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Emily and Roger talk about the educational "white whale" called EFFORT.
What's In Our Bag?
Emily: Hunter brand rainboots. She wants 'em, 'cuz she doesn't have 'em.
Link: http://us.hunterboots.com/female-tall-rain-boots/womens-original-tall-rain-boots/yellow/2632
Roger: Actually, Roger boldly proclaimed that he was not going to take an umbrella in his bag to the TESOL convention in Seattle next week. Let's see if 'trying to be local' works. Here's the link to Seattle's weather for the next several days.
Link: https://weather.com/weather/today/l/Seattle+WA+USWA0395:1:US
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Emily and Roger talk about their personal thoughts about TESOL 2017 that was hosted in Seattle, Washington.
TATL Interview
TATL interviews Sally from Hujian Ed Tech.
Website link: teach.hjclass.com
Main Content: Emily and Roger talk about meetings. The good, the bad and the faculty-type.
What's In My Bag? (WINB)
Emily has Grip Tape in her bag to secure her hands to her slippery phone case.
Roger has a new app to explore. It's called Clips by Apple-sorry Android users. It is sort of between the video recording app and iMOVIE. Roger Suggests downloading and also checking out imore.com's article on how to use it.
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Emily and Roger Talk about how teachers can build community at the places they teach. Part-timer's Challenges and Full-timer Challenges.
What's In My Bag?
Roger has Almonds. Emily has Beef Jerky. And the protein revolution begins!
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Emily and Roger Talk about a new fantastic book that teaches teachers how to teach (and learn) pronunciation. This book is written by Marla Yoshida.
Link to the book: http://sites.tesol.org/bookstore/ItemDetail?iProductCode=14038
What Are You Doing This Weekend?
Roger: Tokyo, Working for the Tokyo Metropolitan BOE
Emily: Bay Area, Niece's Birthday Party!!!