Jim Edgar continues his conversation with Ken Beatty, a CALL professor at Anaheim University. Jim asks Professor Beatty to summarize an inspiring conference presentation he had given at TESL Canada. The topic was ‘The Unexpected Next’. In his summary, Professor Beatty lists six emerging language technologies. and their application to language teaching and learning. These …
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Pascal St-Jean introduces Tutela, the national learning objects repository
This podcast was recorded at the TESL Canada 2012 Conference shortly after the official launch of Tutela.ca, Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s national repository for settlement language training. The podcast features Pascal St-Jean, one of the site administrators and core developers. Pascal provides a brief history of Tutela, an overview of what the site offers, strategies …
Five training events this week
This week we are offering training workshops in Hamilton, Ottawa and in the Niagara Region. For details see November 23 and 24th on our calendar. If you are in Ontario at a LINC centre and desire training contact us.
LearnIT2teach celebrates 1000+ Stage One graduates!
Last week, at the TESL Ontario conference, the 1000th participant competed the Stage One training! Mentors Kevin O’Brien, Jim Edgar, Nancy Van Dorp and Matthias Sturm were as active as ever during these sessions. Next week our teams are busy in Hamilton and Ottawa delivering more Stage One sessions.
Introduction to Moodle Hand Out Now on our Portal
Our successful workshop at TESL Ontario, Intro to Moodle for Editing Teachers, hand out is now available for your consideration in our portal Support area. You may download this by clicking on the logo or by navigating to Support>Instructor Trainee>Stage 3>Intro to Moodle
PodCast: Why Use Technology in the Language Classroom?
In this episode, Dr. Ken Beatty provides insights into the benefits of using technology from both the teachers’ and learners’ perspectives. Dr. Beatty makes practical suggestions, and he offers advice to the many teachers who would like to do more with educational technologies, but say they don’t have time to learn them. Dr. Beatty is …
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 …
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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Completing Stage 3 or Stage 4 of the LearnIT2Teach teacher training has been recognized by TESL Ontario as a Post TESL Certificate Training Accreditation Course. Upon successful completion of one of the stages, TESL Ontario members are encouraged to apply to the organization for the accreditation. However, if a teacher completed Stage 3 prior to July 2014, she or he is not eligible as the training stage has been modified to meet TESL Ontario PTCT criteria.
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Learn English at Home with LINC Home Study
Do you want to learn English but can’t attend classroom courses? If you qualify, LINC Home Study offers English language training at a distance for free. You can choose to study online or using a book and CD. A TESL-certified instructor will contact you once a week for a lesson by phone or VoIP, monitor your progress and provide you with ongoing feedback and support.
Ontario: www.linchomestudy.ca
Canada: www.linchsnational.ca
CLIC en ligne
« CLIC en ligne » un programme GRATUIT qui vous permettra comme nouvel arrivant au Canada d’améliorer vos compétences linguistiques en français à votre rythme. Vous n’êtes pas seul, un formateur personnalise votre apprentissage, vous échangez avec d’autres apprenants. Vous n’avez besoin que d’un ordinateur et d’un accès internet. www.clicenligne.ca
« CLIC en ligne » is a FREE program that helps you as a newcomer to Canada improve your French language skills at your own pace. You are not alone, a trainer personalizes your learning, you exchange with other learners. All you need is a computer and internet access www.clicenligne.ca
« CLIC en ligne » is a FREE program that helps you as a newcomer to Canada improve your French language skills at your own pace. You are not alone, a trainer personalizes your learning, you exchange with other learners. All you need is a computer and internet access www.clicenligne.ca