Recording of Flip, Blend and Wrap it all up! is ready now

Last 1 December, my peer Billy J. Ramos, <a href="http://twitter.com/somar0209" target="_blank">@somar0209</a>, and myself copresented together the third live session of the series entitled <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/course/83754-the-edupower-of-blended-learning" target="_blank">The EduPower of Blended Learning</a> at <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/" target="_blank">WizIQ</a>.<br /><br />In this last session, we gave tips about surviving through face-to-face lessons, combined with a virtual classroom at Edu 2.0, and through collaborative project blogging challenges.<br /><br />For those of you who could not attend live, here you are the recording ready now:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3GC72EV8qI8?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />We are looking forward to gaining your feedback and reading your comments!

Last 1 December, my peer Billy J. Ramos, @somar0209 , and myself copresented together the third live session of the series entitled The EduP...

The World is my audience

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGpE4gQDeo6VSUC5EzIr0qhiSO8ZaSGFzNQy1vM6-cdxY-9ke2_Uco1Z6rcsPSDw2kKxso0jNySwIOlvwFH29vXtRX9osAfXIoD6bwrMwRfC85xwLheukUGCkNu2ZqElIgjpgLcf2TC0/s1600/twima.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGpE4gQDeo6VSUC5EzIr0qhiSO8ZaSGFzNQy1vM6-cdxY-9ke2_Uco1Z6rcsPSDw2kKxso0jNySwIOlvwFH29vXtRX9osAfXIoD6bwrMwRfC85xwLheukUGCkNu2ZqElIgjpgLcf2TC0/s1600/twima.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>As you all know by now, the <b><a href="http://thetwimaproject.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Twima Project</a></b> has been going on  for a few months, along the last term.<br />In previous entries here, we have been following it step by step, from <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/06/worldpoetry-twima-project.html" target="_blank">scratch </a>to its <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/twima-project-launches-website.html" target="_blank">web launch</a>, until now, when it comes to its end with a wonderful collaborative iBook compiled with the contribution of more than 170 writers from all around the world, being smoothly coordinated by <a href="https://twitter.com/theipodteacher" target="_blank">@theipodtecher</a>, who was the one coming up with this wonderful globally connected idea.<br /><br />Our contribution to <b><a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23twima&src=typd" target="_blank">#twima</a></b> from Spain comes hand in hand with the online teacher training course <b><i><a href="http://educalab.es/intef/formacion/formacion-en-red/cursos/-/asset_publisher/6EYekxyy0Fd6/content/digital-storytelling-for-teachers" target="_blank">'Digital Storytelling For Teachers'</a></i></b>, run by INTEF, and hosted by an awesome team of instructors, who encouraged and fostered their trainees to play a part in a collaborative chain story, which has now gone global. I sincerely thank them for that!<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_13_0_2_1417611772772_542" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_13_0_2_1417611772772_541"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A chain story is an easy way to have students learn vocabulary and work with their friends to create a collaborative story. In a chain story, the teacher begins the story, student A continues the story, student B continues where A stopped, and so on.  The students have to listen to each other and understand each other so that the story makes sense and flows.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For this activity, trainnees contributed to a collaborative web chain story, using an online tool, <a href="http://padlet.com/" style="color: #697f55; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Padlet</strong></a>. This tool allows you to click on the web wall and add text, images, videos, and more. Trainees did not have to register, but they were kindly asked to include their name. Of course, they can contribute on any mobile device with internet access or on the web.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We had over a hundreed online course participants, divided into five groups, to whom we provided the same beginning of a chain poem, and whose chained outcome can be read at the different group poems below:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Group A </strong>- <a href="http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_A" style="color: #697f55; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_A</a> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Group B </strong>- <a href="http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_B" style="color: #697f55; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_B</a>  </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Group C </strong>- <a href="http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_C" style="color: #697f55; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_C</a> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Group D </strong>- <a href="http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_D" style="color: #697f55; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_D</a> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Group E</strong> - <a href="http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_E" style="color: #697f55; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://padlet.com/majegsm/chainpoem_E</a> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To contribute to the poem, our trainees had to </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;">read the entire story up to the last post, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;">contribute with a chunk that made</span><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;">sense and continued the flow of the poem as well as being related to the previous post, and adding multimedia elements to accompany their part of the poem, but involving an added snag: their contribution should be at least </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;">100 words long.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;">The collaborative poems that they have come up with are now part of the</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23twima&src=typd" style="color: #697f55; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>#twima</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;"> iBook <b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-world-is-my-audience/id947404869?ls=1&mt=11" target="_blank">The World Is My Audience</a></b>, live at iTunes, free to download on all iOS devices and Macs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOBCUpNPDPxZ_4_4m9VxCwMI3vrgn2L-JzKPlPKqrF7ckV_2R2uu5u-6thuAL4qrsbZDbT3GpWofuzy1utWMaEj5Pwe9pR-_EnlHD9u-jfMvgXCP8TpMDBDECWnC7qogDfibsZ8Tj-zQ/s1600/twima2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As you all know by now, the Twima Project has been going on  for a few months, along the last term. In previous entries here, we have been ...

Flip, Blend and Wrap it all up!

