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Teaching too much stuff

Teaching too much stuff

It has been hot this week. Very hot. The first week back at school for our students. Each day the temperature has exceeded 30 degrees celsius. This afternoon it was siting on 34.5 degrees celsius during the afternoon from 1.30PM to 3.00PM. When the clock struck 3.30PM it was 35.4 degrees celsius. In Fahrenheit that(…)

Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling for Educators The aim of this workshop is to demonstrate the importance and relevance of storytelling in the twenty-first century as demonstrated by the research of individuals such as Donald Norman, Mark Turner and Daniel Pink. Memory is preserved and the dissemination of information enriched through the application of storytelling. [This work has(…)

Podcasting

Podcasting

Podcasting and vodcasting for educators In this workshop the participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of planning, creating and managing digital media files so that they can be published either as a podcast or vodcast. The acquired skills will allow the participants to create and publish: Second language teaching and learning examples Recorded lectures(…)

Mark O’Meara #FF

Mark O’Meara #FF

This week’s Friday Follow Twitter Interview is with the incredibly interesting Mark O’Meara. His words of wisdom are coming all the way from Geelong in Victoria, Australia.

Dragon Dictation

Dragon Dictation

I am creating this blog post using Dragon Dictation. This iPhone app allows you to record your voice and it converts your voice to text. You can publish that text to Twitter or Facebook or you can e-mail it to another person. For example I intend to e-mail the text to my blog. I will(…)

Zhēng Tú Granny

Zhēng Tú Granny

Last year Shao Ping and I visited some friends in China. We stayed with the family of Crystal, one of our friends in Shanghai. Crystal’s mum is quite adept at the computer. Her name is Xiang Ying. I will not divulge her age but she shared with me her vivid memories of the changes that(…)