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Deutsch, Nellie

nellie.muller.deutsch@gmail.com

Canada 

Nellie Deutsch (Ed.D)(see Bio) is an EFL teacher and teacher trainer. She coaches teachers and admin on how to teach with and manage Moodle courses and websites. She's an instructional designer and facilitator of fully online and blended learning programs using Moodle, WizIQ, Adobe Connect, Congrea (on Moodle), ZOOM, Google drive, Sceencast--o-matic, Wikieducator, YouTube, Vimeo, Knovio, and active learning presentation tools that focus on teaching as a way to learn.

Torresi, Nives

nives_torresi@hotmail.com

Italy

Nives Torresi is a Teacher of English as a foreign language; English Drama; Business English, English Exam Preparation. Translates from Italian to English (specialization in Business Manuals, Historical archives, Medical papers), Interpreter, Mediator Business negotiations. Currently teaches online via interactive learning platforms for Business English courses and Language tutoring.

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Charles Goodger

goodger.charles@gmail.com

Charles Goodger is a composer, writer and teacher-trainer. Founder of the FunSongs Method of teaching English he is particularly interested in helping teacher to use creative forms of expression in the learning process: music, and mime, rhythm and rhyme. Charles loves the collective enjoyment of children singing, moving and performing in an entertainingly convincing way. 

Kacmaz (Pratten), Julie

juliekacmaz@gmail.com

Turkey

Julie Pratten Kacmaz is a writer, and EFL teacher and teacher trainer, with three decades experience in teaching English as a Foreign Language. She has worked in over 25 countries, including Brazil, Germany, Lithuania and Paraguay. Nowadays, she lives in Turkey with her husband, two cats, two dogs and chickens.

Judy is a native New Yorker who is a visual & performing artist, a writer and currently an English teacher to speakers of other languages. She is part of the ELI Adjunct Faculty at PACE University in New York City, USA and an advisory board member of EFLtalks (an online EFL teachers teaching teachers webinar group) who has been known to occasionally collaborate with her international colleagues in Armenia and Croatia. Judy has taught ages 3-80 yrs old students dance, acting, elocution and Pre-K-12 academics through the arts as a guest artist. Ever passionate, she is combining her two passions (theater arts and English teaching) to work on bringing together a forward thinking group of artists and educators to develop new original culturally relevant theater for ESOL audiences. Judy holds a BS in Liberal Arts /Teaching Academics through the Arts and a MA in TESOL from the New School University in NYC, USA.

“We are teachers as well as students and our students are our teachers” 

Throughout her 40+ years in education, Sheryl McCoy grows as a teacher, professional development provider, and a community educator. She counts on sharing her understanding that, “Learning is an adventure for life”. To earn that understanding, she teaches online and face-to-face, through a fusion of teaching tools, skills, and interests. Learning in dialogue with her mentor, Sheryl continues her adventure using Moodle, WizIQ, Google Learning Suite, Screencast-o-matic, Youtube, Glogster, Padlet, and other learning tools.

Sheryl earned a BSEd in Elementary Education, as well as an MSEd in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in the Effective Schools Movement. Her professional development, memberships, grants, and special projects have been as important and varied as her teaching and life experiences.

Today, Sheryl lives with her family on their sustainable farm in the Central Plains of the United States where she works face to face and online with various informal education networks.