Join us for this free live session at <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/course/83754-the-edupower-of-blended-learning" target="_blank">WizIQ </a>on Monday 1 December, at 6pm GMT+1<br /><br />The experience about blended learning we would like to share with you all in this live session entitled <i><b><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2238700-flip-blend-and-wrap-it-all-up" target="_blank">'Flip, Blend and Wrap it all up!'</a></b></i> is a range of learning challenges that we have accomplished flipping and blending lessons and breainstorming with you about your own e-learning challenges, how to set them up step by step, and offering tips on digital tools and digital assessment.<br /><br /><br /><div style="width: 481px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/869438-flip-blend-and-wrap-it-all-up" target="_blank">Flip, Blend and Wrap it all up!</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="402" id="player869438" width="481"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=869438_635527654180713474.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR1lSB4da20F3FV4a%252bDuh7JIdp47jMgwuIwHqd0yzvuY2EowHdmlBV7t6PO5NT%252bdJf1gtlNgiU5Mn" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <embed src="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=869438_635527654180713474.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR1lSB4da20F3FV4a%252bDuh7JIdp47jMgwuIwHqd0yzvuY2EowHdmlBV7t6PO5NT%252bdJf1gtlNgiU5Mn" width="481" height="402" name="player869438" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" ></embed></object></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">María Jesús</a> on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/content/" target="_blank">WizIQ Tutorials</a></div></div><br /><br />This is the third live session of the series entitled <i><a href="https://www.wiziq.com/course/83754-the-edupower-of-blended-learning" target="_blank">'The EduPower of Blended Learning'</a></i>, a self-training online course in order to get ready for the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2264050-teachers-micro-teaching-in-a-live-online-class" target="_blank">Teachers Micro Teaching in Pairs</a> series on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/" target="_blank">WizIQ</a>, hosted by <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/IT4ALL" target="_blank">Dr. Nellie Deutsch</a>.<br /><br />This live session is co-presented by <a href="http://http%3B//twitter.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">@mjgsm</a> and @<a href="http://twitter.com/somar0209" target="_blank">somar0209</a>.

Join us for this free live session at WizIQ on Monday 1 December, at 6pm GMT+1 The experience about blended learning we would like to share ...

Shape Your Online Classroom & Blend it with Hands-on Projects

Join us for this free <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2238695-shape-your-online-classroom-blend-it-with-hands-on-projects" target="_blank">live session</a> at <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/" target="_blank">WizIQ</a> on Monday 24 November, at 6pm GMT+1<br /><br />The session entitled <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2238695-shape-your-online-classroom-blend-it-with-hands-on-projects" target="_blank">'Shape Your Online Classroom & Blend it with Hands-on Projects'</a> is aiming at sharing tips with online teachers about how to set up a virtual classroom using <a href="https://www.neolms.com/" target="_blank">Edu 2.0</a>, combine it with learning challenges, team e-projects and collaborative classroom blog.<br /><br />This is the second live session of the series entitled <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/course/83754-the-edupower-of-blended-learning" target="_blank">'The EduPower of Blended Learning'</a>, a self-training online course in order to get ready for the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2264050-teachers-micro-teaching-in-a-live-online-class" target="_blank">Teachers Micro Teaching in Pairs</a> series on WizIQ, hosted by Dr. Nellie Deutsch<br /><br />This live session is co-presented by <a href="http://twitter.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">@mjgsm</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/somar0209" target="_blank">@somar0209</a>. <br /><br /><div style="width: 481px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/858141-shape-your-online-classroom-blend-it-with-hands-on-projects" target="_blank">Shape Your Online Classroom & Blend it with Hands-on Projects</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="402" id="player858141" width="481"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=858141_635513869007052737.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR9Kevf0rsolfxNmJBJNxIwo865eErEqgXUCQMCp7cO9U17QooFUo9kFRAi5g%252bOBTiH%252bym2TEztWT" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <embed src="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=858141_635513869007052737.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR9Kevf0rsolfxNmJBJNxIwo865eErEqgXUCQMCp7cO9U17QooFUo9kFRAi5g%252bOBTiH%252bym2TEztWT" width="481" height="402" name="player858141" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" ></embed></object></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">María Jesús</a> on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/content/" target="_blank">WizIQ Tutorials</a></div></div>

Join us for this free live session at WizIQ on Monday 24 November, at 6pm GMT+1 The session entitled 'Shape Your Online Classroom ...

Blend, Flip & Boost Your Teaching Online

<span style="font-family: inherit;">Recording of the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2238673-blend-flip-boost-your-teaching-up" target="_blank">free live session</a> by <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.9879665374756px;"><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/blend-flip-and-boost-your-teaching-up.html" target="_blank">The EduPower Couple!</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.9879665374756px;">at Wiziq on November 3 2014, as part of their <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/microteaching-in-pairs-premiere.html" target="_blank">public training</a> for <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2264050-teachers-micro-teaching-in-a-live-online-class" target="_blank">Teachers Micro Teaching in Pairs</a>.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.9879665374756px;"><br /></span></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/w5kA1U29DIU?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Thanks ever so much to all those who attended and shared with us!<br />Please join us for <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/course/83754-the-edupower-of-blended-learning" target="_blank">upcoming events</a>,<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/somar0209" target="_blank">@somar0209</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">@mjgsm</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="width: 481px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/845079-the-edupower-couple-collage-of-co-presenters" target="_blank">The EduPower Couple! - Collage of co-presenters</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="402" id="player845079" width="481"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=845079_635495803056451633.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR5%252b78sL1ZSTZrzqhIbBevjkyvmDc%252fjq7JiRzBzRK5xNRk36FpEm7ya6qcq7gYtTEy6q11QKIwrhX" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <embed src="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=845079_635495803056451633.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR5%252b78sL1ZSTZrzqhIbBevjkyvmDc%252fjq7JiRzBzRK5xNRk36FpEm7ya6qcq7gYtTEy6q11QKIwrhX" width="481" height="402" name="player845079" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" ></embed></object></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">María Jesús</a> on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/content/" target="_blank">WizIQ Tutorials</a></div></div>

Recording of the free live session by  The EduPower Couple! at Wiziq on November 3 2014, as part of their public training for Teachers Mi...

