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Some Great Ideas for Teaching Digital Literacies: Challenge Winners
by Shelly Terrell
18 May 2013 in category: TheConsultants-E
In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we gave away and mailed 4 copies of the Digital Literacies book book to those who met our April weekly challenges. This book was written by Gavin Dudeney, Nicky Hockly and Mark Pegrum. Below, you can read a little about our challenge winners and their brilliant ideas and creations. You still have a chance to receive more free resources each month as we continue to celebrate our 10th anniversary by visitiing this link, http://theconsultants-e.com/about/tenthanniversary.aspx

1st Challenge: Give a five word definition of digital literacies.

Winner: Jo Steel, a teacher in Spain, submitted the following definition, “Living digitally safely and appropriately.”

2nd Challenge: Give 1 good reason for teaching digital literacies in your English language classes

Winner: Nada Purtic, a teacher in Serbia, submitted this reason, "English language teaching, as any other teaching, is about literacy and communication. Living in today's world, ...

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Free Web Tools & Activities eBook
by Shelly Terrell
30 April 2013 in category: ICT
The E-Moderation- A training course for online tutors, and the VLE Starter courses begin May 1st and prepare teachers for teaching/learning online and creating online learning environments. The teachers and tutors in our courses create, curate, and collect various free resources for teachers. Below is a free ebook of web 2.0 tools and activities created by our tutor, Janet Bianchini. Feel free to download or share with your peers.

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NEWS

On May 1st we have 2 online courses starting- the E-Moderation- A training course for online tutors, and the VLE Starter. Learn with teachers worldwide on Moodle from tutors that are well known authors and subject matter experts in the industry. In June we have 2 online courses- the new Play to Learn: Digital Games in ELT to help teachers integrate games into their classes and the eNetworks course to help you set-up online communities ...
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Digital Literacies App Challenge & Book Give Away
by Shelly Terrell
22 April 2013 in category: TheConsultants-E
In celebration of our 10th anniversary we are giving away a copy of the Digital Literacies book each week in April. This book was written by Gavin Dudeney, Nicky Hockly and Mark Pegrum. We are on our final challenge and already have had 3 winners from various countries. Keep posted on our Facebook page where most of the contributions take place.

Challenge 4

Duration: 22-1 May

Instructions:

Choose one literacy + an app that helps develop it - how would you use it with students? Post your ideas on the comments section below or on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/TheConsultantsE/

Literacies: A focus on redesign, language, information and connections. The image above will help guide you about the details of each

Note: The winning idea will be chosen by a TCE panel on April 30th. All books will be mailed to winners in May and should arrive by June.

Example:

Literacy- ...
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Digital Literacies in a Caption & 5 Image Captioning Tools
by Shelly Terrell
15 April 2013 in category: TheConsultants-E
In celebration of our 10th anniversary we are giving away a copy of the Digital Literacies book each week in April. This book was written by Gavin Dudeney, Nicky Hockly and Mark Pegrum. There's a different challenge each week so stayed tuned on our blog and our Facebook page as we announce the challenges each week.

Challenge 3

Duration: 15-21 April

Instructions:

Share one photo or drawing that best encapsulates the idea of 'digital literacies' for you, plus a caption (max 10 words). Please upload the photo to Facebook and tag us. You can see some images in our gallery here, https://www.facebook.com/TheConsultantsE/photos

URL: https://www.facebook.com/TheConsultantsE/

Note: The winning photo caption will be chosen by a TCE panel on April 22nd.

Suggested Captioning Sites:
- Speechable- add speech bubbles to images
- Super Lame- add speech bubbles to images
- Motivational Posters from Big Huge Labs
- Demotivational Posters
- Bubblr- Add speech bubbles ...
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New Mobile Learning Resources, Lesson Plans, & App Reviews
by Shelly Terrell
03 April 2013 in category: Mobile Learning
The mLearning in Practice online course begins April 19th and prepares teachers for teaching/learning with mobile devices, such as cell phones, tablets, smart phones, and iPads. The teachers and tutors in our courses create, curate, and collect various free resources for teachers. Below are a list of these valuable resources and some important news.

Free mobile learning lesson plans

Our recent one- Using Tiny Tap with Teens and young learners

Reviews and lesson ideas of various free apps for IOS/Android devices

Wikihood: a geolocation information tool.

60 Second Word Challenge: a vocabulary quiz with 10 topics.

Mobile Learning Case Studies- watch short videos of teachers worldwide implementing mobile learning

Edtech Bytes Video- mLearning: An Introduction- short video with tech tips for teachers

Download our free IOS/Android apps to receive these free materials daily

We are offering a scholarship for our CertICT Course which is Validated by ...

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