1/21/2013

STORY SHARING WEB CONFERENCE


Telling, Reading, Sharing Stories...Unlock your students’ imaginations!
Venue: Live and Online (The conference sessions will be held in Adobe Connect, and can be accessed live from any personal computer)

Dates: Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th February 2013

See the conference overview. Full event programme will be announced later.

We believe that stories should be read, told, shared and loved. We believe that stories are not just for testing and assessing students’ knowledge of the English language. If you think the same way, join ourBritish Council Turkey Story Sharing Web Conference on Saturday 9th -Sunday 10th February 2013.


Short stories, readers, novels, poems, anecdotes, folk stories, graphic novels, drama, jokes, teacher generated stories, student generated stories...even rap.

We will give English language teachers tools to develop genuine enjoyment and appreciation of all these genres...to enrich students’ experience of learning English through exciting and interesting story sharing techniques.

Follow our conference on Twitter #sswebcon

CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME*

SATURDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2013
09:00am - 10:00pm Opening address
10:00am - 11:00am Keynote Plenary with Alec Williams
11:00am - 12:00pm Lunch Break
12:00pm - 14:00pm Concurrent Sessions
14:00pm - 15:00pm Communication Break
15:00pm - 16:00pm Keynote Plenary with David Heathfield
16:00pm - 17:00pm Keynote Plenary with Gail Ellis

SUNDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2013 (ALL TIMINGS ARE UK GMT)
08:00am - 09:00am Concurrent Sessions
09:00am - 10:00am Communication break
10:00am - 11:00am Keynote Plenary with Sevim Ak
11:00am - 12:00pm Keynote Plenary with Samantha Lewis
12:00pm - 13:00pm Lunch Break
13:00pm - 15:00pm Concurrent Sessions
15:00pm - 16:00pm Communication Break
16:00pm - 17:00pm Closing Plenary with Shelly S Terrell
17:00pm - 18:00pm GALA

*Please note that slight changes are possible. All timings are UK GMT - click here to check the time of the event where you are.Click here to download the conference overview and the detailed conference programme will be announced later.

Starting on Tuesday 15th January 2013, a variety of online activities will provide a pre-conference experience. You will need to register early to participate in these pre-conference events. View programme for pre-conference activities.

GET SOCIAL
This 2-day web conference will include a range of innovative interactive sessions from Turkish and overseas experts actively involving teachers from all over the country in real-time. You can join the discussion and start networking with teachers who are planning to attend.
Join us online in the Pre-conference webinars

ELTA Team Turkey
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1/17/2013

Macmillan Webinars and eLessons

Macmillan's got a special treat for you! A collection of elessons about inspiring famous people - literary greats, trend-changing artists, world-changing statesmen...

Download a copy for your staffroom >>

Watch live talks from some of the biggest names in English language teaching, right in your web browser, then put your questions directly to the presenters

All webinars are FREE to join - all you require is an internet connection and a computer.

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TEFL and Inclusion in Serbia - Seminar

Pоštovani profesori engleskog jezika,

Zadovoljstvo nam je da Vas pozovemo na seminar stručnog usavršavanja:

TEFL and Inclusion in Serbia

Subota, 26. januar 2013. godine

11.30 - 17.00

British Council

Terazije 8/II, Beograd

Opšti cilj: Osnaživanje nastavnika i profesora engleskog jezika za rad u inkluzivnim odeljenjima.


Sadržaj i aktivnosti: Učesnici će razmeniti stavove i iskustva o inkluzivnoj nastavi i razmotriti metode promovisanja inkluzivne nastave i prihvatanja različitosti. Biće prezentovani izazovi koji se javljaju u nastavi engleskog jezika u odeljenjima sa slepim i slabovidim učenicima mladjeg uzrasta, a posebna pažnja će biti posvećena vršnjačkoj podršci i upotrebi asistivne tehnologije. Seminar će takodje omogućiti iskustveno učenje o prilagodjavanju nastavnih metoda, materijala, aktivnosti i ocenjivanja u nastavi engleskog jezika kako bi se zadovoljile različite potrebe učenika i njihovi stilova učenja.

