I’m pretty excited to see what happens!
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key_West voicethread efl learning audio place tourism travel florida webheadsinaction Monthly Archive for October, 2007
I just finished working on an idea I’ve been mulling over for a while. Today was the day to choose and resize the photos I wanted to include in the voicethread for the Listening Plus online course, think of what I was going to say in each photo and record it. Voicethread is straightforward and with fantastic possibilities for collaboration. I’ve invited the Webheads and the LWcers, members of online Communities of practice I’m part of to add their voices to my Special Place Voicethread. Let’s see what happens. My idea is to have an open learning object that can be useful for different teaching/learning settings, as well as for the online listening course that I’ll be moderating pretty soon.
I’m pretty excited to see what happens!
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I’m pretty excited to see what happens!
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Environmental awareness starts with simple actions with the little ones and teens. If educators can inspire their kids, they can certainly make a difference in our ecosystem. That’s exactly why I’m so proud of being part of a language school, Casa Thomas Jefferson, in which inspired teachers took their time, effort and talent to guide students into the preparation of an Environment Week in June 2007. There were all kinds of activities, recycling art, installations, drawings, stories developed by the students having nature as the central theme. However, I want to highlight one that is dear to me. First, because students were involved in all parts of the process from choosing the name of their show, to writing a script, and recording a video. Also, it was a powerful project because of its visual appeal and global audience. YouTube was the medium, they world was the eyes and ears of a video learners produced using English to deliver simple and practical ways to preserve nature. “The Voice of Nature” is simply the result of educators taking their students in the ride of co-building content, understanding their surroundings, and sending their messages to the world. I’m sure these teens will be ecologically-conscious citizens who had started given their share to nature.
Thanks for the inspiration, learners and educators at Casa Thomas Jefferson.
What’s your “Voice of Nature” approach?
Technorati Tags: blogactionday brazil brazilbridges efl environment nature project collaboration learner-centered webheadsinaction writingmatrix This article is part of the Blog Action Day blogging movement world wide on October 15th,2007.