MicroTeaching in Pairs. The Premiere!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEjb4f4X_zoMUL8kAGm7cgkcUl6_d5ldpTuxWArfvEMwKjXbyCEBrDXDmgtTw38ZNtmapsvlyj7KLXj8SKjlfHV6oDP_2eF1_G7yTH3MtjsiOvd3BlxxfF-FNde2FdvZmk0l_dkt0AIs/s1600/edupowercouple_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEjb4f4X_zoMUL8kAGm7cgkcUl6_d5ldpTuxWArfvEMwKjXbyCEBrDXDmgtTw38ZNtmapsvlyj7KLXj8SKjlfHV6oDP_2eF1_G7yTH3MtjsiOvd3BlxxfF-FNde2FdvZmk0l_dkt0AIs/s1600/edupowercouple_poster.jpg" width="319" /></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">cid ='83754';wtype ='2';uid ='1420421';myHost ='//www.wiziq.com';wqimgHost ='http://wqimg.com';document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='http://wqimg.com/wiziqcss/widget/coursewidget.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));</script> Part of the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2264050-teachers-micro-teaching-in-a-live-online-class" target="_blank">Teachers Micro Teaching in Pairs</a> thanks to <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/IT4ALL" target="_blank">Integrating Technology 4 Active Lifelong Learning</a><br /><br />Read about the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/teachblog/micro-teaching-wiziq/" target="_blank">Micro Teaching</a> official opening on 5 November, <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2264050-teachers-micro-teaching-in-a-live-online-class" target="_blank">join</a>, and do not miss our <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/course/83754-the-edupower-of-blended-learning" target="_blank">premiere</a> on 3 November, 6pm Spanish time.<br /><br />View the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2163940-micro-teaching-on-wiziq" target="_blank">recordings</a> and learn about how to get started.

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Blend, Flip and Boost Your Teaching Up!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://d20yxg8dmzsox5.cloudfront.net/data/ci/f/83754_banner_large.jpg?1868695044" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="96" src="https://d20yxg8dmzsox5.cloudfront.net/data/ci/f/83754_banner_large.jpg?1868695044" width="640" /></a></div><br />Join The EduPower Couple! for a <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2238673-blend-flip-boost-your-teaching-up" target="_blank">free live session</a> at Wiziq on November 3 2014, at 18:00, GMT+1.<br /><br />We are looking forward to sharing with you all at the kick off of our first ever micro teaching in pairs experience at WizIQ: <a href="https://www.wiziq.com/course/83754-the-edupower-of-blended-learning" target="_blank">The EduPower of Blended Learning</a>.<br /><br />This first live session in the micro teaching in pairs experience will be inntroducing blended learning through flipped classrooms, teamwork and project based learning methodology, all linked together via ICT.<br /><br />We will be co-presenting about our practice with flipped and PBL methodology at University in Madrid, where Billy and I met as student and teacher, and how blended learning has allowed us to extend our relationship until becoming peer presenters and course designers.<br /><br /><br /><div style="width: 481px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/849934-blend-flip-boost-your-teaching-up" target="_blank">Blend, Flip & Boost Your Teaching Up</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="402" id="player849934" width="481"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=849934_635503568952110844.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR5%252b78sL1ZSTZJycIokDsFQFX7RIWOuWBC4CUwWc3InB%252bND5MrKg4mEmFx2SsOVKYOkcAuzjLB1t%252f" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <embed src="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=849934_635503568952110844.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR5%252b78sL1ZSTZJycIokDsFQFX7RIWOuWBC4CUwWc3InB%252bND5MrKg4mEmFx2SsOVKYOkcAuzjLB1t%252f" width="481" height="402" name="player849934" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" ></embed></object></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">María Jesús</a> on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/content/" target="_blank">WizIQ Tutorials</a></div></div><br />This is the first tip about how blended learning might be the means for peer to peer teaching and learning. Or, would you rather think face-to-face sessions alone have the same power to keep students and teachers in touch in such a way as to start professional e-projects together after the classroom door closes?<br /><br />If you'd like to share the answer with us, we will be more than happy to chat with you and all the attendees interested in having an interactive relaxed paired-up webinar.

Join The EduPower Couple! for a free live session at Wiziq on November 3 2014, at 18:00, GMT+1. We are looking forward to sharing with you ...

