Published on May 31, 2013
By kierandonaghy
Teacher, trainer, presenter and writer Jamie Keddie talks about his plenary session at The Image Conference. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCnJjPgvTME?rel=0] You can read more about Jamie and his session here. Visual literacy in ELT Opening plenary session Jamie Keddie 09.30 – 10.30 Aula magna Throughout our lives, we are the unwitting subjects of an onslaught of images. […]
Published on May 28, 2013
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Teacher, trainer and British Council Teaching English web manager, Paul Braddock answers The Image Conferencce Questionnaire. Your favourite film: My memory is awful so my favourite film is always the last good film I saw – in this case a British film called Sightseers, which is a bit like Mike Leigh’s Nuts in […]
Published on May 26, 2013
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Teacher, trainer and materials writer Gerard McLoughlin talks about his session Using images and video to change perspectives at The Image Conference. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKZdCxwf5rQ?rel=0] You can read more about Gerard and his session here. Using images and video to change perspectives Gerard McLoughlin 17.45 – 18.45 Room 11 In this workshop we will look at how […]
Published on May 21, 2013
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Teacher, trainer and materials writer John Hughes answers The Image Conference Questionnaire. Your favourite film to use in class: When I do workshops on using videos, participants always suggest new films which then become my current favourites. As I tend to specialize in Business English teaching, the short film ‘Signs’ (directed by Patrick Hughes, no […]
Published on May 20, 2013
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Teacher, trainer and blogger Steve Muir answers The Image Conference Questionnaire. Your favourite film video website: Not going to be very original here, I’m afraid. About 99% of the videos I use in class can be found on YouTube or Vimeo. Your favourite film to use in class: I […]
Published on May 18, 2013
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Language teacher, researcher, teacher trainer, graphic designer and illustrator Paul Driver talks about his session at The Image Conference. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ASZF7HaCM0] Read more about Paul and his session here. Pervasive Playfulness and Mobile Technologies for Embodied Language Learning Paul Driver 16.15 – 17.15 Room 13 Thanks to the rapidly increasing adoption of […]
Published on May 16, 2013
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Teacher, trainer and blogger Ian James talks about this session, Photo Opportunities, at The Image Conference in Barcelona on Saturday 8th June. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NvVSZ6NCk8?rel=0] Read more about Ian and his session here. Photo Opportunities Ian James UAB Idiomes 12.15 – 13.15 Room 13 Camera-equipped mobile devices, image-editing applications and photo-sharing platforms have led to a revolution […]
Published on May 14, 2013
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Teacher, trainer and writer Ben Goldstein answers The Image Conference Questionnaire. Your favourite video website: Short of the week http://www.shortoftheweek.com/ is a good place to go for short films to use in class. It’s user-friendly as it allows you to refine your search in terms of genre, style and topic. Meanwhile for edgier and […]
Published on May 14, 2013
By kierandonaghy
Teacher, trainer and blogger Laura Vazquez answers The Image Conference Questionnaire. Your favourite film: I love Pixar videos, they work really well in class. . Your favourite film website to use in class): I use this short film site a lot: http://www.jamesonnotodofilmfest.com/ Why are you interested in using film / video in your […]
