Recently, someone in my CALL class brought up the question of modeling behaviors and language production, especially in terms of blogging (and using blogging as a reflective practice in teacher development - if I understood the comment correctly). I am guilty of not being an active blogger (obviously not here, but even elsewhere). So, I thought a good way to look at this idea would be to look at reflective writing by other language teachers I admire. I thought I'd start with the blog of a longtime friend of mine, Kevin Giddens (we've known each other since elementary schools, though we only recently realized we were both in the same field).
Kevin is an ESL teacher and teacher trainer and is a proponent of what he calls Do-Nothing Teaching. His blog provides a lot of reflection and insight into his own teaching and serves as a forum for interaction between Kevin and his followers. Specifically, I recommend reading about his DNT challenge and seeing the work that has been produced as part of this challenge in a community of language teachers:
Do-Nothing Teaching
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