Badges: Game, Reward, Professional Digital Credentials?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSLQXZ2nLTQpmTlVqICreM4cRzQ-I1lCdN12FYGDbhC0VwdquYrPBmM35TTLOijTtf9RAUNGiDZUxby2lXULHOgcxo-sAG2o6Wtv63Xhk8lZNiOvbbdhVk1iwCD4E2_W33doK7rZNnII/s1600/badge_ecosystem.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSLQXZ2nLTQpmTlVqICreM4cRzQ-I1lCdN12FYGDbhC0VwdquYrPBmM35TTLOijTtf9RAUNGiDZUxby2lXULHOgcxo-sAG2o6Wtv63Xhk8lZNiOvbbdhVk1iwCD4E2_W33doK7rZNnII/s1600/badge_ecosystem.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You are invited to join me for the free live class <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2119593-mm5-badges-game-reward-professional-digital-credentials" target="_blank">'Badges: game, reward, professional digital e-credentials?' </a>on October 4 2014, at 16:00 Spanish time.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSWv4SVcAFLw1Fu8GN7dA4420Lbk2D1c_lCGqUSw-dJPKj11XBs_c_ybCjXsayEN2_E1CUaIDeUOAg7YSFReO450sRBzk5OdmmsbnzoPusEV-gl6SwNdgAcB5GFa0t7hBg7pxzvZxNvY/s1600/timeconverter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSWv4SVcAFLw1Fu8GN7dA4420Lbk2D1c_lCGqUSw-dJPKj11XBs_c_ybCjXsayEN2_E1CUaIDeUOAg7YSFReO450sRBzk5OdmmsbnzoPusEV-gl6SwNdgAcB5GFa0t7hBg7pxzvZxNvY/s1600/timeconverter.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Check <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MM5+-+Badges%3A+game%2C+reward%2C+professional+digital+credentials%3F&iso=20141004T16&p1=141" target="_blank">your time </a>around the world.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This free live class is part of the courseware of <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/course/70332-moodle-mooc-5-teaching-with-technology-and-moodle-training-courses" target="_blank">Moodle MOOC 5</a>, hosted and coordinated by the team from <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/IT4ALL" target="_blank">Integrating Technology 4 Active Lifelong Learning</a> from 1 to 31 October 2014, and I will be glad to share with you my experience and viewpoints on issuing and gaining badges at Moodle; connecting with your Mozilla BackPack, accepting your badges, creating a public collection and sharing your digital badges with the world.<br /><br /><div style="width: 481px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/822501-badges-game-reward-professional-digital-e-credentials" target="_blank">Badges, Game, Reward, Professional Digital e-Credentials ?</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="402" id="player822501" width="481"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=822501_635466393433855143.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR3uNxETCbbz61rjaW5EtP%252fxj%252bf%252bYqEzZ1O%252bh%252bT9bX9x7CxuWDBvXK%252fbyKhqzNtck58mENvzUehJa" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <embed src="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=822501_635466393433855143.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR3uNxETCbbz61rjaW5EtP%252fxj%252bf%252bYqEzZ1O%252bh%252bT9bX9x7CxuWDBvXK%252fbyKhqzNtck58mENvzUehJa" width="481" height="402" name="player822501" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" ></embed></object></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">María Jesús</a> on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/content/" target="_blank">WizIQ Tutorials</a></div></div><br />My warmest thanks to <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/nelliedeutsch" target="_blank">Dr. Nellie Deutsch</a> for inviting me to be a <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/course/70332-moodle-mooc-5-teaching-with-technology-and-moodle-training-courses" target="_blank">Moodle MOOC 5</a> presenter. I hope you enjoy it and find it interesting. Looking forward to meeting you all there!

You are invited to join me for the free live class 'Badges: game, reward, professional digital e-credentials?' on October 4 2014, at...

Recording of the free webinar 'E-connection are essential'

Last 21 September 2014 the <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/fall-blog-festival-2014.html" target="_blank">Fall Blog Festival</a> webathon, hosted by <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/IT4ALL" target="_blank">IT4ALL</a> at <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/home/" target="_blank">WizIQ</a>, took place for 12 hours non-stop.<br />I had the honour to be presenting <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/free-webinar-e-connections-are-essential.html" target="_blank">'E-connections are essential'</a> then, and today I am humbly sharing the recording of that live session with all of you, hoping you find it interesting.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JDaXDw3-WWs" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />I would also like to invite you to view the whole series of recordings that IT4ALL have generously gathered together in this YouTube Playlist, so that you have the chance to revisit or visit for the first time, if you could not attend live, the blog festival event that showcased bloggers, their work, and valuable tips when blogging for reflective practice, work with students, business and other purposes.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL8JUcjyABKxnNx8kpdaBkmTcFEP9shyi9" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Thank you very much to all that attended the live session, and to the hosters for their kind invitation, their warmth, availability and generosity throughout the whole festival.

Last 21 September 2014 the Fall Blog Festival webathon, hosted by IT4ALL at WizIQ , took place for 12 hours non-stop. I had the honour to ...

