Moving, teaching and Christmas all in one has made life a little stressful at times but I do think that December has made me realise more than ever what is actually important in life.
A Round Up: December 2020
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My thoughts on using tech in the classroom
From the moment I started teaching in a 'real' classroom I was using technology in my lessons. My first teaching experience outside of school was on my CELTA course and we had to teach the old fashioned way - pen and paper, cutting and gluing and a CD player (It was quite nice, actually). Over... Continue Reading →
Working from home? Add a background!
have struggled with my teaching background throughout the year. I wasn't sure if a more 'natural' look was better or if I should have staged it from the beginning. Sometimes I'd have my bookcases, other times I'd be at the dining table with the plants in the background.
My favourite blog posts of 2020
I love my Taiwan blog posts because they were all special to me. I was living abroad and exploring my second home, alone, for the first time, I was teaching in a completely new way and I was truly living the expat life. I enjoyed writing about my PGCE preparation and my teaching experiences but it is definitely difficult to pick just one.
Keeping up appearances as a teacher
So, 2020. COVID. Working from home. Teaching online. Would you really have imagined that our appearance would have been so important? I really didn’t and yet it has actually been extremely important to me.
