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I still remember how much I enjoyed being nominated for some of the awards as a new blogger and tweeter in 2009 and how much this encouraged me to keep blogging and to try to keep getting better.
Some people may still think these nominations have no value – well, they do; it’s our colleagues giving us a little bit of praise and encouragement to keep sharing and pursuing learning through blogging.
So, I will keep up with this good tradition and here are my nominations for 2011
Best individual blog | TEFLtastic with Alex Case is my favourite in this category. |
Best individual tweeter
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This is a very difficult decision as the Twitter scene seems to change every single day of the week. For sheer consistency and a steady sharing of great ideas, I nominate @NikPeachey as a tweeter of the highest quality – his tweets never fail to lead to information sources or blog posts of great value to all ELT teachers
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Best group blog
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This has to be www.eltchat.com It is a blog maintained by the #ELTchat moderators but the wealth of posts it includes have all been written by willing bloggers who follow #ELTchats and write some awesome summaries.
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Best edtech / resource sharing blog
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There are many established blogs, most of them by Nik Peachey (!!!) but this is the year for nominating Ozge Karaoglu for her great A-Z series and for always sharing great edtech resources.
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Most influential blog post
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Six Reasons Why you Cannot be a Bad Teacher by Burcu Akyol – a deceptively simple post that leaves no one in doubt that there is simply no excuse to be a bad teacher any longer!
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Best twitter hashtag
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#ELTchat – need I say more? 🙂
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Best New Blog
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Welcoming back Tamas Lorincz and his Journey into Learning, a blogger who has been away and come back with a great new blog. His posts are always honest, reflective and come straight from the heart of a great educator.
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Best teacher blog
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Henrick Hoprea’s Doing Some Thinking blog keeps getting better and better every time I visit.
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Best free web tool
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For me, this has to be pbworks – I use this free wiki web tool with every course I run and it’s fantasticand easy for all students and trainee teachers to use – still freely available to every educator.
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Best educational use of audio / video / visual / podcast
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Russell Stannard’s Teacher Training Videos must have by now helped hundreds upon hundreds of TEFL teachers without
any other access to training & development opportunities.
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Best Librarian/ Library Blog
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This has to be Jerry Blumengarten’s Cybrary Man’s List of
Educational Websites! He has a page for everything! Great content!
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Best open PD / unconference / webinar series
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Reform Symposium for offering a forum and a chance to present to so many teachers from all over the world.
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Best educational use of a social network
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My English Club is an inclredible website that draws hundreds of learners from around the world, all inspired by the work of Tara Benwell.
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Lifetime Achievement
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Nik Peachey – he is one of the most giving/sharing edtech experts/bloggers and his posts, talks and writings have engaged and stimulated a huge number of teachers towards thinking and learning about ICT and including educational technology in their teaching and teacher training.
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8 Responses
Can I just write ditto? 🙂 I love all of sites you picked, Marisa. Great post!
(And thanks so much for nominating MyEC. The members loved your last post!)
Thanks, Tara!
I do get a lot of messages of appreciation from the members in my inbox!
You are doing an incredible job and I am learning so much from you every day.
I love your work at MyEC.
Marisa
Thanks, Marisa. I really am committed to doing a lot better job of my blogging this time around. What an amazing company to be in – love your other nominees, fantastic people doing truly great stuff. Thanks again and I hope to deserve the love and support I get from you.
Tamas, you have been away so long even your avatar for comments has faded! Get back to your blog immediately!!! 🙂
Oh, is that how it works? I am on it, cheers Marisa. Have a wonderful weekend.
My dear Marisa,
Thank you very much for your nomination. This is an honor for me to be listed here.
I would like to thank you for being a great example to follow!!
Miss you, cheers!
Özge
You deserve to be praised for your excellent work, dear Ozge. Good luck with the awards and all your projects
Marisa
Dear Marisa,
I’m truly honoured to have made it to your list. You’re a role model to all, and being recognised by someone of your calibre means a lot to me! I hope to keep up the good work! 🙂
Oh, and I do hope to have the chance to meet you f2f one day! 🙂
Cheers,
Henrick
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