Webinars for IATEFL YLT SIG

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uMrqprDmijGXYW7PFLvjdju2kq8Urpwd72xpqWAkrsHMmak0OWwYZEwmxRF1R2j-9spgGVPMiQ8EFFDe_crmp0d916IcE08TvC5ReS8cJF1ofAyEnY_L8UZJrdt-YijuDwE3aeWXZm0/s1600/front.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uMrqprDmijGXYW7PFLvjdju2kq8Urpwd72xpqWAkrsHMmak0OWwYZEwmxRF1R2j-9spgGVPMiQ8EFFDe_crmp0d916IcE08TvC5ReS8cJF1ofAyEnY_L8UZJrdt-YijuDwE3aeWXZm0/s1600/front.PNG" width="320" /></a></div>Join me on 28<b> September 2014</b> at<b> 7 pm Spanish time</b> for the free live session: <a href="http://iateflyltsig.wiziq.com/online-class/2141496-ylt-webinars-the-timeline-of-an-e-connected-story" target="_blank"><b>The timeline of an e-connected story</b></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Check your <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=The+timeline+of+an+e-connected+story&iso=20140928T13&p1=250" target="_blank">time around the world</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS1BUE6W_ogoOkRPilgl2Wi8PIhkFGfcHFSHv-m7v-0GZH6kYrYJgSeRDx-HKPurdIwvenFZRm_Azlu014APQMJPlTp1enk8HyFLrQIH58mqQ7iMT5LNXng_6u7_I6iF7skWF6xA-DOQ/s1600/timeconverter.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS1BUE6W_ogoOkRPilgl2Wi8PIhkFGfcHFSHv-m7v-0GZH6kYrYJgSeRDx-HKPurdIwvenFZRm_Azlu014APQMJPlTp1enk8HyFLrQIH58mqQ7iMT5LNXng_6u7_I6iF7skWF6xA-DOQ/s1600/timeconverter.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />This live session is part of the <b><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/IATEFLYLTSIG" target="_blank">YLT Webinars</a></b> and I'll be sharing the story of an e-connection that starts in a University classroom (URJC) from Madrid, with a group of future CLIL teachers taking a Master's Degree on The Use of ICT and Web Resources in Primary Bilingual Education, which spreads towards real CLIL classrooms from Colegio San Gregorio in Palencia (Spain) and their designing digital storytelling together.<br /><br /><div style="width: 481px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/812978-the-timeline-of-an-e-connected-story-ylt-webinars" target="_blank">The timeline of an e-connected story - YLT Webinars</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="402" id="player812978" width="481"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=812978_635453221502149582.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR2Z%252fNjRdK3B3KVjrulcx6npey%252bn8fpx2ZBWVewTViiu9rwVgLeThp2SbRhRgiBYVblk2bsLtdymT" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <embed src="http://www.wiziq.com/p/player.swf?u=http://m.wqimg.com/&p=812978_635453221502149582.xml&pt=3&n=wiziq&s=0&q=6oAY0ydv8eeuhSFnefFkR2Z%252fNjRdK3B3KVjrulcx6npey%252bn8fpx2ZBWVewTViiu9rwVgLeThp2SbRhRgiBYVblk2bsLtdymT" width="481" height="402" name="player812978" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" ></embed></object></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/mjgsm" target="_blank">María Jesús</a> on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/content/" target="_blank">WizIQ Tutorials</a></div></div><br /><br />Thanks to all my Master's students and to <a href="https://twitter.com/somar0209" target="_blank">@somar0209</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/javiramossancha" target="_blank">@javiramossancha</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/julisanzmamolar" target="_blank">@julisanzmamolar</a>, who have generously collaborated in this digital e-connected adventure that brought University and Primary Education together.<br /><br />Read more <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/iatefl-young-learners-children-and.html" target="_blank">YLT Webinars</a>.<br /><br />

Join me on 28  September 2014 at  7 pm Spanish time  for the free live session: The timeline of an e-connected story . Check your time arou...

October is round the corner, and so is Moodle MOOC 5

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVI22IYwNtVbv20M-Kbs_ZnKjIaKDE76FT3zkH93QkuUGlIwqLj4xUV-1hy6EKnKtyJxf0pT6GfcDWK4ZB9RwxphwyEH5acwafSgnGd_NPVk1rHJrEtwjrkmNy_QPPpf1XjxnbzvznJg/s1600/20705_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVI22IYwNtVbv20M-Kbs_ZnKjIaKDE76FT3zkH93QkuUGlIwqLj4xUV-1hy6EKnKtyJxf0pT6GfcDWK4ZB9RwxphwyEH5acwafSgnGd_NPVk1rHJrEtwjrkmNy_QPPpf1XjxnbzvznJg/s1600/20705_large.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/course/70332-moodle-mooc-5-teaching-with-technology-and-moodle-training-courses" target="_blank">Moodle MOOC 5</a> starts on October 1, 2014 on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/home/" target="_blank">WizIQ</a>. The theme of the current MOOC is collaborative learning, reflective practice, connecting online for instruction and learning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The MOOC focuses on connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching through Moodle, Second Life, Mahara, Google Drive Docs, and Google Apps, Mobile Devices, Virtual Classes, and other online learning environments for face-to-face, blended, and fully online learning. The live presentations include the speakers’ reflective process on teaching and learning in fully online and blended learning formats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/course/70332-moodle-mooc-5-teaching-with-technology-and-moodle-training-courses" target="_blank">Moodle MOOC 5</a> also includes <a href="http://moodle4teachers.org/" target="_blank">Moodle for Teachers</a> (M4T) courses for beginners and advanced Moodlers. The courses is asynchronous (Moodle) and synchronous (WizIQ) with recordings of live classes on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/courses/courseware-learner.aspx?cInfo=MP7Z4Xew36%2f74vPESp%2fl2CjPFv1q8flU6qQVDcLYtCOLC5EQtndwfqUlBlOxdAcwhXODDzWtANfpB4dN6aGSx6V8SLK6F4%2bmYwFSRR3QgwI1HJFILxMAB%2fREcKCCSau4znZ5iCAugXfLE2nlMlgHLHOjBdPHA4RF0V2xb3F0xAOAtiQLahdOH8OrHGTdhTDdT%2fxJ6oBY20Gat%2fh%2brj85n8JQE5PPLLTz" target="_blank">WizIQ</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nelliemuller" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, and <a href="http://vimeo.com/nelliemuller" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>, just in case you cannot attend on the spot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There are two learning areas: <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/course/70332-moodle-mooc-5-teaching-with-technology-and-moodle-training-courses" target="_blank">WizIQ</a> course area and <a href="http://moodle4teachers.org/" target="_blank">Moodle for Teachers</a> (M4T) Moodle website. The live online sessions and recordings, tutorials (courseware) and ongoing discussions (coursefeed) are available in the WizIQ course area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unlike the traditional MOOCs that stress content and course delivery, Moodle MOOC focuses on active learning, reflection, sharing, and collaboration. The aim of the course is for the participants to learn through meaningful connections and social interactions. Participants who wish to receive a certificate of participation will be required to document their learning experiences by keeping a blog, wiki, website, or any other artifact that will include a description and reflection of the live sessions and/or recordings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6XIm4ZgbtDV5UxXpTVV1PCFOLZoocibpx-KNa0zFQh52ftNWz5-DYE8aU0Uf4dyO8r25HAg9dTsFFkCh5DggIFrKEIeVjBKBXBLIV3sh90_tDVIUvLnBwvQxh1xjQZnITi5qjMlbkBY/s1600/Dr-Nellie-Deutsch-of-IT4ALL-426515+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6XIm4ZgbtDV5UxXpTVV1PCFOLZoocibpx-KNa0zFQh52ftNWz5-DYE8aU0Uf4dyO8r25HAg9dTsFFkCh5DggIFrKEIeVjBKBXBLIV3sh90_tDVIUvLnBwvQxh1xjQZnITi5qjMlbkBY/s1600/Dr-Nellie-Deutsch-of-IT4ALL-426515+(1).jpg" /></a><a href="http://moodle4teachers.org/" target="_blank">Moodle for Teachers</a> Learning Experience (M4TLE) is an asynchronous component of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/IT4ALL" target="_blank">WizIQ</a> for teachers and anyone interested in teaching online using Moodle, WizIQ, and other web technologies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The MOOC takes place from 1 to 31 October 2014. It is in the spirit of open education and completely free. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Participants become acquainted with Moodle as a course and learning management system. They learn how Moodle can be used in fully online, blended learning, and the flipped class. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d2dmszldu8of4z.cloudfront.net/prelogin/Images/logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://d2dmszldu8of4z.cloudfront.net/prelogin/Images/logo.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The MOOC only includes asynchronous (not dependent on time) elements on a Moodle site called <a href="http://moodle4teachers.org/" target="_blank">Moodle for Teachers</a>. The rest takes place at <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/course/70332-moodle-mooc-5-teaching-with-technology-and-moodle-training-courses" target="_blank">WizIQ</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The MOOC is self-paced with ongoing discussions and facilitator and technical support are available. <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is coordinated by </span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/nelliedeutsch" target="_blank">D</a></span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/nelliedeutsch" target="_blank">r. Nellie Deutsch</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/tom-hodgers3292038" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tom Hodgers</a>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enroll now and join an engaging <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/course/70332-moodle-mooc-5-teaching-with-technology-and-moodle-training-courses" target="_blank">MOOC</a>. Do not miss it!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>

