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Dear English Australia members,
We hope this finds you well!
Here’s the May edition of our The Consultants-E News for 2012.
1. Tool of the Month – Weebly for education
2. New App of the Month resource
3. Upcoming online courses update
1. Tool of the month: Weebly for Education
What is it?
It is an online, free and super user-friendly website creator for teachers and students.
How can you use it?
1. Teachers can create their Weebly website and share news, class schedule and calendar, Google maps, videos and photos, podcasts and webquests, presentation slides, homework docs, links and lots more with students!
2. Students can have their own blogs and participate in the discussion forums… and the more adventurous can create their own Weebly website.
Check out our Tool of the Month for more on Weebly and how to use it in the classroom.
2. New App of the Month resource
With the rapid growth of mobile technology applications, aka apps, we’re happy to announce the launch of one more free resource on our website: the App of the Month – a review of useful mobile apps for work, teaching and learning, entertainment, etc by past participants on our mLearning in Practice course. You can check out Flipboard, our first App of the Month here by José Antonio da Silva in Brazil.
3. Upcoming online teacher development courses
If you’d like to learn how to use more technology in your teaching, check out our June-July courses:
eNetworks: 1 – 15 June 2012
This two-week online course is for educators interested in learning how to set up online communities, and online training events or conferences.
See more...
Blogs: 15 – 30 June 2012
This two-week online course looks at teacher, students and class blogs, and how they can be used by teachers both in and outside the classroom with learners. We also examine RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and learn how to use this to subscribe to blogs.
See more...
Wikis: 02 – 16 July 2012
This practical, hands-on 2-week online course looks at wikis, how to set them up, and how they can be used for collaborative projects with learners. You will create our own wiki during the course using free web-based software.
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Podcasting: 15 – 30 July 2012
This practical, hands-on 2-week online course looks at how podcasting works, how it can help students learn, and what teacher needs to know and do to use podcasts with learners. You will create our own podcasts during the course using free web-based software.
See more...
And our ever popular E-Moderation course:
E-Moderation
Dates: 2 – 31 July 2012
Time: 4 weeks
Course Fee: 435 Euros
This course is aimed at teachers, trainers, tutors, facilitators, lecturers and mentors from any discipline and any level of education, who are interested in developing the skills necessary to become an effective e-moderator in online courses. We cover issues such as motivation online, synchronous and asynchronous online tutor skills, and online group dynamics, as well as experimenting with some of the (free) tools available to teach online.
Tutors from certified CELTA training centres are offered a 15% discount on the E-Moderation course fees, making a total of 370€ (the non-discounted course fee is 435€).
See more…
We hope you have enjoyed this edition of The Consultants-E News!
We look forward to sharing more tools and tips with you!
ana
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Ana d'Almeida, Admin Team, The Consultants-E
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