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Many questions: from powerpoint to copyright

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It was great meeting with Paula because she had so many questions. I’ve attempted to give a pithy response.. but if something needs more clarity, let me know in the comments below. What can we do with powerpoint in teaching and learning? For presentation, work with student texts in a way that students work either on the data projector or individually. You can include language and literacy learning activities in the presentation. You could work with the whole group of students using a powerpoint on the data projector, and then Read More …

Workshops coming up very soon (face-to-face)

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In November, we have 2 half-day workshops for anybody in the region. The sessions are face-to-face, held at the CAE (Flinders Lane, Melbourne) and free to attend. Both sessions will have opportunities for networking activities & discussion, as well as Q&A problem-solving. Bookings are needed however. (Please use the form below.) Day One:Thursday 15 November 1:00 – 4:00pmWorking with images and photos – examples: flickr, instagram ideas for using photos in class books & zines with Publisher optimising images Day Two: Tuesday 27 November 9:30am – 12:30pmExploring powerpoint and other slide-based presentation tools, for Read More …

Using Powerpoint in the classroom

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What’s so special about using Powerpoint in the classroom? Occasionally I read something that really resonates strongly with my current thoughts about teaching practice: what I do in the classroom, and what I’d like to do better. Rob Lewis, writing for the British Council, has encapsulated what all of us could use with very little additional training and equipment. His reasoning: you don’t need fancy interactive white boards nor many more typing skills beyond what you might have with Microsoft Word already, to sit down with your learners (and a Read More …

Progress at Lalor LLC phlogged to the world

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In response to our plea to try out the very simple phone blogging tool, ipadio, Assunta has produced a wonderful progress report on her and Carmela’s e-project. We’ve embedded it here to inspire you to have a go: Thanks very much for participating with enthusiasm and dedication so far, Assunta and Carmela. We look forward to hearing and seeing your presie online or in our June showcase (more on that later…) You can find a previous post about Progress at Lalor here or Search using the new Search Feature (top Read More …

E-learning livens up at Lalor

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It’s probably time to profile one or two e-projects and their early progress. The other day I took the opportunity to visit Assunta and Carmela at Lalor to assist them with their first e-project and to review some of the resources available for their e-learning and networking generally. Neither of the two e-leaders are teachers of ICT yet they are targeting their first project to beginner ESL students entering the computer room for the first time: developing an enhanced Powerpoint presie showing how to sit, use a mouse and log Read More …