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Sharing files from Quick Voice (..when the free version doesn’t let you share)

Michael ChalkLeave a commenthow to, professional development

A few teachers at PRACE have been using the iPad app “Quick Voice” to record students talking. Unfortunately, the free version has a limit on the file size you can share via email (and also via google drive i think). We experimented a bit, and found that you can get around this by sharing the file 1) firstly share across to a different app known as “Voice Record Pro (VRP)” 2) and then you can “Share .. Open in” google drive. (This will only work if you have VRP installed Read More …

Use what’s already there – if you can find it..

Michael Chalk1 Commentace, professional development

Betty – one of the wonderful teachers at Lalor LLC – spent a fair bit of time creating some activities in powerpoint, that let her students match images with audio. But then she found this website “English Guide” (dot org), and decided it was much better to use resources that someone else had already made. “They have everything,” she exclaimed delightedly. Every theme and topic you could want for low-level English as a second language (ESL) learners. What a good point this teacher has made! Why spend hours creating learning Read More …

Resource Sharing continues in '06

Michael ChalkLeave a commentace, e-learning, professional development

Groups of teachers from PRACE, Olympic and Glenroy have continued to work together in the new year, after their LearnScope project in 2005. The “Resource Sharing” project has focussed on: Literacy/numeracy for people with (mild intellectual) disability Low level ESL learners – gathering tubs of materials ESL in the computer room – gathering activities / “teaching recipes” Student stories – publishing into books One extremely valuable resource for us has been the ACEBank resource sharing project, which was set up last year by the brilliant, but sadly disbanded TAFE frontiers. Read More …