Category: mLearning
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Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Interactive Lessons with Office Mix
I have a confession. I don’t have much of a patience to watch a long tutorial video. In fact, videos for me are only compelling when they are telling stories, engaging me, teaching me something super relevant. In general, tutorials are informative, but I find most of them boring. However, I’ve just watched a 30-minute video…
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On the mLearning Radar – 5 effective Ways to Play Around with Interactive Images
I’ve been a fan of thinglink for a while, and sometimes I just take it for granted that there are many educators out there who haven’t come across it or don’t really know what it does. It is a powerful free app that turns images into interactive spaces for learning. Besides being an mlearning powerhouse,…
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QR Codes na Sala de Aula – Ao Infinito e Além
No outro post sobre QR Codes, focamos principalmente em como começar sua utilização em sala de aula. Na verdade, esses códigos, cheio de informações que nós podemos criar, nos dá a possibilidade de transformarmos, remixarmos e darmos vida aos livros didático, além de adicionar o elemento curiosidade em nossas aulas. O aluno curioso foca a…
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TESOL 2014 – mLearning: From Mobile to Learning
TESOL 2014: From Mobile to Learning from Carla Arena My presentation in TESOL 2014 was part of a great multicultural colloquium about mlearning contexts around the world. Even in such different contexts, such as in the US, India and Japan, there’s still so much in common, mainly in terms of iPad rollout programs and infrastructure…
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QR Codes na Sala de Aula
Apesar dos QR Codes estarem em todos os lugares, supermecados, lojas, cartazes, vitrines, muitos professores ainda não se tocaram que os quadradinhos cheios de códigos podem ser uma ferramenta interessante para a sala de aula. Mas o que são esses tais de QR Codes? QR é a abreviação de Quick Response. Na verdade, os QR codes…
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On the mLearning Radar: 21Things for iPads
I’ve just come across this wonderful resource for any educator trying to meaningfully use iPads in the classroom or planning to do so. What I loved about the site is that though it is run by the REMC Association of Michigan, it is Creative Commons licensed and it can be used as a training program…
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On the mLearning Radar: iPads in the Classroom
I’ve been following with interest some conference hashtags on Twitter. One that has caught my attention and directed to wonderful resources and conversations was #lfl2014 In one of the live blogging posts with her Storify embedded in it, Kate Wilson digs into a handful of insightful views and diverse opportunities to explore the possibilities of…
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On the mLearning Radar – Creating on iPads
I´ve just come across this box of mlearning treasures that an art teacher/teacher trainer has put together. Though the focus is on digital art, many ideas can be adapted for the language classroom. http://drydenart.weebly.com/creating-on-ipads.html Mrs. Fuglestad has also created a Smore page with ideas for ipad creation. What I think could be the…
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TEFL Conference Series Part 1 – App Swap
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mLearning – Assessment for a Recording Activity
I’ve been taking an assessment online course from the University of Oregon. So, I decided to try to assess my students’ speaking skills through the use of technology and the creation of a simple rubric for the assessment part as a way to have a clear picture of my students’ production. To assess my students,…
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mLearning – Evernote as a Trigger for Writing
In the Binational Center I work for writing is taken seriously. There is a program for all levels. For the Teens and Intermediate courses, students work on paragraphs, but when they get to the Advanced level, the requirement is more demanding. Learners are exposed to different kinds of genres and are supposed to hand in…
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mLearning – Turn your Ipad into an Interactive Board
Educreations, Showme, Screenchomp are simple and multifaceted for the language classroom. These free screencasting apps have multiple possibilities, ranging from recording students’ dialogues or letting them freely talk about a subject as they show on the screen what they are exploring. There’s drawing, typing a text or inserting an image while recording. The students can…
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mLearning Resources
It is a great pleasure to present for the IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG about mlearning and ways to transform our classrooms. mLearning Resources from Carla Arena Here are some spaces that you might want to check if you are interested in mlearning and its latest developments: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/29-ipad-resources-tutorials-and-guides.html 32 Interesting Ways to Use an IpodTouch in…
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Roaming Mode & Productivity Tools for Busy Educators
Educators are are always on the move. In many different ways. In class, and according to methodology and findings in the neuroscientific field, we should move around to connect to our learners and assess their activity during the tasks. We ask our students to do the same, moving, standing up, connecting to peers for the…
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Explosive Present Perfect Collaboration in POPPLET
Present perfect or Past Perfect are not phrases that reflect the thrilling lesson planning moment I had in collaboration with Tweet mates and my Facebook network. Collaboration is part of my perfect world of learning mixed with a bit of chaos and fun in which everyone involved has a lot to contribute to the whole,…
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Your Mobile Site in a Few Clicks
As I was preparing one of my presentations to TESOL 2012 in Philadelphia, I dispersed a bit after much time of focused work to enjoy myself into serendipity, which took me to a very nice, simple site to create your mobile site. In a few clicks, you can have your mobile site at http://getsharesquare.com/ Here’s the…
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The M in mLearning is for Motion
Life has been so hectic and intense that I’ve had insomnia for the past month since I got back from vacation. It might seem that this is not a good sign, for we need to rest our tired minds after a long day of planning, training, discussing, changing…However, I feel that this period has been…
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4 simple steps to join the mRevolution
For long, we’ve been talking in our circles of students as producers, not simply audience, and students finding their own voice. Educators know how important it is to move from our classrooms industrial production-like type of education. We’ve realized that there’s much more potential in networking, in giving back to students the control of their…
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mLearning – from Apes to Apps 2
The mLearning course at the Consultants-e is in full steam. One of the highlights of the week is Gavin‘s video of some exciting iPad apps. I do agree with Gavin that real apps, not the ones specifically created for education, are much more exciting and full of potential in the classroom. It seems that publishers…