Exploring Better Teaching & Learning Experiences in Education

Tags: ESL / EFL / In-service teachers / Pre-service teachers / Continuing education / Life long learning / Transformational learning

Dear visitors, thanks for stopping by. I am an educator, just like many of you. I started out this site back in 2001 at Columbia University as part of a course requirement. Little did I know back the days what "having a site " really meant. Today I communicate a lot more through twitter and also through this site (thanks for your messages!) I try to reply as promptly as possible. I gave up facebook some time ago. Then Google + came out and I accepted a friend's invite. However, I'm not really active right now in social networks, except for twitter. You can add me there.

I truly hope to establish meaningful conversations through this site & twitter. Education is a wonderful life-transfoming task, so here's me tipping my hat for every single soon-to-be or current educator, trying hard to make a difference in the classroom.

I believe in those good conversations with colleagues, admins, our big boss, and also those great peer observation moments. All of these are great learning opportunities for us, educators. So are personal journals, since reflection on our practices is key for our life-long learning as professionals.

For Teachers in Chile, I kindly invite you to visit and register at TESOLChile, a leading organization promoting EFL Teachers' development. For students, if you are pursuing a degree in TEFL, try, practice & study hard. Having a study group is really important, so set one up if you don't have it yet. For professionals pursuing a degree overseas and wishing to train for TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT or GRE, there is one place: Nova Language Consultants. Give them a call. Finally, if you're here because you're curious, it's great to be so! Intellectual curiousity keeps us fresh and active participants in our communities.

Again: Welcome here and send me your info if you want your site / blog to be posted for other visitors.

Best,

Mauricio Miraglia.

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As a teacher of English as a foreign language with a degree in Instructional Technology and Media, my main interests are: 

  • Teacher Training: Revisiting the notions of knowledge and learning and how our beliefs operate in our practice;

  • Application of hypermedia tools as "mind tools" in the curriculum;

  • Application of diverse models of knowledge representation in ESL/EFL curriculum;

  • Introduction of collaborative tools in the development of instructional programs;

  • Computer literacy and co-relations in the processes of language comprehension and production;

  • Distance Education for adult learners: design and implementation of social-contructivist learning environments;

  • Telecommunications and computers: access, use and impact of technology in diverse educational settings.

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My Related Links

Nova Language Consultants
A leading school in international exams preparation based in Santiago de Chile.
Nova Language Consultants Mini - Sites: Exams Forum, IELTS, TOEFL, GMAT, GRE.

EXSEL: Excellence in Social and Emotional Learning.
Head of Project: Sheila Brown, NYC - Dept. of Education
Consultant: Dr. Robin Stern, Teachers College, Columbia University
Councelors: Cristi Riccio and Karen Mildener
Web Developers: Mauricio Miraglia and Angela Peng

Leads on EXSEL:

Chileans Pursuing Graduate Studies Overseas (Facebook login required)
Sponsored by Nova Language Consultants this group gathers together all Chileans who have obtained a graduate degree abroad and those who are planning on applying for a school in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia.

TESOL Chile
TESOL Chile, a professsional association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language affiliated to TESOL Inc in the United States, engenders communities of practice and reflection within the largest Chilean EFL Teaching community. By means of seminars, workshops, national and international conferences TESOL Chile aims at improving the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in Chile in and out the classroom K through 12th grade. If you are an English Teacher in Chile, visit and join! TESOL Chile. There's more information at their website at www.tesolchile.cl I happen to be their webmaster and try hard to do my best there.

Transformative Learning

Transformational theory in the context of adult learning has been articulated mainly by Jack Mezirow, and connects with the idea of a change, "a dramatic fundamental change in the way we see ourselves and the world in which we live" (Merriam & Caffarella) primarily from a cognitive learning process. This website shows the work of our team pulling together to make sense of our own dilemmas.

Graduate students' work website, Teachers College, Columbia University, webmaster: Mauricio Miraglia. Team: Kevin Akey, Lydia Andersen, Karen Lundstrem,Vanessa Urra, and Mauricio Miraglia

Cyber Activism

 

Amnesty International - Chile

Witness Video Hub Project

Active Online Citizenship

New York Times Review ~ Amazon.com ~ Yahoo Travel ~ more as soon as I find space.

Sernac.cl is the place to go online / offline when you feel you've been cheated by a company, retail, individual or corporation in Chile. It works.

Inspección del Trabajo. No te dejes abusar. Conversa y Negocia. Resuelve. Si nada de lo anterior te ayuda... Acusa. Denuncia. Demanda!

Sites of Interest

Open Office - Free Licence Better Office Apps

Organizations

Fulbright Chile

TOEFL iBT, IELTS, GMAT, GRE - Nova Language Consultants

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Mauricio Miraglia, EFL Teacher, Ma Instructional Technology & Media
Teachers College Columbia University
Education & Technology Consultant / Teacher Trainer
Santiago de Chile
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