Učesnici seminara će imati prilike da se upoznaju sa materijalima i ekspertizom Britanskog saveta u ovoj oblasti i da razmotre kako se ta iskustva mogu primeniti u našim uslovima.

Autorke: Biljana Pavlović, OŠ Vuk Karadžić, Kruševac

Vera Savić, Fakultet pedagoških nauka u Jagodini

Da li ste znali?

Seminari i radionice za nastavnike engleskog jezika koje organizuje British Council su zvanično priznati od strane Ministarstva Prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije.

Kako se registrovati?

Ako želite da učestvujete na ovim seminarima, molimo vas da popunite ovaj formular. Molimo vas da požurite jer možemo prihvatiti samo ograničen broj učesnika.

(Ukoliko se formular ne otvori, ukucajte u internet pretraživač sledeću adresu: http://bit.ly/VPDMPT)

Srdačno,
Kristijan Rajković

British Council Srbija
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1/15/2013

Билтен Вебциклопедије бр. 12 - децембар 2012



Билтен можете погледати и директно на следећој адреси: http://www.smore.com/4sp2
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1/10/2013

ELTA SERBIA - CALL FOR ARTICLES


CALL FOR ARTICLES
Deadline January 29

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that ELTA and British Council are issuing call for article submission for our joint Newsletter.

ELTA Newsletter is dedicated to supporting ELT professionals, including teacher students, teachers, trainers, educator, school leaders as well as academics. Also, ELTA Newsletter aims to provide a platform for all professionals to present and share their research and/or their experience and classroom practice in diverse areas of the ELT.

The Editorial team invites you to send your stories, comments, reviews, students’ papers to newsletter.elta@gmail.com. Your article will be published in one of the following columns:

Academic corner/ A day in the life of ... / Bookworms/ Borrowed from/ Cooking around the globe/ ELT flash/ ESP for life/ Feature articles/ First aid kit for teachers/ Fun club/ IT for ELT/ Students' corner/ Culture corner/ Adult language learning and education/ Young learners' playground

You will need to indicate your intention to submit your full paper/article by email to one of our editors with the title of the article and author(s). You can check our official site www.elta.org.rs to find submission guidelines. The full manuscript should be emailed no later than January 29.

Should you need more time to develop your ideas into writing, you can send us your article for one of the upcoming issues.

Please feel free to contact our co-editors below, if you have any questions, or concerns.

Web pages: www.elta.org.rs and http://www.britishcouncil.org/serbia-english-elta-monthly_newsletter.htm

Editorial Team:
newsletter.elta@gmail.comhttp://www.elta.org.rs/

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1/08/2013

The 50 Most Popular Books For Teachers

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1/07/2013

Two free webinars

Educational Games for Girls: Collaboration and Context
Thursday, January 10 at 4pm ET

Presenters: Victoria Van Voorhis, Founder & CEO, Second Avenue Software, with Jayne C. Lammers, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester's Warner School of Education.


WoW in School: Video Games as Arenas for Quest-Based Learning
Tuesday, February 19 at 5pm ET

Presenters: Peggy Sheehy, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Suffern Middle School in New York and Laurence Cocco, Director, Office of Educational Technology, New Jersey Dept. of Education

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30 Storytelling Tips For Educators: How To Capture Your Student’s Attention



Storytelling has been around as long as humankind. It is one of the most effective ways to communicate an important truth to another person. It is a connection point between two people. It gives meaning, context, and understanding in a world that is often filled with chaos and disorder.

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12/30/2012

The lingustic discoveries of 2012

Tweet seats, eye broccoli, subway salmon and many others.

Every year, new words and phrases slip effortlessly into our informal language, often to stay there for generations, and, as a philologist, Adam Jacot De Boinod can confirm that 2012 has been no exception.


Here are a few of his favourites from the past 12 months. First appearing in newspapers, broadcasts, the electronic and social media, they have rapidly moved into general use.


