August 12, 2009
Isolation X Sharing
This video could be used to talk about cultural differences, the importance of communication, the benefits of sharing, cooperation.
KALINAGO ENGLISH has written a great post with ideas on how to use this video.
August 9, 2009
Technology Tidbits
Technolgy Tidbits - a blog I'd like to recommend.
David Kapuler's online books on webtools is a must-read.
Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero via kwout
While browsing through his blog, I learned about BookRix, a site which helps you create online books. You can download your own book or let the site help you create one. When the book has been created, you can share it in the BookRix archive, send the link to friends or even grab an embed code for your blog.
David Kapuler's online books on webtools is a must-read.
August 6, 2009
Cultura EDtech online course
Cultura EDtech is an online course for BRAZILIAN EFL teachers which I'll be facilitating this semester.
We start on 24/08/09 and for 3 months we'll be learning how to create class blogs where teachers can share material with students and we'll also explore several webtools in order to devise lesson plans integrating them to our content.
Several teachers I've met asked me "Will I be able to learn this stuff? Isn't it complicated?" My answer to them is if I learned so can you. The only thing which is complicated is the fear to fail. And one thing I learned blogging is that it's ok to make mistakes and try again. The course is going to follow a very manageable pace and participants will be able to ask for synchronous and asynchronous help.
This is a video I've created to remind participants of the Start Date. (I used Animoto)
A virtual poster about the course (w/ glogster)
If you are a Brazilian EFL teacher and would like to join our group, send me an e-mail anamariacult@yahoo.com.br and I'll send you more info.
We start on 24/08/09 and for 3 months we'll be learning how to create class blogs where teachers can share material with students and we'll also explore several webtools in order to devise lesson plans integrating them to our content.
Several teachers I've met asked me "Will I be able to learn this stuff? Isn't it complicated?" My answer to them is if I learned so can you. The only thing which is complicated is the fear to fail. And one thing I learned blogging is that it's ok to make mistakes and try again. The course is going to follow a very manageable pace and participants will be able to ask for synchronous and asynchronous help.
This is a video I've created to remind participants of the Start Date. (I used Animoto)
A virtual poster about the course (w/ glogster)
If you are a Brazilian EFL teacher and would like to join our group, send me an e-mail anamariacult@yahoo.com.br and I'll send you more info.
August 5, 2009
iWise - learn with Famous quotes
iWise is THE place for searching for quotes. You can search it by key words, by person, you can listen to the quotes and even share them in facebook and twitter.
I literally fell in love with the site.
I'd also like to recommend the reading of Nik Peachey's great and useful post about it. Thanks NiK!!!!
I literally fell in love with the site.
I'd also like to recommend the reading of Nik Peachey's great and useful post about it. Thanks NiK!!!!
Fotoviewr- photo gallery
This is a different way of viewing your flickr photos. It's very simple, you click on get started, choose the kind of gallery you prefer, type in your flickr username, select the set of pictures you would like to see, and voilá the site creates the photo gallery for you.
What I like about it - it must be very beautiful to look at on the e-board and looks very futuristic.
What I didn't like about it - I wish we could select pictures from overall flickr filtering by tag. This way we could show various pictures to our students on a given topic.
After creating your gallery you can share it in facebook, orkut or publish it in your blog by grabbing the embed code.
What I like about it - it must be very beautiful to look at on the e-board and looks very futuristic.
What I didn't like about it - I wish we could select pictures from overall flickr filtering by tag. This way we could show various pictures to our students on a given topic.
After creating your gallery you can share it in facebook, orkut or publish it in your blog by grabbing the embed code.
August 2, 2009
Geography videos - Spotlight videos
While reading my facebook updates, found a post where Larry Ferlazzo mentions geography videos. I decided to have a look at them and have to admit I ended up watching many more videos than I had intended to.
Well, I'm not a geography teacher, nevertheless, the video library is perfect for language teachers as well. Of course, depending on the level of your students the task has to be simpler. Great to watch and fantastic stuff to learn!
Well, I'm not a geography teacher, nevertheless, the video library is perfect for language teachers as well. Of course, depending on the level of your students the task has to be simpler. Great to watch and fantastic stuff to learn!
Social Studies via kwout
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