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Monday, May 19, 2014

Disconnect to connect advertisement

Published on Jul 17, 2013

Thai advertisement: When you are busy playing with your mobile phone, remember the people beside you. Sometimes we ignore the most important people in our life but its about time to STOP and make them feel how important they are for us. A public service message by Thailand DTAC with brilliant creative work.

Source: Youtube

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Look up

'But none of these times ever hapened.

You never had any of this.

When you're too busy looking down,

you don't see the chances that you miss.'

Published on Apr 25, 2014

'Look Up' - A spoken word film for an online generation.

'Look Up' is a lesson taught to us through a love story, in a world where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, but always results in us spending more time alone.

Written, Performed & Directed by Gary Turk.

Source: Youtube

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Disconnect to connect

After watching the video below in class, when talking about multi-tasking activities we are all indulged into, Bárbara Silva and Helena Sousa , two 10th form students, expressed their feelings this way:

Bárbara Silva and Helena Sousa
10thA - Science and Technology course

'We believe the message of this video is that people need to disconnect from their technological world and their virtual life in order to communicate with other people in their real lives. Sometimes people forget that we can have a good time together with our friends and family. Instead we spend a lot of time with our cell phones, computers and other devices that are related to technology. There are a lot of things that we could do interacting with each other, but most of us prefer to stay at home with our gadgets. To make things worse, we often forget people who are right beneath us, as we are texting or listening to music. It's pure addiction!

We think this is a real problem because human beings need to communicate face-to-face. As human beings, we need to interact and do activities together, which is real important for our social life. In our opinion, technology and the different gadgets are very important but we should control the time we are connected with them so that they don't become an addiction in our lives. So, we'd better forget them and enjoy the life with people that we like. We should disconnect to connect!'

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Friday, October 12, 2012

100 ways to use Facebook in class

Facebook cannot be ignored. It has a sort of stigma that it’s not for educational purposes. All that’s about to change thanks to these 100 ways you can use Facebook in your classroom to actually learn! Facebook is so much more than vapid status updates. You can find resources for research, connect with local (and international) public figures, and find out what’s new and interesting in museums.

1. Ask for information: Instead of trusting Wikipedia, ask the crowd on Facebook. One kindergarten teacher asked parents to research seeds and got great information about the largest seed in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

2. Attend remote lectures: Using Facebook, you can tune into remote lectures and presentations from around the world.

3. Museums and more: Help your students follow along with local and international museums, art galleries, exhibits, and more for enriched learning on Facebook.

4. Firsthand research: Students can connect with family members for genealogy assignments, discuss issues with local celebrities and more through Facebook.

5. Follow politicians: If your class is studying the current election, use Facebook to follow politicians on the local, state, and national scale. You can even ask students to interact with the candidates, posting questions and getting feedback.

6. Learning games: Plenty of games are on Facebook, and many of them are actually educational. Adopt Facebook crosswords, math games, and more as a reward in your classroom.

7. Public polling: Students can research and poll friends and family members by simply asking questions on Facebook.

8. Applications: Flashcards, Courses, and more offer easy ways to adopt and create learning tools in your classroom.

If you want to know the other 92 ways to use Facebook in class, continue reading HERE.

In, Edudemic

(both text and picture)

The British Council also suggests teaching and learning through social networks. In 2007, they conducted a market research into how the Internet has affected the preferred learning styles of young people wanting to learn English around the world. The results of this research suggest that if teachers are to remain relevant and effective, then they need to use 'learning technologies' to help students reach the world outside the classroom. Read the full article HERE.