On Friday and Saturday, 15-16 October 2010, the SLanguages 2010 conference took place over a period of 24h. A newly founded committee took over the work from Gavin Dudeney and with the help of Carol Rainbow [Carolrb Roux] set out
MS Word, blogs and wikis for peer-editing in language EFL classes
RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p12685903 Saturday, 9 October 2010 – 5pm GMT I’d like to address such questions as the affordances and limitations of these tools, students feedback about using them and recommendations for teachers concerning how to introduce them in their classroom
Add a dimension to your teaching: an introduction to language learning in Virtual Worlds
RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p35393441/ ( 9 October 2010, 5pm GMT YouTube Trailer Two enthusiastic language teachers and their ‘avatars’ describe their own personal and professional teaching and learning journeys through the magical, virtual 3D world of Second Life, reflecting on how a
UNCONFERENCE
But what is an unconference? An unconference is a part without set program when conference participants get together, vote for a topic that they wish to discuss with others and then split into interest groups. At the end of the
Udemy – Academy of You
RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p69198292/ (43min)Friday, 8 October 2010 – 5pm GMT Udemywants to democratize online learning. We provide tools so that experts can create their own online course and teach any subject over the internet. It’s free and as easy as starting
Using startpages to organize your personal and school online resources
RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p45309165/ Vicky Saumell This session aims at showing the potential of using startpages as very easy tools to make websites to organize your personal and school online resources. We will explore different applications to make startpages as well as
Blogs for professional development, learning and teaching
Beitrag gepostet von Shelly Terrell RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p87857755/ Blogs can be used both for professional development as a learning tool for teachers, as well as a teaching tool. In this workshop, I’ll talk briefly about both possibilities, relating to some personal
Pecha Kucha, Auction, and Second Life Party (Saturday)
Beitrag gepostet von Shelly Terrell aturday, 9 October 2010 – 7pm GMT Don’t know what a Pecha Kucha is?Please listen to this video on ‚A Pecha Kucha on Pecha Kucha‘ A Pecha Kucha is a speedy presentation technique which originated
Getting some Facebook time with your colleagues
Beitrag gepostet von Shelly Terrell RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p18562224/ (49min) Getting some Facebook time with your colleagues or how I’m using a Facebook page to connect with other teachersNote: This session is suitable for teachers who are interested in blogs and blogging,
Flip Cameras in the ELT Classroom
Beitrag gepostet von Shelly Terrell RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p10269462/ In this presentation, Miguel described how he ended up using flip cameras for a language course. He talked about why to use videos in the language classroom and finished by giving the audience