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How can a busy teacher keep up with educational advances ?

Let's define the target audience for this post: busy teachers. Many classes to prepare, papers with deadlines to correct, tests, meetings to go, among other things and also... a passion for teaching. Can you relate ? Yeah, most teachers such as myself have this drive for education and delivering a class that is truly meaningful to the students lives. And it's not that we don't have fun or love our job, but the demands of a daily routine are tough. My point being: so many things to cope with and little time left. So , how to keep updated with the latest educational news ? A great way to go is to subscribe to major publisher's in order to receive their post and news. From my experience so far I recommend:  Oxford University Press http://oupeltglobalblog.com/ , Cambridge University Press http://peo.cambridge.org/ , there's also a great educational website, EmergingEdTech http://www.emergingedtech.com/about/ . Also, the major authors in English Language Teach