
Shelly Terrell
Shelly Sanchez Terrell is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker. She is the host of American TESOL’s Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E. She has co-founded and organized the acclaimed educational projects, Edchat, ELTChat, The Reform Symposium E-Conference and the ELTON nominated Virtual Round Table language and technology conference. Her prolific presence in the educator community through social media has been recognized by several notable entities, such as The New York Times, UNESCO Bangkok, Edweek, Converge Magazine, the United Federation of Teachers, the 140 Conference, Mashable, English Central, Tefl.net, and T/H/E JOURNAL. Her education blog, Teacher Reboot Camp, is ranked as one of the top 10 language teaching and technology blogs and the 50 best blogs for education leaders. In 2012 find her book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators published by Eye on Education and participate with over 7000 educators worldwide in this online professional development course that helps educators develop Personal Learning Networks and accomplish social media and teaching goals. Find her on Twitter, @ShellTerrell. Shelly has taught English language learners at various levels since 1998 in the US, Greece, and in Germany. She currently presents and hosts workshops on integrating technology effectively with young learners and adults. Shelly holds an Honours BA in English and a minor in Communication with a specialization in Electronic Media from the University of Texas in San Antonio and an Honours MA in Curriculum Instruction ESL from the University of Phoenix.
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Posted by
Shelly Terrell on Thursday, October 15th 2009
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For the last two years, I have taught English to children, teenagers, and adults in Germany. Teaching English language learners in a foreign country is much different than teaching English language learners in the US. Therefore, I have referenced several of the blogs and websites in my blog roll, which offer such wonderful ideas. My curriculum this year has incorporated Read full article »
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EFL,
ELL,
ELLs,
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mp3,
podcasts,
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Posted by
Shelly Terrell on Monday, October 12th 2009
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Have you ever come across a tweet that you really wanted to discuss and share with others? I experience this so often that I have created this weekly series to bookmark these tweets and start a discussion with you about them. I invite you to check out the rest of this weekly series, What Did They Tweet?, if this is Read full article »
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AlanNovember,
app,
collaboration,
ELL,
failure,
filtering,
FollowFriday,
funtheory,
Iphone,
links,
mindmapping,
Photoshop,
PLNs,
Teachertuesday,
thoughtprovoking,
tips,
tweetseries,
Twitter,
video
Posted by
Shelly Terrell on Friday, October 9th 2009
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I found several cool educational tools from Ziipa! My goal is to post this weekly series regularly on Saturdays so you can test these tools out. However, you can get access to these fantastic websites as soon as I find them by connecting with me on Google reader!
PicApp Images
I found the picture above on PicApp, which allows any blogger Read full article »
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blogging,
Blurtt,
Cameroid,
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DocVerse,
draw,
edtech,
ELL,
ESL,
ESOL,
Flickr,
Googlemaps,
images,
links,
MapFlickr,
MSOffice,
PicApps,
postcards,
PowerPoint,
Sketchcast,
webcam
Posted by
Shelly Terrell on Thursday, October 8th 2009
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Yesterday, I shared with you how I built my Personal Learning Network (PLN) using Twitter. Now, I want to share with you what my PLN means to me. This post was inspired by Joyce Seitzinger's (@Catspyjamasnz) wiki project in which you can contribute! My PLN did not always consist of my online community. Most educator PLNs will begin in Read full article »
Posted by
Shelly Terrell on Wednesday, October 7th 2009
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In order to be cutting edge and stay relevant in any career field, you need a Personal Learning Network (PLN)! A PLN consists of individuals who you choose to take part in your professional development. These individuals share resources, exchange ideas with you, offer support, and collaborate with you. Twitter is one of the quickest ways to establish a PLN. Read full article »
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