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  • Picturetelling in the Park with Jamie Keddie

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    I met Jamie Keddie, from the very resourceful site, lessonstream, in Brighton, on my very first day at IATEFL 2011. He was part of my Twitter network and, at the pub we were at, he just said, “I’m that guy with the dog as a thumbnail”. Yes. Everything about Jamie has a visual cue! However,…

  • Making Waves and Culture Gone Digital

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    It is pure redundancy to say it, but the best part of joining a Conference like TESOL is really weaving and threading what you want to learn, your curious mind to the connections and networking that take place. This TESOL was no different. Besides meeting my dear old Webheads community, I had the chance to…

  • Culture Gone Digital

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    To champion the selfless acts of others. This is the motto of  a great site to explore the wonders of different cultures around the globe. http://explore.org is a “multimedia organization that documents leaders around the world who have devoted their lives to extraordinary causes. Both educational and inspirational, explore creates a portal into the soul…

  • The Flickr Love Project

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    More than words, I think the slideshow depicts how a fantastically simple idea can be of a huge impact for people. The Flickr Love Project is such an amazing example of a connector. You send a Flickr Mail to Keiko, a sweet Japanese girl, and she sends to you hearts in an envelope. The only…