Robot teachers invade South Korean classrooms

This isn't science-fiction: in an English language class, the teacher has been replaced by Engkey, a robot teacher, as part of a pilot program launched by the South Korean government. Read the article and let me know your opinion!

 
Read the whole article at www.cnn.com

Doesn't this remind you of Isaac Asimov's The fun they had and its key sentence "(...) and the teachers were people."?

Click here to read the whole science-fiction story!

Sometimes our brain just needs a rest...have a nice weekend!

Must have been a teacher in his former life...

A matter of taste

I proudly present a rather unconventional way of introducing the topic "food" , which is the proof that art, creativity and education go hand in hand!

Let's dance!

In order to develop students’ creativity, they were asked to come up with and perform a new, alternative choreography to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. On October 27^th (the day we celebrate Hallowe’en at our school) we will see if this projects has worked out or not.

Meanwhile, and for those of you who are rather ungifted when it comes to creativity and dancing…you can always try to imitate the King of Pop himself! Have a look!

A milestone in music history to get you in the mood for...Hallowe'en!!!

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as my students did!

Being a teacher...

Despite all difficulties that this job brings with it...it's still my dream job! I am not stuck inside an impersonal office all day, I may even take my lessons outside (if I wish), I have the opportunity to relate to children and teenagers in a variety of ways, learning from them whilst also teaching them, there is never a "sameness" in my job from day to day, but endless variety!

Moreover, I have also the opportunity to constantly learn and research and better my own skills and knowledge. I wouldn't miss all this for any other job in the world!

What's this blog about?

In the short run, the aim of this blog is basically to serve as a guinea pig for me! But in the long run I hope I'll become more fluent in "bloglish", so as to entertain my visitors, both students and fellow colleagues!