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I have just spent a lovely half hour reading some posts by Debbie Smith from New Zealand, of thinkersonline. She comes across as a lovely, thoughtful teacher, not at all scary (!) as one male teacher recently confided to her. But then, he was not really talking about her, but how her special interest can make other teachers feel. Based on her own personal experiences with her loved one at first, this interest developed into a specialism for working with gifted and talented children. As this teacher elaborated, it’s something that we can often ignore. We are become so concerned about the progress of some weaker students, that these ones at the other end of the spectrum get ignored, and get restless, often throughout their school careers and into adulthood. Debbie offers lucid insights and practical tips. Here is my favourite: “It could be frustrating to an average student, but I love to answer the gifted’s questions with another question... An answer can be such a conversation stopper!” How true! Lovely work Debbie.

Debbie is a passionate educator. You can also follow her on twitter: http://twitter.com/dsmithnz

Reviewed by David Warr. You can check out his blog: http://languagegarden.wordpress.com  and you can also follow him on twitter: @DavidWarr

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I love reading blog posts with descriptions of lessons and lesson ideas and how they’ve worked in class. However, every so often, I come across posts that remind me what an important job we do and how great it can feel when you really make a difference with a student. That’s the kind of post I found on a recent visit to Michelle Worgan’s blog in which she describes the moment one of the kids in her English language class came out with a sentence in English all by herself. Such moments are the best kind of feedback to let you know that your lessons are having the desired effect. They can brighten up a dull winter’s day, make a regular lesson special and provide motivation for both student and teacher and this is what Michelle captures so well in this post. These kind of moments are what langauge teachers as well as teachers of all other subjects should strive for! Michelle is a really passionate educator. You can also follow her on twitter: http://twitter.com/michelleworgan

Reviewed by Dave Dodgson. You can check out his blog: http://http://david-dodgson.blogspot.com/ and you can also follow him on twitter: http://twitter.com/davedodgson 

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This blog's message can be inspiration for sharing or motivation for other teachers to use social media.  Teachers do amazing things.  The best teachers take other's ideas and implement them appropriately in their own classrooms.  This blog encourages teacher sharing which in the end benefits our students.  This blog can also be used for motivation for other teachers to get into the world of social media.  There are so many, (countless), resources available because teachers share.  How can teachers not want to share after reading this blog post.

Amanda is a really passionate educator. You can also follow her on twitter: http://twitter.com/amandacdykes

Reviewed by Scott Akerson. You can check out his blog: http://MrA47.blogspot.com and you can also follow him on twitter: http://twitter.com/MrA47

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We have picked this post because apart from being wonderful it really reflects what we want to promote, the use of social media in the classroom for creating meaningful learning opportunities and it's use for developing a PLN. Scott Akerson is a really passionate educator. You can also follow him on twitter: http://twitter.com/MrA47

Written by Greta Sandler