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IATEFL Young Learners (Children and Teenagers) Special Interest Group (YLTSIG) Webinars 2014-15

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wqimg.s3.amazonaws.com/ut/ult/IATEFL-YLTSIG-4085100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wqimg.s3.amazonaws.com/ut/ult/IATEFL-YLTSIG-4085100.jpg" /></a></div>The <a href="http://www.iatefl.org/" target="_blank">International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language</a> (IATEFL) has a number of <a href="http://www.iatefl.org/special-interest-groups/sig-list" target="_blank">Special Interest Groups</a> (SIG) which give teachers professional development opportunities including the chance to share knowledge and best practices in key areas of English Language Teaching and Learning.<br /><br />Among those Special Interest Groups, the <a href="https://www.yltsig.org/index.php" target="_blank">Young Learners and Teenagers SIG</a> (YLTSIG), like other SIGs within IATEFL, is led by a committee of volunteers who arrange discussions, organise conferences, produce publications, maintain a web site and organise events for teachers all over the world.<br /><br />Meet the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/IATEFLYLTSIG" target="_blank">members</a> and join the network for <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/IATEFLYLTSIG" target="_blank">IATEFL YLT SIG on WizIQ</a>!<br /><br />Twice a month, starting 7 September 2014, you will have the opportunity to attend live webinars and connect with some well-known educational inspirers that will generously share their knowledge and experience with any teacher insterested in EFL and innovation.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wqimg.s3.amazonaws.com/org/ut/ult/Shelly-Terrell-Sanchez-98323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wqimg.s3.amazonaws.com/org/ut/ult/Shelly-Terrell-Sanchez-98323.jpg" /></a></div>Don't miss the opening webinar, '<a href="http://iateflyltsig.wiziq.com/online-class/2071481-ylt-webinars-superhero-activities-tools-apps-to-empower-children" target="_blank">Superhero Activities, Tools, & Apps to Empower Children</a>', with <a href="http://http%3B//twitter.com/ShellTerrell" target="_blank">@ShellTerrell</a>, undoubtedly an amazing season debut and an extraordinay chance to grab awesome ideas for your back-to-school lessons. Bookmark it in your calendar: 7 September, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=+I%E2%80%99m+Invincible%21+Superhero+Activities%2C+Tools%2C+%26+Apps+to+Empower+Children&iso=20140907T11&p1=250" target="_blank">17:00 CEST</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Humbly following, there comes my webinar, '<a href="http://iateflyltsig.wiziq.com/online-class/2071514-webinars-the-timeline-of-an-e-connected-story" target="_blank">The timeline of an-econnected story</a>', on 14 September, <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=The+timeline+of+an+e-connected+story&iso=20140914T18&p1=3759" target="_blank">18:00 CEST</a>, when I will try my best to share the experience<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of an e-connection that starts in a University classroom (URJC) from Madrid, with a group of future CLIL teachers taking a Master's Degree on The Use of ICT and Web Resources in Primary Bilingual Education, which spreads towards real CLIL classrooms and students, to design digital storytelling together. </span></span><br /><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are invited to join and have a taste of what will happen at the webinar by reading </span></span><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/the-timeline-of-e-connected-story.html" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The timeline of an econnected story</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/bringing-colegio-san-gregorio-and-book.html" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bringing Colegio San Gregorio and BookMe-Library together</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8vPCWuml8d_3xC4oYAZInMM1UqHr9EafhQHGq6tkN92T6GuqyLbN63zdSGOmnq6iy4T6pM2gEsZbDQ8kUeuGr9KQxSIAhiMw9LXeXYg26Yr6tWP7x2liSudfcmXWlZRPwHtmyhMy24Y/s1600/colectivo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8vPCWuml8d_3xC4oYAZInMM1UqHr9EafhQHGq6tkN92T6GuqyLbN63zdSGOmnq6iy4T6pM2gEsZbDQ8kUeuGr9KQxSIAhiMw9LXeXYg26Yr6tWP7x2liSudfcmXWlZRPwHtmyhMy24Y/s1600/colectivo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><br />Autum is not autumn in October any more. No dropped leaves scattered around playgrounds in October this year, but blooming up storytelling trees with Aaron Sherman and Rebecca Ray from <a href="http://www.storyboardthat.com/" target="_blank">Storyboard That</a>. And if you may think November is the time to be indoors and lie back, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Christel Broady might talk you out of that comfortable couch by leading you towards free virtual communities; then, if you like, </span>indoors you may stay while opening </span>a window onto Buenos Aires, where Susan Hillyard is based and will be ready to tell you more about digital storytelling and oral tradition.<br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Stay tuned for the end-of-the-year webinars brought to you thanks to <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/" target="_blank">WizIQ</a>,  <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/IATEFLYLTSIG" target="_blank">IATEFL YLTSIG</a>, and their incredible online events and website coordinator, <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/nelliedeutsch" target="_blank">Dr. Nellie Deutsch</a> as well as for the promising series in 2015. </b></span><br /><br />Over twenty presenters are now booked, so 2014-2015 is certainly a dream school year already, and surely a year of special interest for all those of us who are hooked to professional development.<br /><br />Thanks ever so much,<a href="https://twitter.com/nelliemuller" target="_blank"> Dr. Nellie Deutsch</a>, for bringing so many educators worldwide together, and for this new chance to share!

