Teachers who practice ‘mindfulness’ are better able to reduce their own levels of stress and prevent burnout, according to a new study conducted by the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center.
https://shar.es/1upDiI
Ema Ushioda at JALTCALL 2015
As a follow up to my last post, I wanted to post a link to Ema Ushioda’s talk at JALTCALL 2015. Ema Ushioda has done some extraordinary work on second language learning motivation with Zoltan Dornyei, and is at the cutting edge in this area. Missing her talk was one of my biggest regrets in missing this year’s conference.
Rab Paterson at JALTCALL 2015
I missed the JALTCALL conference this year but was happy to see that some of the plenaries were videotaped and uploaded to Youtube. In this one, Rab Paterson outlines some of the things we could and should be doing with our learners in Japan.
Found this in my draft box
This teacher has the right idea about engaging learners. I wonder if this would work with my students.
Educated but Misinformed
I stumbled across this interesting blog post with some timely reminders for how to help learners avoid misunderstandings and develop a little healthy humility and skepticism. Classes start for me tomorrow. Wish me luck.
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/25-reasons-we-think-were-right-when-were-not/
How cool is this?
A friend just sent me a link to this company in Tokushima. This is what I want to do when I grow up . . .
E-Book on Instructional Design
Free e-book with short profiles of people working in instructional design.
Sake Documentary
This looks like a really interesting documentary about the traditional way of making SAKE. I looked around, but haven’t figured out how to order it.
How A Simple Question Can Be A Powerful Motivator
Interesting blog post about asking negative questions.
Beer Zen – Issue 8
Congrats to Mike Post for publishing issue 8 of Beer Zen. Great stuff!