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Cara Whitehead

April: Easter - 2 views

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    Free games, resources, and printables using an Easter themed word list
mbarek Akaddar

iDar - 8 views

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  • Radar for the iPhone
Claudio Fleury

Tagxedo - Tag Cloud with Styles - 5 views

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    A wordle type application that can present the 'cloud' in selected images and shapes
mbarek Akaddar

Wordlings - 15 views

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Claudio Fleury

Global English and Language Change - Macmillan Dictionary Blog - 2 views

  • We’re often told that teachers “deliver” courses or particular “units” of work. But I’m a teacher: if I’d wanted to deliver units I’d have got a job as an IKEA driver.
  • The metaphor of knowledge as a package encodes a particular view of education which suggests that ideas can be neatly boxed up, wrapped in parcel tape and despatched to a student who will then accept the delivery
  • to student that doesn’t allow for any unpicking or discussion of the actual ideas themselves or questioning of how they’re formulated but is all about sending a pre-packaged idea from A to B. Once the unit has been delivered, it can be ticked off on the list and the next unit keenly awaited.
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  • Young people are no longer students but clients or customers. Schools and colleges become client-facing organisations with customer charters.
  • these metaphors change the way we behave and can lead to creeping social change, away from the interests of people and towards the interests of capital
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