[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Education professionals share valuable advice on planning an ICT implementation based on their unique experiences. Featuring Doug Brown, Jim Gibbons, Craig McBain, and Kobus van Wyk. Filmed at GETS North America 2010 and GETS Africa 2010.
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Social Media in Education – Teaching Digital Natives (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] It is time to look at how some of our outdated teaching practices can be changed to help students learn more effectively & efficiently. Social Media can help us engage digital natives and revolutionize teaching. Please make sure to follow Holly on twitter… Continue reading Social Media in Education – Teaching Digital Natives (Video)
Using Social Media Effectively in Higher Education (Duke University Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] If you’re in social media for higher ed, there’s a good chance you’re overwhelmed with the possibilities. Duke University’s Amanda Peralta breaks down the social media networks and tells you where you need to be.
ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Video: Teaching and Learning tools – Russell Stannard OUP Webinar on ‘Coming of Age as a Teacher’ January 27, 2015 Teacher Educator Conference 2015, Hyderabad, India – February 27-March 1 The Cambridge English Language Assessment programme of webinars for teachers in 2015 Article:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33
Video: Teaching and Learning tools – Russell Stannard
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Russell Stannard presents the three most popular technologies from his very popular and user-friendly website www.teachertrainingvideos.com The teaching tools can be used for a variety of areas in English Language Teaching (ELT) including providing feedback to students, reflection and developing students’ speaking skills.… Continue reading Video: Teaching and Learning tools – Russell Stannard
Video: Co-Teaching & Other Collaborative Projects for English Language Learners
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Andrea Honigsfeld, Maria Dove, editors and Gabriel Díaz Maggioli, contributor, of the recently published book Co-Teaching and Other Collaborative Practices in The EFL/ESL Classroom: Rationale, Research, Reflections, and Recommendations, discuss local and international collaborative teaching projects designed to help English language learners. The… Continue reading Video: Co-Teaching & Other Collaborative Projects for English Language Learners
Teacher Educator Conference 2015, Hyderabad, India – February 27-March 1
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The British Council in partnership with English and Foreign Languages University (EFL-U) Hyderabad will come together again to host the fifth International English Language Teacher Educator Conference (TEC15) in Hyderabad from 27 February – 1 March 2015. The underlying theme of the previous conferences… Continue reading Teacher Educator Conference 2015, Hyderabad, India – February 27-March 1
OUP Webinar on ‘Coming of Age as a Teacher’ January 27, 2015
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] OUP webinar team says, “If teacher training is our ‘teenagehood’ as teachers, the period when we ‘learn the ropes’, then teacher development is ‘coming of age’, reaching ‘adulthood’. Conducting classroom-based research is a valuable form of teacher development and a part of maturing… Continue reading OUP Webinar on ‘Coming of Age as a Teacher’ January 27, 2015
Edutopia Article: Moving Beyond the Textbook
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Andrew Marcinek says, “There are a lot of misconceptions around the transition from textbooks into the world of digital content delivery. The biggest mistake schools can make is simply changing out one medium of delivery for another without ever assessing or changing the… Continue reading Edutopia Article: Moving Beyond the Textbook
Article: Practical ideas for the Business English classroom: Part Two – Making the most of video
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP ELT blog has published an article dealing with international tests. One survey into the use of video in education reports that teachers increasingly welcome this tool as a means to support learning. For example, 68% of teachers believe video stimulates discussion, 66%… Continue reading Article: Practical ideas for the Business English classroom: Part Two – Making the most of video