Technology And Education

Macmillan Teachers’ Day – Alicante

Posted by José Picardo on May 22, 2011

It was a real privilege to be invited once again by Macmillan to deliver the keynote speech and a seminar at the Alicante Teachers’ Day on Saturday 21st May, where I was delighted to be able to address and meet so many committed teachers of English who were giving up their Saturday morning to keep up with the latest ideas and innovations in the field of language learning.

The keynote speech was titled The Case for Social Networking in Education was largely based on the research I have been carrying out for my MA in ICT in Education. A summary of the keynote speech can be found here.

Above are the slides the seminar titled Using ICT to Enhance Language Teaching and Learning. Links to all the tools mentioned in these slides can be found in the resources section of this blog and examples of the tools in action can be found by browsing this blog and my school blog.

Tools to get pupils talking

Posted by José Picardo on December 28, 2009

Continuing the series Technology in Modern Foreign Languages, Helena Butterfield shares her experiences of using different tools to promote speaking both in the classroom and beyond. Helena is keen to emphasise that teachers do not need to be ICT experts to be able to use her top five tools to get pupils talking.

I am a keen user of new technologies in my teaching, in particular of giving my pupils the opportunity to create with new tools, as I find it a truly motivating experience for them and me. Them, because they can see their high-quality work immediately and me because I am always amazed at what they can produce in such a short space of time and how easily they manage using what I consider to be such advanced technology.

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Macmillan Teachers’ Day – Alicante

Tools to get pupils talking