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"Think time... (animated clip & talk)

TEACHERS' Lounge

Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE ... balanced time ! Use time wisely and well" That's Philip George Zimbardo's message. The American social psychologist has studied time perspective and how it affects our work, health and well-being. The 10-minute animation below is...

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Digital games, learning... EDUCATION

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE Education Week : Digital Directions Click on the ^^^ laptop picture to read the article "Educators connect digital games to learning".... A few gripping ideas, indeed ! An excerpt (I underlined some of the text) : "TIPS : 1. Play a little....

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Becta : canceled ! -ICT news

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE The education ICT agency Becta is to close by November... a 240 staff and £80m from 2010 financial government budget should be cut off as well ! "Government to close Becta" : Click to get the Guardian article Read also : "Becta : does...

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Of laptops & teachers... -a US cartoon

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE Black comedy... as for teachers Click ^^^ and watch the cartoon

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Blogs image -youths and educators

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE -French Here's an article studying the image young users and education professionals match with blogs... The article was written (in French) by Emilie Bouvrand and issued at pedagopsy.eu. You'll find it here : Original title : "Les représentations...

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A chameleon in the election -VIDEOS :o)

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE Chameleons are always changing their colour ! And now that the whole thing's over... though eventually they didn't prove effective enough, these campaigning videos did look both bright and funny to me. Hope you'll enjoy them as well...

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Harsh cartoons from timesonline -UK

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE If you need a break... just click on the logo below : to open a 26-cartoon slideshow by Peter Brookes. His 'Nature notes' ferociously match politicians with animals : have fun :o)

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Better PRESENTATIONS can help :o)

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE Presentations... Nowadays everyone's delivering presentations (you know... what they call Powerpoints) and sometimes it gets awfully ineffective... Here's what presentations ought not to be : This one suggests how to deliver better presentations...

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"New York, I love you" -a FILM

TEACHERS' Lounge

Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE The film was released in Autumn 2009, and it's currently on screen in our city The twelve vignettes it is made of all deal with encounters and love...but they also highlight the magic of New York City ! ______________________________...

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IATEFL annual Conference & Exhibition

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Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language aka I.A.T.E.F.L. <<< aims at "linking, developing and supporting English Language Teaching Professionals worldwide." Last year, the IATEFL Conference and Exhibition...

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