Archive for January, 2009

delight, demonstrate, disentangle

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Thanks to Chris Brogan for this excellent idea — a mantra of three words to describe one’s goals/resolutions for the year!
See http://bit.ly/7SEr  for Chris’s idea!!
I’ve come up with my three words:
delight
demonstrate
disentangle
I love words; disentangle makes me want to dance — I need more ‘dance’ in my life — movement, joy, hope, exercise, fitness, etc.  [...]

TESOL EVOs!

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

There is an amazing free professional development educational opportunity that arrives each year, one I’ve grown to treasure, to plan for (to carve time for in my planner)…  TESOL’s EVOs!!!
TESOL = Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
EVO = Electronic Village Online
Each year, amazing professionals in the ESOL field volunteer their time and [...]

quote: Bill Cosby

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. “
Bill Cosby

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new year resolutions 2009

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

It is believed that “going public” with one’s resolutions (I will, I will, I will) helps them to become reality.  I like the concept of goals over resolutions — the difference being that a resolution is an “I will, I will, I will!” pledge, and a goal is an “I will try, I will [...]