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Paul Beaufait

: : : British Council - English Teacher's Portfolio : : : - 5 views

www.britishcouncil.org.br/etp

Brazil British Council English listening pronunciation self-access speaking skills

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  • Paul Beaufait on 08 Jun 10
     
    "... a unique self-study language improvement programme, specifically designed to help Brazilian teachers of English develop listening and speaking skills. / ETP focuses on pronunciation and vocabulary development. There are also teaching tips and all from a Brazilian context." (English Teachers' Portfolios, ¶¶1-2)
David Wetzel

Why Interactive White Boards are Used Ineffectively in Classrooms - 11 views

www.teachscienceandmath.com/...ed-ineffectively-in-classrooms

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  • David Wetzel on 28 Jul 10
     
    An interactive White Board (IWB) or SMART Board has the potential to deliver content better than traditional methods of teaching. Why? Because it provides multi-media functional interaction across audio, video, and computer media. It is also ideal for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. These qualities of an IWB also promote the dynamic delivery of content (if used to its full potential) in an engaging manner, which allows students to interact with science or math content their self. Examples include: * data manipulation * responding to data * even creating data So with all these attributes - "How are interactive white boards unsuccessfully used in science and math classrooms?" For the most part - not effectively!
Paul Beaufait

Alternatives To Ning: Guide To The Best Social Networking Platforms And Online Group Se... - 11 views

www.masternewmedia.org/orms-and-online-group-services

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  • Paul Beaufait on 27 Jul 10
     
    "If you are considering the option of switching to a different social networking platform to replace your soon-to-be discontinued free Ning community, in this MasterNewMedia guide you will find all the data you need to identify your best Ning alternative out there." (retrieved 2010.07.27)
izz aty

10 Online Geography Games That Help Kids Know More About The World - 0 views

www.makeuseof.com/...ine-geography-games-kids-world

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  • izz aty on 08 Dec 10
     
    Today's online games based on maps are not only fun but they are very cool educational tools. Kids of today have it so much better with all the edutainment stuff they can call up with a mouse click. Help your kids learn more about the world with these ten online geography games. You too can jump in.
izz aty

7 Online Magazines for Kids That Are Worth a Read - 0 views

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  • izz aty on 08 Dec 10
     
    Children's magazines like their adult counterparts also have accompanying websites. A visitor who drops by won't be able to distinguish between an online magazine and a website (or blog). Most of the online versions of the children's magazines also publish the same content; partly if not all. Here are some that are worth a look and a read.
Walter Antoniotti

Microsoft Word Internet Library - 0 views

www.businessbookmall.com/Word%20Internet%20Library.htm

Microsoft Word Free tutorials

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  • Walter Antoniotti on 18 Nov 08
     
    Free learning materials for Word for all level of user.
Paul Beaufait

Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On - 0 views

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  • While we want to provide personalized attention, especially to submitted work, testing and grading, learning is still heavily dependent on the teacher. But because the teacher in turn is responsible for assembling, and often presenting, the materials to be learned, customization and personalization have not been practical. So we have adopted a model where small groups of people form a cohort, thus allowing the teacher to present the same material to more than one person at a time, while offering individualized interaction and assessment.
  • Though networks have always existed, modern communications technologies highlight their existence and given them a new robustness. Networks are distinct from groups in that they preserve individual autonomy and promote diversity of belief, purpose and methodology. In a network, however, people do not act as disassociated individuals, but rather, cooperate in a series of exchanges that can produce, not merely individual goods, but also social goods.
  • In the case of informal learning, however, the structure is much looser. People pursue their own objectives in their own way, while at the same time initiating and sustaining an ongoing dialogue with others pursuing similar objectives. Learning and discussion is not structured, but rather, is determined by the needs and interests of the participants.
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  • it is not clear that an outcomes driven system is what students require; many valuable skills and aptitudes – art appreciation, for example – are not identifiable as an outcome. This becomes evident when we consider how learning is to be measured. In traditional learning, success is achieved not merely by passing the test but in some way being recognized as having achieved expertise. A test-only system is a coarse system of measurement for a complex achievement.
  • The products of our conversations are as concrete as test scores and grades. (Ryan, 2007) But, as the result of a complex and interactive process, they are much more complex, allowing not only for the measurement of learning, but also for the recognition of learning. As it becomes easier to simply see what a student can accomplish, the idea of a coarse-grained proxy, such as grades, will fade to the background.
  • Most educators, and most educational institutions, have not yet embraced the idea of flow and syndication in learning. They will – reluctantly – because it provides the learner with the means to manage and control his or her learning. They can keep unwanted content to a minimum (and this includes unwanted content from an institution). And they can manage many more sources – or content streams – using feed reader technology.RSS and related specifications will be one of the primary ways Personal Learning Environments connect with remote systems. To use a PLE will be essentially to immerse oneself in the flow of communications that constitutes a community of practice in some discipline or domain on the internet.
  • In the end, what will be evaluated is a complex portfolio of a student’s online activities. (Syverson & Slatin, 2006)
  • place independence means that real learning will occur in real environments, with the contributions of the students not being some artifice designed strictly for practice, but an actual contribution to the business or enterprise in question.
  • As it becomes more and more possible to teach oneself online, and even to demonstrate one’s achievement through productive membership in a community of practice, there will be greater demand for a formalized system of recognition, a way for people to demonstrate their competence in an area without having to go through a formal program of study in the area.
  • the major shift in instructional technology will be from systems centered on the educational institution to systems centered on the individual learner.
  • rather than the employment of a single system to accomplish all educational tasks, both instructors and learners will use a variety of different tools in combination with each other.
  • Automation allows us to more easily create and present content, to more easily form groups and collaborate, to more easily give tests and take surveys. This frees instructors to perform tasks that have been traditionally more difficult and time consuming – to relate to students on a personal basis, to offer coaching and moral support, to learn about and analyze a student’s inclinations and understandings.
  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Nov 08
     
