Tag: ESL

Stage One This morning at 9 a.m.

If you are in Toronto, this is the first of four stages for Ontario LINC instructors interested in the CIC-funded LearnIT2teach Project. This session explains important e-learning concepts and guides participants through a hands-on exploration of the LINC courseware. Participants can use the courseware at edlinc.ca after completing Stages 1 and 2.9:00AM-10:40AM FAF LearnIT2teach Stage …

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What’s New In LearnIT2teach: Project Update at 1 p.m. today!

Today, at TESL Ontario, our team will update the settlement community about the progress that we have made over the past year.   Jim Edgar, Rob McBride and Matthias Sturm discuss additions to the CIC-funded LearnIT2teach Project, which commenced in January 2010. New additions include a reference manual for LINC administrators, online speaking activities, LINC 2 …

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Authoring Online Activities with Hot Potatoes Workshop

Hot Potatoes allows instructors, teachers and developers to create digital quizzes.  The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling educators to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Since Hot Potatoes is freeware, it can be used for any purpose or project. Our team is running a …

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A great way to start learning “blended instruction” Back2Back Stages 1 & 2 sessions

On Friday, November the 10th at TESL Ontario, our team is offering the Stage One hands on and Stage Two introduction sessions consecutively at 9:00 a.m and 1:00 p.m. respectively. This is an efficient way for Ontario LINC instructors to get a jump start on their understanding and practical skills using technology in a blended …

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Questions? Visit our table at TESL Ontario!

Questions about our training? Issues about your progress? Wondering what the point is? Want to know how to get started? Or, just want to catch up? We are available throughout the conference  in the publishers’ area.

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There are still openings for our workshops at TESL Ontario

TESL Ontario is in November, but registration opened recently.  We hope that you have the time to register so that you can participate in one of our eleven sessions in Toronto. Use the provided scheduler in the conference brochure.  See details at this post. As well our whole team will be at our table in …

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Project overview on our downloadable brochure

Our downloadable and printable brochure is now available online.  Simply click here or on the the image on the left and it arrives on your computer in PDF format.  It can be a useful item for promoting training or understanding of the project as a whole.

LINC 2 Activities for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.  This week would be a great opportunity to use the four activities available to get your students into the festival spirit.  These can be accessed within the LINC 2 courseware, the Guest Access LINC 2 course or downloaded from the Tutela.ca learning object repository. …

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ESL LINC digital news!

The latest issue has been sent out. If you are not on the mailing list, you can find a copy here.