This week is one which sees two important birthdays being celebrated. Many of you will have seen the Google doodle yesterday, created to mark the company’s 13th birthday: The other birthday (clearly much more significant!) is the first anniversary of #eltchat, weekly Twitter chats taking place at 12pm and 9pm GMT/BST. They are where I [...]
Sabrina De Vita suggested this week’s prompt in her post about Dexter’s daily routine. For those of you who don’t know the series (which included me!) here’s the first sentence from Wikipedia explaining what it’s about: Dexter is an American television drama series that centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who [...]
Just a phrase this week: your local area That’s it. What would you do with your local area in and out of your classroom? You can make any assumptions you like about the context it is used in. Post your ideas in the comments below. All ideas are welcome (there are no wrong answers!) Click here to find [...]
Postcrossing is a way of sending and receiving postcards to people all over the world. Registration is free and you can get up to five addresses when you first join. As you send more postcards you’re allowed to get more. Since I joined about two years ago I’ve sent 55 postcards and received 57. This [...]
