Sylvia Guinan

Sylvia Guinan has a degree in English literature and has been teaching for fifteen years. She began teaching online in 2010 and is particularly interested in brain-friendly learning methods,tools, environments and communities.

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Articles and Posts by Sylvia Guinan

How To Build Up A Thriving Personal Learning Network In 2013

January 9, 2013

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How to build up a strong Personal Learning Network In 2013

1) Don’t even try The reason I say this is because I think that network building is natural, especially on the internet. You don’t have to pluck up the courage to make important phone calls, force yourself to join elitist clubs, or hobnob with the cream of society just to pass out some business cards….

Why Skype Is The Simplest Way To Get Started Teaching Online

July 10, 2011

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“Online teacher leaves the confines of virtual classroom comfort zones to ‘brave’ it on the wild west of skype & world wide web.” Report from the field by Silversal…aka Sylvia Guinan. As an online teacher who has used virtual classrooms up to now, it’s ironic to think that I was more comfortable with clunky technology…