ABOUT & CONTACT - Marco Aslan Marco was raised in a multi-cultural background in which traveling and hearing different languages in the household was normal. Marco was born in Mexico, and was raised in Uruguay and in Brazil. His father is Italian, and his mother is Uruguayan/French. He fluently speaks Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English. Geometry and visual aesthetics came easy to him. What has attracted Marco the most about filmmaking is that it combines multiple arts into one medium. Contact: marcoaslan@gmail.com
The 31 Educational Web Tools Every Teacher Should Know about Below is a list I have been working on for the last couple of days. This list features some interesting web tools for teachers keen on integrating technology into their instruction and work routine. There are loads of web platforms that are educationally focused and to contain them all in one list is way beyond the scope of a short blog post like this , therefore I selected only what I deemed the most important. 1- Google drive Google Drive is a great suite of productivity tools that works across different devices. Google Drive provides 15 GB of free storage. 2- Dropbox Dopbox is another wonderful cloud-based storage platform that allows you to easily save and store your docs and PDFs and share them with others. 3- Evernote Evernote is powerful web tool that you can use to make notes, bookmark webpages and many more. 4- Twitter This is one of the best social networking platform out there. 5- Google Plus 6- Pinterest 7- Socrative 8- Edmodo 9- Tweetdeck 10- Prezi 11- Paper.li 12- ThingLink 15- Skype
Touchable Memories This EFL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Touchable Memories by Marco Aslan, and the theme of photos and memories. In the film five people who have lost their sight share their stories about how they “see” a photograph. The moving short film explores how 3D printing can help the blind “see” photographs for the first time, by offering a tangible version of a still photograph. Students describe a photo which is important to them and describe the memories it brings back. Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes Activity: Watching a short film, speaking and writing Topic: Photographs, memories and 3D printerrs Language: Vocabulary related to memories Materials: Short film Downloadable materials: touchable memories lesson instructions Support Film English Film English remains ad-free and takes many hours a month to research and write, and hundreds of dollars to sustain. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8
Technology Tools | Tools you can use Education World offers new technology content every day. Some of our pieces related to technology tools can be found in this archive. We do update these aritcles reguarly, but given the changing nature of technology, we cannot promse that every piece will be on the cutting edge. Please visit our technology front page for the latest, most up-to-date tech stories. Social Media in the Classroom? Five for Fun Lots of image generators are available on the Web. Hardware and Software Essentials We asked members of the Education World Tech Team to tell us what hardware and software they consider essential -- or invaluable -- for todays educator? Podcast for Free on a PC Dont let Mac users have all the fun. Tech Tools for Teachers Members of the Education World Tech Team talk about the technology tools they find most useful in their professional lives, and the technology they use most successfully with students. Tech Conferences: For Geeks Only? Blogging? Laptops, Handhelds, or Tablet PCs?
Everyday This EFL lesson is designed around a beautiful short film called Everyday by Gustav Johansson and the theme of everyday routines and empathy. Students imagine and write about a day in the life of their partner, speak about their daily routines and watch a short film. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: Writing, speaking and watching a short film Topic: Everyday life and empathy Language: Present simple for routines, vocabulary related to everyday activities and second conditional Materials: Short film Downloadable materials: everyday lesson instructions Support Film English Film English remains ad-free and takes many hours a month to research and write, and hundreds of dollars to sustain. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Homework
Using Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom As educators, the use of Web 2.0 tools is transforming our work, and more specifically the way we support students in the classroom. As schools bring more technology into their classrooms, teachers will in turn strive to put more technology in their students’ hands. That is, if they are prepared to do so. Web 2.0 Tools are online software programs that allow users to do a number of different things. The question then becomes, are educators prepared to use these tools? These are important questions that we need to be able to answer for our own work, but more importantly so that we can continuously strive to be a 21st century educator for our very important clients: our students. If you are new to this concept, don’t feel bad. As we talk about Web 2.0 tools, one point I want to stress is that we need to remember that it’s not about the specific tools themselves that we use with students, but why, and when the tool is needed. 8 Great Web 2.0 tools to support you in the classroom: Glogster
Teaching for Understanding in Practice 50+ Social Bookmarking Sites : Importance of User Generated Tags, Votes and Links - Search Engine Journal Editor’s Note: This post was updated in October of 2016. Is social bookmarking still relevant in 2016? Read this updated post by Anna Crowe to learn more. The positive effects of social bookmarking for publishers of news sites, blogs, and other websites are outstanding. Some social bookmark sites pass on link juice, while some use the NoFollow attribute. The Benefits of Social Bookmarking The external metadata compiled via user-generated descriptions, tags, titles and categorization is incredibly valuable to search engines, as in the same philosophy as anchored backlinks, descriptive content about a web site defined by the users of that site who are not associated with the marketing or coding of that site, can be extremely powerful in gauging the importance and relevance of the content and tags which are used on that site. Monitoring social bookmarking services like Delicious and StumbleUpon help search engines in multiple ways by: (Updated) Social Bookmarking Sites You Should Consider
Library 2.0 | Professional Tools This page is organized with references covering new, or "2.0", technologies in general. For information on making library websites accessible to those using mobile devices, see resources in the Mobile Library Services list in OCLC's WorldCat, and Mobile Library related pages from around the web. For a quick overview of the evolution of the Internet, see The History of the Internet in a Nutshell, by Cameron Chapman, Nov. 15, 2009. For an extensive bibliography on social networking, see danah boyd's Bibliography of Research on Social Network Sites. For a brief definition of Library 2.0 with interesting links by I Love Libraries "What is Library 2.0?" Pogue, David. Pictorial Representation of Library 2.0 There are many definitions of Library 2.0. The concepts can be expressed as an "In" vs. About Using 2.0 Tools in Libraries Policies for Use E.W. A broad selection of library social media policies can be found by doing a websearch. Readings Exploring the Tools (General)