All have the virtues of brevity, wit and invention – and there’s no doubt many of them are here to stay.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254592/Why-Jenna-Louise-Coleman-reem-Gollum-eye-broccoli-The-lingustic-discoveries-2012-guaranteed-stop-Qwerty-nosedive.html#ixzz2GYRAvyNf
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12/28/2012

A fun Xmas game and good digital narrative

A fun Xmas game and good digital narrative    http://www.edxmas.pl/




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12/27/2012

Body Parts

Use your mouse to hover over the picture and to discover body parts vocabulary, one song and one word related to toys. Feel free to share this picture with your students and if you want to learn how to make your own pictures with these tags, use the Facebook group to ask about the webtool used.
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12/24/2012

14. вебинар заједнице


ТЕМА:

ТРИ АЛАТА ЗА ИНТЕРАКТИВНЕ ДИГИТАЛНЕ ПРИЧЕ


Предавач: Катарина Алексић
Модератор: Југослава Лулић

Време: четвртак, 27. децембар 2012.г. у 20:00 часова (пожељно пријављивање 15 минута раније ради техничких подешавања)
Трајање: 60 минута
Приступ: слободан у конференцијској сали https://www.bigmarker.com/club_130/room20#.UNjB6Kx-YZ4
Предвебинарска активност: учесницима вебинара се препоручује да прегледају наставне садржаје објављене на http://www.sophia.org/web-browser-tutorial , креиране употребом алата који ће на вебинару бити представљени.

Више информација на: http://eduobr.blogspot.com/
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Christmas music

Christmas Songs By Genre

Christmas Artists

Christmas Songs

Click here: http://yuleplay.com/
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The Artists

Any ideas for using this video for practising conversation? :)

The Artists from Giant Animation Studios on Vimeo.

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12/23/2012

Reaching - English Jigsaw

Try solving this puzzle or create your own in less than a minute using this tool:

http://vebciklopedija.weebly.com/105910881077110610801074107211141077-10821088107710801088107211141077.html

If you would like to sign up for our newsletter click here: http://vebciklopedija.weebly.com/104110801083109010771085.html


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12/16/2012

A Dickensian Christmas


British Council Seminar Series
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:45 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom  + LIVE-STREAM at http://dickenslive.modstreaming.com/

Christmas would not be Christmas without ‘A Christmas Carol’ or without Dickens. This December, why not enjoy a celebration of one of the greatest writers in the English language at the close of the bicentenary yearcommemorating two hundred years since Charles Dickens’ birth.

Find more information here.
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12/12/2012

The Snowmen

Watch the video. If you like it, click here to download the lesson plan.


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12/11/2012

How is Technology Transforming Education? - Sir Ken Robinson

Technology is changing the world rapidly, impacting the way students learn and opening new possibilities for educators. Take a look what Sir Ken Robinson had to say when asked about the role of technology in education.



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Electronic Village Online (EVO) 2013


Call for Participation in TESOL's


Electronic Village Online (EVO) 2013


The Electronic Village Online Sessions

For five weeks in January-February, participants and ESOL experts can engage in collaborative, online discussion or hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. These sessions will bring together participants for a longer period of time than is permitted by land-based professional development conventions and will allow a fuller development of ideas than is otherwise possible.

Sessions are free and open to anyone around the globe. Bring your colleagues!

Find more information here.


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12/05/2012

American Corner Kragujevac - Vebciklopedija - Web Tools Presentation


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12/04/2012

American Corner Kragujevac - December 2012

Event Schedule

American Corner Kragujevac - December 2012 (click on tbe image)


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12/02/2012

Towards Better Understanding 5


Elta is pleased to announce that the program “Towards Better Understanding 5”, a series of one-day professional development seminars, will be offered to teachers all over Serbia this academic year.


Pirot
01.12.2012.

Kikinda
08.12.2012.

Arandjelovac
08.12.2012.

Šabac
08.12.2012.

Kruševac
15.12.2012.

Novi Pazar
15.12.2012.

Novi Sad
15.12.2012.

Find out more by clicking here: http://elta.org.rs/seminars/tbu/


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