Today we're extremely excited to announce a new collaboration with UN Habitat called 'Block by Block'. Just like the Swedish predecessor, "Block by Block" aims to involve youth in the planning process in urban areas by giving them the opportunity to show planners and decision makers how they would like to see their cities in the future. Minecraft has turned out to be the perfect tool to facilitate this process.
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I want my students to be sceptics. I believe that in the present age scepticism is more important than ever. Easy access to information, ease of publishing, scams and confidence tricksters combine to create a climate where blind trust is dangerous for our security, our finances and our knowledge bases. For students of all ages a healthy dose of scepticism is much needed not just so they may reveal falsehoods but to allow them to discover new truths.
Change is something that we fear or embrace. It is widely considered as the one constant in our lives. For education at present we face a deluge of reports that the pace of change shall only accelerate and its scale become more absolute. No wonder then that many teachers feel now is a good time for a move out of the profession. For others the changing face of education is seen as bringing exciting new possibilities wrapped in engaging challenges. Regardless of how reliable predictions for change may prove to be it is worth considering how individuals and groups respond to it.
Pokemon GO Buddy system data, which was first unraveled on AeonLucid's PogoProtos, the biggest Github repository for analyzing Pokemon GO traffic, shows that changes are already present in the code base, and could be getting the underway in the next update.
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The book 'Non Obvious' by Rohit Bhargava present an intriguing exploration of how careful observation and thought can reveal emerging trends and as the subtitle suggest 'predict the future'. For educators the ability to identify the trends which will deliver the best outcomes for our students from the noise of fads is alluring. While the talk of new technologies, of learner centric pedagogies and teaching for lifelong learning play the part of the obvious trends in education identifying the non-obvious trend is a more challenging endeavour.
Sadly, many students have come to expect that there will nothing of consequence addressed on the first day of an on-campus class. It's often referred to as "Syllabus Day" because that is the only content of consequence presented by the instructor.
The role of assessment has always played its part but it is a role that is changing in the present global climate and understanding this shift is important for educators.
Resources
On this page you will find links to resources, activities, etc.
ONLINE TOOLS
■Storybird, create your own books using original illustrations.
■Tagxedo, create word clouds with different shapes.
■Online Convert, online tool to convert different kinds of files.
■Dragontape, crop and mix youtube videos, and embed the result.
■Vocaroo, record your voice online and send it to a friend, post it on the web with a link or a html code.
■Brainshark, add audio to your pictures or slideshow presentations.
■Dictationsonline, dictations for different levels.
■Only2Clicks: The 101 most useful websites
READY MADE MATERIAL AND UNITS
■English Language Lab Asturias (ELLA)
■ESL-Library
■British Council Teaching Resources
■English Lessons Online
■News English Lessons
■EL gazette
■Mosaic, specific materials for low levels.
■Efl-resource.com, materials classified according to levels and topics.
■Film-English, lesson plans from films in English.
WRITING
■Flo-Joe
■Busuu
SPEAKING
■Busuu
■The Mixxer: Language Exchange Community for Everyone
■Verbling
READING
■BritLit (British Council)
DICTIONARIES
■SHAHI: Diccionario visual que combina contenido del Wiktionary con imágenes de Flick.
■Wordreference, Assorted Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries and links to other Dictionaries.
■Merriam-Webster Online, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical Dictionary and Spanish-English Dictionary
■Cambridge Dictionary, Dictionary, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
■Collins Dictionary, Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries
■Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus
■Visual Dictionary
■Pronunciation Dictionary
■Oxford Dictionary
■The Free Dictionary, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Legal Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Dictionaries in other Languages.
■Free Medical Dictionary Online
■Linguee, Dictionary created by internet users with real examp
A social economic game where you are presented with lots of financial challenge. Can you make it to the end of the month?
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
I'm no slouch at maths, but this site has taught me lots. See videos of maths theories at the forefront of research presented in an understandable way.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths