• Guided tours on Google My Places and Google Earth 14-May-2012

    The great thing about many of the online resources we have available these days is that they are not just resources in a static sense; they are also spaces that we can continually re-source for all kinds of student activities.

    Russell Stannard recently spoke at IATEFL about the connected classroom, where we

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  • IELTS writing with Flickr: essays for the digital age 07-May-2012

    Background

    Flickr is a free online platform which allows members to upload and share their photos. Users can annotate and comment on the images, create sets and slideshows of their photos, and join groups based around particular themes and interests.

    It occurred to me that these features might well be harnessed to engage

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  • Behind the scenes at a MEC video shoot 27-May-2011

    At MEC we get frequent requests for video material from customers all over the world. Over the past few years we’ve been expanding the number of videos on MEC and we now have over 100 video activities.

    Last year we published 21 business video activities. The videos were filmed by a professional

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  • Storm your classes with movies! 26-Mar-2010

    MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

    Get your students to use their creativity while improving their English. The way to do it might be Moviestorm.com a website where you can make an entire movie from scratch. You choose the characters, their costumes, how they move, the setting,

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  • TeacherTube 10-Mar-2010

     MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

    TeacherTube is an online community for sharing videos. It is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.

    The most important thing about this website is the

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  • Movie maker 23-Oct-2009

    MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

    Dvolver provides you with the creative tools to make a movie in just a few steps.

     

    If you think that your students would be interested in practising their English by making short movies, go to the Movie-maker tab at the top

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