    Thanks for all of your inspiration!
  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Nov 08
     
    "an epic, must-read article" according to Brian Lamb (A social layer for DSpace? 2008.11.19 http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/brian/archives/049355.php)
Paul Beaufait

Welcome to <i>Discover Languages . . . Discover the World</i>! - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Dec 08
     
    Interesting footnote re: public awareness raising and logo trademarking
  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Dec 08
     
    The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) highlights an extensive public awareness raising campaign vis-à-vis "the importance of learning languages and understanding cultures" (banner, ¶1), but may confound "all Americans" with a national populace (U.S.).
Paul Beaufait

digistories / FrontPage - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 06 Feb 09
     
    Pointed out by wiki author in Resources for Languages (Diigo
  • Paul Beaufait on 06 Feb 09
     
    "a wiki all about creating and sharing digital stories" with various computer and web applications (Welcome to Digistories..., 2009.02.06)
susana canelo

Pageflakes - webheads's Webheads Blogs - 0 views

www.pageflakes.com/...23380721

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  • Mary Hillis on 21 Jun 08
     
    Thanks to Carla Arena for organizing this Pageflakes of all the Webheads blogs. Tip: If you already use Pageflakes click "Watch this page" or "Copy" at the top of the page to easily get all the information into your own Pageflakes account!
Illya Arnet

Lunch over IP: ESE (Evil Search Engine) movies: a scenario - 0 views

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  • Illya Arnet on 21 Jun 08
     
    The second story was published in a Swiss magazine. I find it more interesting than the first as it opens up to all sorts of questions about what happens with all the data we put on the net. It makes one think, though I wouldn't stop just because of the negative possibilites. I have nothing to hide and the profit I (we) gain is greater in my opinion
IN PI

World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos - 0 views

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  • IN PI on 25 Jun 08
     
    A world Map made of links logos, all alive.
IN PI

Integrating Technology: Exploring New Domains - 0 views

www.integrating-technology.com/...index.php

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  • IN PI on 18 Jul 08
     
    Several different courses for teachers to learn how to apply web2.0 in the context of the classroom - all the courses and tools run in a moodle platform.
Buthaina Al-Othman

Making the Shift Happen | always learning - 0 views

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  • Buthaina Al-Othman on 19 Jan 09
     
    If all of these schools are facing similar issues, why isn't there a common process or framework to work through them? Why aren't we more actively sharing (and I don't mean the individuals contributing here on the blogosphere, where sharing is the name of the game), I mean the schools themselves.
John Evans

Visual and Creative Thinking:What We Learned From Peter Pan and Willy Wonka - 0 views

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  • John Evans on 01 Sep 08
     
    Presentation on Visual and Creative Thinking. The presentation explores how professional in all fields can apply creative and visual thinking skills to their work as well as why people ignore the talents that made them naturally creative as children. He will discuss the myths that people hold about creativity, why they exist and how you can overcome them. Great images!
Gladys Baya

Dipity - 1 views

www.dipity.com

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  • Gladys Baya on 17 Jul 10
     
    Easily build timelines using all kinds of resources from the Web.
Jose Antonio da Silva

Connectivism & Connective Knowledge » More is different… - 0 views

ltc.umanitoba.ca/connectivism

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  • Jose Antonio da Silva on 26 Jun 08
     
    More is different. Online classrooms, large open courses, ease of access, and abundance of information all suggest that something is different when scale and complexity change. A course with 250 learners is not simply a course with 10 x's the learners of one with 25. It is something entirely different.
Learning with Computers group

National Endowment for the Humanities in the USA - 0 views

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education humanities_online libraries museums neh universities video

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  • Learning with Computers group on 10 Jun 08
     
    This site links to the world's great museums, librairies, and universities. All sites are reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in the classroom. (Rec. EHS)
Paul Beaufait

Tech4Learning - Pics4Learning - 0 views

www.pics4learning.com

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  • Paul Beaufait on 04 Sep 08
     
    "Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students.... Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection" (About Pics4Learning, 2008.09.03).
Learning with Computers group

Podcast Library - 0 views

www.oculture.com/weblog

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  • Learning with Computers group on 10 Jun 08
     
    Open Culture offers podcasts in many different languages and at different levels. Not just languages,it's got all kind of podcasts from art to science. You can try it in a crosscurricular activity
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