This was my presentation for the ELT MOOC 2013 organized by Jason R. Levine. I created this presentation for the final Student Teachers' presentations.

1. A presentation on
‘learning along the way’ as a Teacher
by Nives Torresi

2.  The age old English idiom actually recites «You
can’t teach an old dog new tricks» but in fact we
teachers can learn new methods of teaching
 Teachers not only can but must learn to keep
ahead in these technological times
 Using technology in all its possible forms to
continuously find new ways to ‘engage’ our
students
 And not just technology but more importantly
learning from our peers
 Learning to share and venture constructive
criticism if we believe ourselves to be part of the
learning process

3. all misconceptions that involve the
Teacher knows all
 Invite participation from the class
 Learn to to our pupils
 Understand and accept our and theirs
 Change our perspectives and
to learning
 Open ourselves to and learn from it
 Introduce yourself in using
them as a way of hashing and re-hashing your
teaching theory and practice

4.  Teaching is synonymous to learning : from the
moment we are born we begin to learn and then
begin to ‘show’ what we’ve learnt.
 Toddlers often take pride in showing their
parents what they have learnt, for example: that
they can use a spoon by themselves!
 Teachers ‘show’ what they know to their students
and students in turn ‘show’ what they’ve learnt
via homework, tests, etc.
 Learning and Teaching is a never ending cycle, if
for example I learn that taking a particular road
isn’t safe from first hand experience then I will
tell my peers, hence I am imparting the
‘knowledge’ I have gained.

5.  An anecdote: when I was 9 sitting at the kitchen table doing my school homework, my
father was reading the newspaper while peeping at my progress. At one point he asks me
‘what are you doing exactly?’ and I proudly repeated ‘doing all the future homework in
the textbook so I can finish learning everything there is to learn’. He carefully folded the
newspaper and looking me in the eye softly said ‘my dear daughter no-one will ever stop
learning, as we will learn something new everyday until we are no more’. In the split
second of a fraction in time my brain went from proud to total disillusionment to
excitement. That little neuron running around upstairs (in my brain) finally jumped up
and down thinking wow continuous learning is equivalent to never stopping. Over the
next months my parents introduced me to the public library, now this was 1969, there
were no computers running the cataloguing system. But good sturdy Librarians running a
tight ship in a silent domain, and I was in my element. So you can just guess what my next
statement was to my father «I’m going to read all the books in the world» I could have
stopped at one library, but no I had to instil a little anxiety in my father who had to find
another way to bring me down a notch or two!
 To this day I remember that all important phrase ‘you will never stop
learning, there will always be something new to learn’. I still want to
keep on learning and Teaching what I learn, instilling the joy of opening
new doors into knowledge.

6. 1. Having a good time learning collocations with the
collo king Jason
2. Taking vocab apart and then putting the pieces
back together with Dr Nellie
3. Watching a movie and making the most of it with
Maria Ines
4. Taking an earworm tune on board with C. Goodger
5. Using language and logic with Drew on his youtube
lessons
6. Not flooding students with grammar that may
overshadow vocabulary learning by Dr Christel
7. Bringing the house down with Shanthi’s intro into
using Idioms in Business English
8. Using any reading material as a vehicle to teach
vocab with Andrew W.

7. 9. Turning that flabby textbook into a valued
resource by Adir
10. Taking a break with Jason’s 3 RRR’s, Relax
Repeat Remember
11. Looking at real life encounters filmed as a
teaching resource with M. Marzio
12. Went ‘trippin’ with Mau while ‘surfin n learnin’
13. Found the little lost neuron with the help of
Sylvia’s mind map on story telling
14. Had a gripping time with Vicki’s tricky vocab
videos
15. Getting it all stickstuckstuck with a rap song
along the way by Jason

9.  Day by day babies growing into toddlers learn by
themselves with a little help from parents
 School age children learn at school, in the school
yard, after school and at home
 Teenagers learn from each other leaning very
much on their peers to guide them along
 Young Adults go to University and the world of
learning opens into another dimension
 Adults go into the workforce and learn to work
alongside their colleagues
 Pensioners learn other ways to spend their time

10. Constructive criticism is essential
Feedback from students &
Colleagues is a good habit!

11.  Therefore as humans in an everchanging
world continue to learn and adapt, so must
we teachers learn to encompass a wide-
reaching usage of class material. Be it new
resources or new technology.
 By learning we open our minds to further
enhancement of our lives and hence those of
our students, who can only follow and enjoy
learning.
 Teachers are a part of everyone’s life just as
every student is a part of every Teacher’s life.