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Teacher’s Guide for Movie. Integrate Technology Effectively (for The 40th ELT Blog Carnival) I often hear teachers stubbornly claim that they are no techies and that they have no intention to mess with technology at all.

Integrate Technology Effectively (for The 40th ELT Blog Carnival)

But the same teachers have long been using technology without even realizing it. The truth is that some things have become commonplaces and thus it's not surprising that we (teachers) keep forgetting the fact that there are the computers, overhead projectors, printers, and DVD players in our classrooms which we use skilfully on a daily basis. It's almost as if the term 'technology' itself inspired inexplicable fear, dread, and uneasiness. Personally, I can no longer imagine not having those 'shiny' objects at my disposal. But yes, sometimes I can't help but complain that technology is unreliable. From my experience, there is one thing that almost never fails to work: the cell phone.

Like Fabiana, I had also asked myself the question: Why not turn these commonplace mobile devices into powerful learning tools? And now technology comes in handy. Audio QR Codes. 10 Good iPad Book Creator Apps to Use with Your Students. #MysterySkype. How information and communications technology (ICT) can connect children from around the world. How can ICT help children learn about people from other cultures?

How information and communications technology (ICT) can connect children from around the world

Teacher Wilma Gordon has this week won an eTwinning European prize for an online school project which joined together primary school pupils from around Europe. Here, she explains the benefits of using ICT in the classroom and tells us about some useful tools. What role did ICT play in the success of the project? The schools involved used a variety of ICT tools. eTwinning provides an easily accessible platform for sharing materials and ideas. We also used Dropbox when files were too heavy to email.

How did pupils learn about other cultures? Projects such as e-cultural Kaleidoscope, for which we won the award, can greatly extended pupils’ awareness of cultural differences. Apps K-12 Lesson Plans using Docs, Sites, and Calendar. [OSX Mavericks] Apple apps no abren. RAWRAWRAWRAWR!

[OSX Mavericks] Apple apps no abren

Volví. El día de ayer estuve peleando con una macbook recién actualizada a OSX Mavericks. ¿El problema? Ninguna aplicación de apple abría, por aplicación de apple me refiero a: Print rubric: RCampus Open Tools for Open Minds. DROPitTOme - Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox. Recursos educativos. 21 Things 4 Students.

Detect a Hoax Website - April Fool's! If you want to play an innocent April Fool's prank on someone, visit The Dialectizer website.

Detect a Hoax Website - April Fool's!

It will take a website, (you must provide the URL address for it), and convert it to any one of these dialects: Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chief, Moron, Pig Latin, Hacker, or Censor. Classroom Idea: Convert a website to a chosen dialect. Classroom Challenge: Be virtually everywhere for your students with Tellagami. Have you ever wished you had a little helper to teach your students in ways that caught their attention, if only to break things up a bit?

Classroom Challenge: Be virtually everywhere for your students with Tellagami

What if I told you that little helper existed, and it was, well, you…? Tellagami is a free mobile app (iTunes) (Google Play) that allows you to create a 3D-like speaking avatar to present information to whomever you’d like, then save the presentation to share anywhere, any time. There are a variety of ways to use Tellagami to support your curriculum, many of which will be covered here, along with a challenge for your class… Let’s start off with a simple tutorial on getting started with the Tellagami app…

Movie-making for everyone. Citelighter - The fully automated bibliography, research, citation, and internet highlighting tool. Phones - Plan ELT. Teach, develop and innovate.

Phones - Plan ELT

Digicentral - Social networking detective. This social networking profile has been created to stimulate discussion about safe and potentially unsafe practices and features on social networking sites.

Digicentral - Social networking detective

Together with the accompanying questions, it has been designed to highlight ways in which users can protect themselves through appropriate use of the technology and also through choices they make online. Friendbook profile Print out the profile to see if you can spot ways that Chloe has safeguarded herself when creating and using her social network, and the choices she has made or behaviours she has shown that may potentially put her at risk. Consider the following questions when viewing the profile… DROPitTOme - Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox. Signup. Educating the World: 45 Resources to Help You Widen Your Impact. There is an incredible amount to be said for the small difference educators make daily in the lives of students and colleagues, but many of us don’t realize how easy it can be to expand that difference to a global scale.

Educating the World: 45 Resources to Help You Widen Your Impact

Countless organizations and individuals across the world are involved in an international education movement that brings communities and cultures together in the name of human progress. Capture a Screen Shot with Mac OS X. Algunas plantillas de Google docs para usar en clase. Aviso: Cada plantilla tiene dos botones para poder usarlas (una para castellano y la otra para catalán).

Algunas plantillas de Google docs para usar en clase

Si no ves los botones es probable que estés utilizando una versión antigua de Internet Explorer. Con Firefox o Chrome estos botones funcionan sin ningún problema. También tienes que iniciar sesión previamente en Google docs para poder utilizarlas. My Asymptote. TodaysMeet.

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