Welcome to the first November edition of my Edtech and ELT newsletter.
In this editions you can find:
A discount code for my new ebook
Some really interesting articles on how the internet is impacting on truth and fact
Some great new apps and tools to encourage students to create their own videos.
"Apple recently followed Amazon's lead in unveiling a "Free App Of The Week" category, and this week's is a doozy: Nik Software's practically perfect image editor, Snapseed."
Tutorial search engine for the free Photoshop equivalent Gimp. (Free download at: http://www.gimp.org/) This is for those who want to get serious about creating and editing their own images. There's also a version to find Photshop tutorials (Photoshop isn't free though) http://www.vunkysearch.net/ comment by Nik Peachey
"Nik Peachey continues his digital teaching series by exploring how QR codes can be used to create mobile worksheets. He provides simple steps to help you create them, plus a fun lesson activity download too!
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This is the cheapest multimedia teacher development book on the market.
The book focuses on practical ways teachers can explore and exploit the potential of the vast web-based video resources that now exist on the internet. In addition to this the book offers guidance on how to encourage students to use video as a creative tool that can support their language learning.
This article is republished with permission from the original interview I did with Dr. Albert P'Rayan - Professor of English & Head, Higher Education, KCG College of Technology, Chennai for the English Language Teachers' Association of India - Journal of English Language Teaching