by George H. Clemes III
When you meet Dave Sperling, creator of the popular Web site “Dave’s ESL Cafe,” you’ll quickly realize that he is a man of passion. Dave is passionate about the Cafe of course, for which he is most known, but he’s also passionate about teaching, writing, lecturing, his family and life in general. Dave has good reason to be upbeat: his award-winning Web site gets over one million hits a month and raves from around the world; he loves his teaching job; the latest version of his book Dave Sperling’s Internet Guide was just released this year; he is lecturing around the world about the Internet and ESL; and he has a lovely wife and two kids.
What is inspiring about Dave, however, is that his positive attitude doesn’t spring from his success in life; rather, his success comes from his positive attitude.
by Evelyn Beck
THOSE OF US who teach on-line courses may not be the ones who revolutionized education, but we are among those leading the way as the rest of our peers are pulled with varying levels of enthusiasm into the brave new world of web learning.
As a result of our place at the head of the line, we have skills that are valuable and still not widespread. That means there are opportunities beyond our own institutions for teaching, mentoring and tutoring, as well as for developing courses.
Posted: January 6th, 2010
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