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Teacher Appreciation Week

May 5 - 9 2014 is <b><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ThankATeacher&src=hash" target="_blank">Teacher Appreciation Week</a></b> and there are tons of posts, comments, articles, tweets and so on and so forth, flooding the net with thank you messages, best wishes and lots of other sweet moves whose aim is to show the world the value of teaching and teachers.<br /><br />I guess this post is just another of the kind for most, but for me it means a lot, as I have a lot of teachers to show appreciation to, not only along this week, but along the whole year round, and so this post is to express my most sincere <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b>Thank You</b></span> to:<br /><br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://blog.wiziq.com/author/sylvia/" target="_blank">Sylvia Guinan</a>, for her mentioning my students in her flabbergasting '<b><a href="http://blog.wiziq.com/teachers-substance-celebrate-teachers-day/" target="_blank">What Teachers of Substance Have To Celebrate On Teacher's Day</a></b>' post at <a href="http://blog.wiziq.com/" target="_blank">Wiziq Blog</a>.</li></ul><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/nelliedeutsch" target="_blank">Dr. Nellie Deutsch</a>, for her sweet moderation at the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1680298-sbf-challenging-future-e-teachers-to-blog-e-projects" target="_blank"><b>Spring Blog Festival</b></a> in March 2014 and her generous invitation to contribute to <a href="http://www.integrating-technology.org/" target="_blank">IT4ALL Non-Profit Network</a>.</li></ul><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.visualcv.com/heikephilp" target="_blank">Heike Philp</a> and Angelika for their patience, smooth mike tests and neat hosting at the <b><a href="http://www.virtual-round-table.com/" target="_blank">7th </a></b><a href="http://www.virtual-round-table.com/" target="_blank"><b>Virtual Round Table Conference</b></a> last April 2014.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>All the teacher peers that restlessly try to make the difference, inspire and accomplish goals on the Edumovement <a href="http://30goals.com/" target="_blank"><b>30 Goals Challenge</b></a> World Tour.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>My fellow teacher-students from <b><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/ictclilurjc-blog-roll.html" target="_blank">#ictclil_urjc</a></b>, without whom such a solid teaching/learning year would have never taken place.</li></ul><br /><ul><li><a href="https://plus.google.com/109881665407640950427/posts" target="_blank">Matthew Williams</a> and his wonderful friendly iniative to weekly turn us all into <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/category/do-now/" target="_blank"><b>DoNowers</b></a>.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Every single teacher that has already started taking steps towards collaborative <b><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/we-are-part-of.html" target="_blank">connected projects</a></b> and shared knowledge, from whom I have the honour to learn day after day.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>And last, but not least,<b> <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=202342" target="_blank">Shelly Terrell</a></b>, for circling all this up, connecting us all, bringing edumovers together and being <a href="http://twitter.com/ShellTerrell" target="_blank">@ShellTerrell</a>, no need for further words.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDyGTCaP7hw794-mQVklm0YEdS5P2cpXIfWYJ-7GSIj2VXmtrdZU5VXYnhkpOVyMZ9N4WPCYZNN7Um5BNjbtNzfi_clTNbIBFCBhBIJr4L1LYUnTeujdqjOziUy3h2nRzJDNjtmaq7R0/s1600/teachertag2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDyGTCaP7hw794-mQVklm0YEdS5P2cpXIfWYJ-7GSIj2VXmtrdZU5VXYnhkpOVyMZ9N4WPCYZNN7Um5BNjbtNzfi_clTNbIBFCBhBIJr4L1LYUnTeujdqjOziUy3h2nRzJDNjtmaq7R0/s1600/teachertag2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Free downloadable image from <a href="http://www.dimpleprints.com/" target="_blank">Dimple Prints</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Tools and Resources to Create Digital Content

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Educational Collaborative e-Projects Worldwide

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Presentations, Animations, Storytelling, Slideshows

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A list of resources to foster Digital Literacy for Primary Bilingual Education

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A list of links to find Creative Commons materials

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Spring Blog Festival. March 14-16, 2014

