Moving on.

Please note that I am no longer maintaining this blog as I need to rationalise the online spaces I use. My main blog is here.

Teresa MacKinnon : 05 Jun 2012 18:10 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

CMC for languages

The word is out. Here's a take on delivering opportunities for communication in MFL using free technologies:

However providing the technology is now the easiest part. Most young people are very comfortable communicating through computers using skype, msn etc. What we should be serious about as language educators is understanding how the medium affects the communication. To do this we need to capture and study the interactions, hence my emphasis on using the best professional educational tools for the job. It isn't just what we do, it is the way that we do it that counts!

Teresa MacKinnon : 30 Oct 2010 18:56 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

A lecture to end all lectures?

Writing about web page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbl-xXF8NPY

Donald Clarke provided a stiring and somewhat controversial keynote at the start of ALT-C this year. I wonder what the student experience of the class of '20 will be?

Teresa MacKinnon : 04 Oct 2010 14:11 |  Tags: He Innovation |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

A World Without Words

Writing about web page http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2010/09/10

One morning, neurologist Jill Bolte Taylor woke up with a headache. A blood vessel then burst inside her left hemisphere, and silenced all the brain chatter in her head. She was left with no language. No memories. Just sensory intake, and an all-encompassing feeling of joy.

Teresa MacKinnon : 11 Aug 2010 19:12 |  Tags: Language |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

ALT keynote speech

Teresa MacKinnon : 09 Jun 2010 19:11 |  Tags: Education Innovation Technology |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

United Nations on Autism Awareness day

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working on a cloud

Excited about getting involved in cloudworks, looks great:

Teresa MacKinnon : 28 Nov 2009 15:49 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

chill out

Teresa MacKinnon : 08 Oct 2009 20:06 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

To Jay

“Without asking hard questions about learning, technology remains an unguided missile” (Ehrmann, 1996).

Teresa MacKinnon : 01 Oct 2009 15:22 |  Tags: Learning Teaching Technology |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

chill out summer tracks

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