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By Unknown
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
TOP 100 FREE EDUCATION SITES
Help Teaching offers us a compilation of free sites to be used teaching or learning English. As they say: "Need some new inspiration fo...
TWITTEEN'S NEWS
Let me introduce you a new blog where you can practice reading and listening comprehension activities through real tweets. The blog is stil...
By Unknown
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
apps
criteria
evaluation
ipad
mlearn
mobile learning
tablet
Evaluating authentic mobile apps for learning
Back in April 2013 I delivered a workshop at the IATEFL 2013 conference in Liverpool. The topic of the workshop was ' Criteria for Evalu...
Making lectures and lessons more interactive with mQlicker
As the traditional lecture has come increasingly under fire for being completely out of touch with modern teaching and learning methods, the...
By Unknown
Friday, August 23, 2013
blended learning
CMC
ipad
iphone
mlearn
mobile learning
speaking skills
video
video conferencing
Video communication apps and mobile learning
One of the great things about mobile devices such as tablets, iPads and phones is that most modern devices have good quality cameras and mic...
By Unknown
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
apps
collaborative learning
mobile learning
process writing
web 2.0
Word processor
writing skills
Peer editing in digital and mobile environments
For years now I have been happily using EtherPad based services like http://primarypad.com/ and http://sync.in/ to get participants on the ...
Why I don't want an IWB (Interactive Whiteboard)
Recently, I have been asked quite few times about IWBs and which ones are best etc. My usual answer is 'none' and then I have to ex...
Gamification to encourage learner autonomy
This post tries to pull together a couple of things I have been thinking about recently. The first was a post I saw on the 21st Century Flue...
By Unknown
Friday, May 17, 2013
action research
e-learning
interactive
lms
online learning
poll
survey
Create online learning with 123ContactForm
123ContactForm may not sound like the kind of tool that would be of interest to educators, but as I discovered when they asked me to review...
What are the qualities of a good educational technology trainer?
Whilst in the process of designing a unit of online learning I started thinking about the qualities and skills that a good educational techn...
Criteria for Evaluating Web Tools and Apps
I'm often getting asked what my criteria are for choosing the tools, apps and resources that I feature on my blogs and in my teaching an...