The Spring Blog Festival (SBF) is 3-day blog festival showcasing bloggers, their work, and valuable tips for blogging for reflective practice or with students.<br /><br />This event takes place <b><a href="http://www.wiziq.com/courses/courseware.aspx?cInfo=MP7Z4Xew36%2b281HkC%2ft6B1OE%2fZr8POrmIGABU2on28FxVVem7yjmoQLj6e1bSJ7GBAU9dkYlTmI7cHlKop4S2MAWuv7Ro9nBxv8EqHr4oqJmv4n6lOO5JQ%3d%3d" target="_blank">online on WizIQ</a></b>, on March 14-16, 2014.  Highlights include: Why blog?, background to blogging, famous bloggers, getting started, and best practices and challenges involved in blogging.<br /><br />The conference organizers are <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z9MfyTLkoLbtxQB4gojW0tQ-lBa_AiYfE4UWXrZxm9Y/edit" target="_blank">Dr. Nellie Deutsch</a>, <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/Sylvia" target="_blank">Sylvia Guinan</a>, and <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/202342?present=true" target="_blank">Shelly Sanchez Terrell</a>.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUxBDlyiTq6tM3HuEz7BObWryDFK7_NcA6KV_qradCoG2qOxgJ9zSPEQ5jyyheBXnGtzcgneLQe651ZNYzWRkXkUr8KGCjq_p3W4nvBQFaIaL9lQNR7fD76nbbtpT3U9kz45KoFnsK6c/s1600/blogfestival.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUxBDlyiTq6tM3HuEz7BObWryDFK7_NcA6KV_qradCoG2qOxgJ9zSPEQ5jyyheBXnGtzcgneLQe651ZNYzWRkXkUr8KGCjq_p3W4nvBQFaIaL9lQNR7fD76nbbtpT3U9kz45KoFnsK6c/s1600/blogfestival.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />As part of the presenters at the <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/courses/courseware.aspx?cInfo=MP7Z4Xew36%2b281HkC%2ft6B1OE%2fZr8POrmIGABU2on28FxVVem7yjmoQLj6e1bSJ7GBAU9dkYlTmI7cHlKop4S2MAWuv7Ro9nBxv8EqHr4oqJmv4n6lOO5JQ%3d%3d" target="_blank"><b>Spring Blog Festival</b></a>, SBF, I'll be delivering the webinar '<a href="http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1680298-sbf-challenging-future-e-teachers-to-blog-e-projects" target="_blank"><b>Challenging Future e-Teachers to blog e-projects</b></a>' on Friday 14 March 2014, at 19:00 CET - 14:00 EDT.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAeFvdi3sAdSpHjm1nkSfyY7KdGUz2lIJ676fGlRDIzmHyH3lLj4o6qXeaGOPQbkec_G2HcvkTk_0Qfd5Ic_nMLM4AAA5px2RDuQayouza7ZaVbVClse5bF-MIDrxIj0wyuIbuBrn2X8/s1600/fb_webinar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAeFvdi3sAdSpHjm1nkSfyY7KdGUz2lIJ676fGlRDIzmHyH3lLj4o6qXeaGOPQbkec_G2HcvkTk_0Qfd5Ic_nMLM4AAA5px2RDuQayouza7ZaVbVClse5bF-MIDrxIj0wyuIbuBrn2X8/s1600/fb_webinar.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This webinar will show you a University experience with 30 future Primary teachers from Spain currently doing a Master’s Degree for The Use of ICT and Digital Resources in Primary Bilingual Education in which they are challenged to design an e-project where collaborative blogging is the main focus. Their final blogging e-projects, under construction at the moment, will be officially introduced into larger collaborative educational initiatives nation and worldwide along May and June 2014.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/32126554" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/eoiaviles/springblogfest-mjgsm" target="_blank" title="SBF: Challenging Future e-Teachers to blog e-projects">SBF: Challenging Future e-Teachers to blog e-projects</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/eoiaviles" target="_blank">M. Jesus Garcia</a></strong> </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I am happy to invite you all to join the rest of presenters and myself in this online creative weekend, with the warmest welcome from all of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE1ndu5yssVdEFeeuDG1VqWYrN1_k2Ux9v3HWCegv5GA0kg6KqFXzgIgzywk-oEbZk6MqQ0otZ1TLTg-Hiv_R7wnOh6D_oPsHYJcowrjOvbVtOTajQT3rchsohWmXsg1SmOzE28cclWs/s1600/blogestall.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE1ndu5yssVdEFeeuDG1VqWYrN1_k2Ux9v3HWCegv5GA0kg6KqFXzgIgzywk-oEbZk6MqQ0otZ1TLTg-Hiv_R7wnOh6D_oPsHYJcowrjOvbVtOTajQT3rchsohWmXsg1SmOzE28cclWs/s1600/blogestall.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4hQrH__ibgxM3c4Yl9wWGlVZkk/edit" target="_blank">Help with WizIQ</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related Posts and Acknowledgements</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Sylvia Guinan: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://blog.wiziq.com/introducing-spring-blog-festival-wiziq/" target="_blank">INTRODUCING THE SPRING BLOG FESTIVAL ON WIZIQ</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://blog.wiziq.com/bloggers/" target="_blank">SPRING BLOG FESTIVAL: 32 BLOGGERS BRING A MELTING POT OF IDEAS</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://blog.wiziq.com/around-campfire-elt-authors-spring-blog-festival/" target="_blank">AROUND THE CAMPFIRE WITH ELT AUTHORS: SPRING BLOG FESTIVAL 2014</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

The Spring Blog Festival (SBF) is 3-day blog festival showcasing bloggers, their work, and valuable tips for blogging for reflective practic...