Posted on November 27, 2008 by The Editor
The latest edition of Reflect, published by NRDC*, contains a practical article on the use of web 2.0 tools within an ESOL** classroom.
The author Liz Boyden (http://lizboyden.wordpress.com) outlines the tools she uses which include:
Twitter (http://twitter.com) – micro blog i.e. short messages/posts
Tumblr (http://tumblr.com) – multimedia focused blog i.e. text, photos, sound and video files
pbwiki (http://pbwiki.com) – [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2008 by The Editor
‘Don’t Stop Me Now!’ is a research report compiled by Aontas (The National Adult Learning Organisation) on the lifelong learning needs of older people in Ireland. The report sets out to map service provision in Ireland for older learners.
In addition to the research statistics, the report contains a number of case studies. The first, ‘Exploring the New [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2008 by The Editor
The recent edition of Sesame (Autumn 2008 Issue 238) outlines how the Open University is continuing to embrace Web 2.0 technology and ideals.
They have outlined two launches:
An extension of their YouTube presence with a new channel named ‘OUView’ featuring over 300 videos
A brand new web community for students, alumni and more named Platform. This new [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2008 by The Editor
Most of us will be familiar with or will at least have heard of Apple’s iTunes music store, especially if you own their iPod mp3 player. It’s a computer program that enables you to buy and download digital music and other content.
In this digital store Apple has a service named iTunes U which makes available [...]
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