Tag: curation
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Curation Talk at Universidade Católica de Brasília
I had a great time with the languages students at Universidade Católica de Brasilia. Once again I had the pleasure to explore a topic that every educator, every learner should learn about in order to take the best of their networks and give it back, as well, curation. Digital Curation for Educators from Carla Arena…
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Digital Curation for Business English Teachers – IATEFL BESIG
Last Sunday, Aug 4th, I had a great time interacting with Business English teachers all over the world in BESIG-IATEFL very well-organized online events. Here are the slides: Digital Curation for Business English Teachers – BESIG IATEFL from Carla Arena We mainly explored http://cowbird.com for engaging personal stories related to the workplace, business world. We…
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On the Ed Tech Radar – Online Moderation Learni.st
I’ve just had a very enjoyable time, looking through resources and exploring Learni.st, a powerful curatorial tool for educators. It is like “Pinterest for Educators”, but the layout is cleaner and it has more sharing capability. Plus, it can become a very interesting way to encourage students’ autonomy, giving them choice to go through the…
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Three Ideas to Foster Self-Directedness through Learning Playlists
Good teachers don’t teach or preach. Good teachers guide learners into becoming more independent in their learning process. Though we’ve heard it a thousand times, we still find it hard to put into practice what we call autonomous learning. Sometimes it is just easier to tell our learners what to do or to do it…