Yuliya+Malycheva

====Hello! My name is Yuliya Malycheva. Yuliya is the Russian version of Julia. I am from a small city in the Ural Mountains. I got my Bachelor’s Degree in ESL in Russia almost 20 years ago. I taught English over there for 8 years. As I got my teaching license in Ohio I started to work as a contract substitute teacher. For the last two years I have been working as a special education paraprofessional. I am a graduate student in Instructional Design and Technology (though I was never good at technology and that was the only way for me to catch up with what is happening in technology, particularly in instructional technology, these days by going back to school).==== ====I have two kids: a boy and a girl. Roman is 10 and Lada is going to be 5. They are both bilingual and Roman can read and write in Russian too. Lada is too young for learning the Russian alphabet, but she is going to do that too in a couple of years. We all love to read, even in Lada's case, though she cannot really read yet. We love travelling and camping.====

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Insrtuctional technology opens up wide horizons in teaching different subjects and different learners at different pace. I am really fascinated with the Smart Boards. B. in the picture is in special education room. With the help of the Smart Board he learns how to count (in interactive way), his colors, shapes and sizes in a fun way. //Smart// is the key word for modern technologies and instruction. I chose that image because it reflects the purpose of the education and instructional technology: to make learning effective and fun at the same time. __Educational blogs__ As an ESL teacher I am interested in the blogs that support ESL teachers, provide them with useful and fun ideas, resources and tools. http://rollsoffthetongue.tumblr.com/ is the blog dealing with the idioms. Idioms are really hard to understand and therefor to use for the learners. This blog teaches the idioms through cartoons. (Prior to finding this blog I posted a comment to another blog, but it was held for authorization.) __My blog :__ []