John Allan

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Add an image to your account video!

Add an image to your account.  It will make your information easy to locate in long lists, help you identify your students in the future and you can  express your personality or interests!  Watch the video here.

First Stage 4 Training Grad Peter Skeris

Congratulations are in order for Peter Skeris who teaches in Mississauga, Ontario at one of the five GTA sites of PICS (Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services) http://www.polycultural.org/. Peter is the first graduate of LearnIT2teach Stage 4 training. He is also the first teacher to receive certification in Stage 4 from TESL Ontario under the Post TESL Certification …

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A conversation with Greg Kessler at TESOL

This seven minute conversation with LearnIT2teach Project Manager Rob McBride took place at TESOL Philadelphia 2012. Greg describes how CALL resources are constantly expanding. Also the CALL world has evolved and today there is no necessity for teachers to know computer code. New media and social networking are powerful new tools for language learning and …

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The June ESL LINC digital news is out!

The latest enews has been sent out.  If you are not on the mailing list, you can find a copy here.

Starting your own course? Watch this video for some tips.

This video provides a few helpful tips on what to do when you start working on your courses.  Not the training courses (Stages 1,2,3 and 4), but the actual courses that you will be using with students. If you have six spare minutes, it might just streamline your course set up.   Click on the …

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TESL Ontario Affiliates – Think about booking training from us for your conference next year.

If you are a TESL Ontario member consider booking our Stage one training at your affiliate conference  next year. We have successfully presented at the TESL Ontario Conference, Affiliate Conferences, LINC PD days and many other events with service providers and we are looking forward to providing our services to your events. Why should you …

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How to download a resource from Tutela

This PDF document provides visual and clear instructions on the steps to locate and retrieve learning objects from the new Tutela.ca learning object repository. This technique is a requirement of the LearnIt2teach Stage 3 certification. Note:  You must register as a member of Tutela.ca to access Learning objects. It is a free service!

May ESL LINC digital news is out!

The latest enews has been sent out.  If you are not on the mailing list, you can find a copy here.

Stage 4 Overview Movie released

Update to LearnIT2teach YouTube Channel: Stage 4 Overview Movie An overview video of Stage 4, a course in e-Materials Development for Language Learning, has been posted on the LearnIT2teach YouTube channel.

Stage One at TESL Toronto

The TESL Toronto team has used a great resource, Prezi, to create this presentation summarizing their conference.  You might use this for your class as a presentation mechanism or as a tool for your students to create a visual presentation.   Find our presentation at 34 seconds!