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I majored in English and have a Master's in American Studies from the Open University of Lisbon, Portugal. I've been an EFL teacher for 30+ years and have taught at all levels. I live and teach in the suburbs of Lisbon, Portugal.

For the past four years I've been teaching 5th and 6th grades (1st & 2nd year EFLers). I love teaching and find it an even more challenging task since the arrival of ICTs. I also love computers, the Internet and interacting with friends and colleagues worldwide through chat and email.

I have carried out three email cultural exchanges and have been running a teacher-student blog titled Have Fun with English! since Nov. 2003. I enjoy creating interactive custom-made Web-based activities for my students. (See School for a comprehensive list of projects and activities.)

I did my first online course, Integrating the Internet into the Classroom, with Michael Krauss in October 2001. In January 2002, I joined the Webheads in Action for an online teacher development workshop, and since then I've been actively involved in the cyberworld of education. I have co-moderated the Becoming a Webhead online teacher development workshop with Dafne González since 2004.

I have two books published, NetAprendizagem: A Internet na Educação and O Email na Sala de Aula.

I am a member of APPI (Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês), TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and the Webheads in Action.

If you'd like to know more about me and my work, please visit my Web page. You can contact me at tmvaz@mail.telepac.pt.