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	<title>the lives of teachers &#187; metaphor</title>
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		<title>an interview with jeannette littlemore (metaphor and gesture)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Interview with Jeannette Littlemore from darren elliott on Vimeo. It was great to see Jeanette&#8217;s workshop, and to talk to her afterwards about the research she has been engaged in regarding metaphor and gesture. As teachers, we need to be aware of the ways in which our gestures may be interpreted&#8230; whether they support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>metaphors for teaching &#8211; the teacher as geisha</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a classic symbol of Japan, and a dying breed, the geisha is a skilled practitioner of her art. She is elegant, highly trained. Unfortunately, this is not the parallel I am going to draw between &#8216;Geisha&#8217; and &#8216;Teacher&#8217;. Let&#8217;s skip ahead to the modern era. There are now said to be about 2000 professional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sakura</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cherry blossoms herald the new academic year in Japan. Like the tree itself, I get another year older. But the blossoms, like the students, are always new.]]></description>
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		<title>personal learning networks &#8211; the what, why and how</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal Learning Networks &#8211; the what, why and how from darren elliott on Vimeo. A presentation at the 4th International Wireless Ready Symposium, Nagoya, February 19th 2010. A good starting point for twitter. I&#8217;ve made a list of ELT professionals and educational technologists worth following&#8230; there are many more out there too, but these might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a gift from a flower to a garden＊</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[＊extra points if you can place the title I am a sucker for an analogy. Only this week I got contorted in a lengthy comparison of the plight of Southampton Football Club, starting the season on minus ten points but now powering up the third division, to a student who had missed the first few [...]]]></description>
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