Easy summer listening

If you are reading this around the time it’s been posted, then you are probaly home for at least part of the summer holiday with a bit of time on your hands next to cleaning up the office (which is what I’m busy doing)

So, I’d like to invite you to the NECC 2008 Webcasts (National Educational Computing Conference)

There are some very interesting and thought-provoking webcasts (audio and video broadcasting) about learning and pedagogics in today’s digital world.

You will need to sign up, but it is a short process of about 2 seconds and  the only result being that you can watch and listen to the webcasts.

Feel free to leave a comment about any which really struck a note in you.

And happy summer!

Exeter follow-up 2

Join Exeter on-line homepage to watch and listen to 15 different workshops and numerous interviews, inlcuding one from a dear friend, who says why SIGs are so important in IATEFL. You could certainly say the same applies for ETAS!

Here are a few more I hope you will enjoy.

Marion WIlliams, President of the IATEFL, introduces people responsible for bringing EXETER to you on-line. A big applause!!!

Gavin Dudeney and Julian Wing talk about the future of EXETER ONLINE . We really appreciate your work guys!

Here’s a truly international interview for you. I really enjoy the enthusiasm of this multicultural group. In these interviews with Hornby scholars you will get an idea of some of the workshops which took place and the research they are involved in.

And here is one about gender issues by Silvija and Jaroslaw.

Of course, there are many more, and I hope you will have a look at them. I’ll add another post with more links in the meanwhile.

Exeter online follow-up

You can now find several workshops and interviews from Exeter on-line, so grab your i-pod, mp3-player or take some time in front of the computer and give it a listen!

http://exeteronline.britishcouncil.org/

Exeter online!

Since many of you are bound to home and cannot take few days off to go to Exeter for the IATEFL conference, you may be happy to know that you don’t need to be left out!

Here is the blurb:

As with Aberdeen Online, there’ll be video recordings of workshops, moderated forums and photo albums and a lot more. This year we’ll also be *live* streaming several plenary sessions!

What else is new?
It’s a new-look site. The first time you visit the site, you’ll need to create your own free user account – there are online tutorials and handy tips to help users update their profiles.

Just go to:  http://exeteronline.britishcouncil.org  to join in the virtual fun!

See you in Exeter

Tips for using powerpoint presentations

Up til now I’ve concentrated on online skills. However, there is much more to learning technology than that.

Here I’m sure you will find some very useful advice on giving  good powerpoint presentations.

Enjoy

Merry Christmas!

My attention was brought to this wonderful musical video.

Wishing all readers of this blog a wonderful holiday time!

Your learning technologies SIG coordinator

Christmas reading on Teacher’s TV

Reading Aloud with Michael Rosen – Christmas Special

This is a fun video for before Christmas.

http://www.teachers.tv/video/23739

Here is the synopsis taken from Teachers TV:
Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen unwraps a selection of literary treats, including a rare and exclusive interview with Raymond Briggs, creator of The Snowman.

Rosen also reports on the enduing appeal of the pantomime, with a behind the scenes look at a production of The Pied Piper of Hamlyn and tips on how to stage your very own school panto.

Meanwhile, the Charles Dickens Christmas legacy is explored with a visit to a elegant town house in Bloomsbury, London, where Dickens and his family once lived.

Also in this programme:

* critic Julia Eccleshare shares her top children’s books for Christmas
* an alternative Christmas message, prepared by students at a school in Birmingham, provides a great opportunity to encourage speaking, listening and writing skills
* Michael continues his Poetry in Motion crusade to make poetry fun in the classroom

Published: 11 December 2007
You might also be interested in the book project on teachers tv, which can be found here:

http://www.teachers.tv/greatbooks

Enjoy!

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Things to do for the summer

The sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.
So we sat in the house
All that cold, cold, wet day.

(Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat)

If the weather gets you down and boredom strikes, here are a few things you can do when it’s too wet to play.

IF you want to brush up on your techno-knowledge the following site is an excellent place to start. There are tutorials and videos and a whole bunch of ideas: http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/

Look at the following blog and set up your own class blog. Remember to scroll down and start with lesson 1: http://www.bloggingteachers.blogspot.com/

Watch a presentation about Web 2.0 tools, and you can listen too! http://www.portical.org/Presentations/brooks-young/web2.0/index.html

Watch one of the videos below in the right column.

Think about taking a course. The next ones begin in September. http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/shortcourses/index.asp

Finally, a bit of fun for those who teach kids, make your own comics http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Now I wish all visitors a warm summer. More in a couple of weeks! B-)

More teaching videos

I’ve added another link to the sidebar, called The Teaching Challenge. If you are training teachers, this is a great resource! And if you are taching adults, you may also find a lot of useful material here.

My favorite video is the teaching challenge with Lynne Truss, author of ‘Eats, Shoots, and Leaves’. Being a lover of  punctuation myself, I was fascinated by the way she approached the topic. I’d also love to go out on the street with my class and a pack of punctuation stickers!

Here’s the link:  http://vr-ttv.lbwa.verio.net/scd/ttv/resources/videos/Wk1EduGuardianC0931001A.mov 

  And if you don’t know the book, then I suggest you should

Teachers TV

Here’s a great link, especially for those of you involved in child and youth education.

http://www.teachers.tv/

There is a large range of topics, some of which are quite relevant to our teaching here in Switzerland, and there are even a few programs on language learning.

Here’s one about English (L1) and technology:

http://www.teachers.tv/video/12117 

Here is what they say about it:

Synopsis

New technologies are second nature to most young people. This programme seeks to explore how they can help and encourage learning in the classroom – particularly in an English lesson.

You can find the Teachers TV link on the side bar.