. I taught many years in a language institute but I now specialize in teaching adults language for specific purpose (namely aviation and engineering) online or face to face. I’ve always loved bringing technology into my classes to make them more dynamic and meaningful. 2 sessions at EVO 2008 brought me a lot and I’m eager to learn more and share with this group.

Yahoo ID: beatrichca       Skype: beatriceh1

Wiki: http://bees4work.pbworks.com/