poniedziałek, 12 maja 2014

An interesting FREE Coursera course

A quick heads-up!
Those of you who think about teaching as their future career may be interested in this MOOC:


Shaping the Way We Teach English, 2: Paths to Success in ELT

I haven't done anything from the Oregon Uni yet, so can't guarantee high quality, but it looks quite inviting.

The classes begin today, and it's a 5 week course.


środa, 7 maja 2014

How apt ;-)

Canva has just released three tutorials which focus on some topics we covered in the first semester!

Please revisit: COLOUR, FONT and LAYOUT DESIGN.
Go HERE and complete challenges 2, 3 and 4.

Follow the tutorials and complete all tasks. At each strage there is a YT video explaining step-by-step how to proceed.



Reminder: I should get links to your online lessons/tasks today the latest!

czwartek, 24 kwietnia 2014

Infographics and wikiHow

In our last project we'll experiment with different tools for sharing information.

1. Google "infographics" (-> check "pictures")

2. Visit Canva.com and try out some of their challenges

3. Visit wikiHow

4. Have a look at one of their articles about predicting the weather

5. Take their Tour

Definitions of fair use: http://lightoftruth.tumblr.com/disclaimer

środa, 23 kwietnia 2014

Interactive Whiteboard Software

In our class tomorrow we'll start working on INFOGRAPHICS but some of you have asked me about whiteboards.

I have yet to confirm which soft is going to be compatible with our boards at IJO, but you can check out the links below:

A blog by a teacher from WA (doh! :) ) on teacher-assisting technologies - THE INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM

65 FREE INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD RESOURCES - if you are more interested in using the board, not writing your own exercises

SANKORE - an open-source platform, which everybody in the know seems to be recommending.