Tag: digitalliteracy
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About Me – Creating a Digital Profile to Stand Out
I tirelessly mention in teacher training sessions the importance of establishing a reliable digital footprint. Of course, this involves many fronts, such as the kinds of photos you publish online, how you interact with online users, the resources you share, how generous you are in the network, among others. However, one area that sometimes is…
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Filtering Relevant Information for the EFL Classroom through Digital Curation
This is the time of the year that I get totally thrilled. Convention time. IATEFL, Liverpool. Promising. My second time in one of the best EFL teaching conferences in the world with wonderful professionals willing to share best practices, research, classroom ideas that can really make a difference in our classrooms. Digital Curation for…
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Abundance x Scarcity – Digital Literacy in the Equation
In my presentation about how educators have been collaborating in our school, sharing resources, ideas, connecting, interacting, my first slide is about abundant and scarce resources in our workplace. First answer from the audience about scarcity in an educational setting? TIME.For me? INITIATIVE! Some people are willing to follow, but not to start a movement,…
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Cybersurfing with Young Learners
I had the great opportunity to present for the IATEFL Young Learners SIG invited by Dennis Newson, who moderates the list. What a pleasure to explore one area that is dear to me, but I´m not an expert at it. The presentation reminded me once again that there is no need to be an expert.…