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"Week 3: Discussion activities on Audio Tools and Virtual Classrooms. From Real-time communication to podcasts, from Skype to Voice thread, from Virtual Classrooms to Streaming technology is the broad subject for week 3." This discussion is a runup to the IATEFL conference. Participants in VoiceThread offer some ideas for getting students talking.

From the 2012 IATEFL Britisch Council Glasgow. Peachey talks about Scoop.It, and problems in instituting technology in schools, which seem to invest a lot of money in technology but lack the rethinking necessary for really transforming education.

Links to Nik Peachey's "Developing materials and practices for the digital generation," a webinar presentation for the IATEFL Young Learner SIG. Nik focses on how teacher can combine online tools to encourage students' digital literacy and linguistic skills more autonomously. Both a recording of the presentation (Adobe Connect) and the slides are linked, as well as links to some of his recent informative blog posts.

"In this talk, the presenters, Ozge Karaoglu and Shelly Terrell, will explore the various possibilities of Web 2.0 tools, such as Voicethread, Glogster, Voki, and digital storytelling tools, to engage young language learners. Educators will learn how to effectively collaborate on international classroom projects as the presenters demonstrate the ways their Turkey and Germany lower primary classes connected." Be sure to also check out the site with kids resources: Technology for Kids Website:

A nice resource for elesson plan writing.