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Tech Tasks: Using mobile phones for images, audio and video (Part 2)

In the latest instalment of the Tech Tasks series, Tom Walton looks at mobile phones as an educational resource, exploring how students can use them to improve their English by creating video and audio content both inside and outside the classroom.

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Tech Tasks: Using mobile phones for images, audio and video (Part 1)

Tom Walton explores how mobile phones can be used as an educational resource to help students develop speaking and writing skills.

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Compass: Lesson 2: Cultural interviews

The second lesson of this new series from award-winning author Lizzie Pinard.

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Tech Tasks: Music videos for digital storytelling

This instalment of Tech Tasks explores how music videos can be used to develop listening and speaking skills inside and outside the classroom.

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Global: World population day

This infographic lesson looks at interesting facts and figures about world population.

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Tech Tasks: Creative writing with Edmodo

Tom Walton shares his tips and tricks for creative story-writing using edu-tool Edmodo.

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Global: The Mediterranean Diet

This lesson looks at facts about the Mediterranean diet.

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Global: Dream, dream, dream ...

This infographic lesson looks at interesting facts and figures about dreams.

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Tech Tasks: Collaborative presentations

Tom Walton shares his lesson where students collaborate and present in front of the class using Google Drive.

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Global: Television

This Global infographic lesson looks at interesting facts and figures about changing trends in television since its inception.

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Matura: Speaking: Media and Communications

In this speaking lesson focusing on 21st-century communication, students learn about different ways of networking and keeping in touch.

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Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord: Li-Fi

A lesson plan by Kerry Maxwell, giving tips and suggestions for using the BuzzWord article on Li-Fi in class. Student worksheets include reading activities, vocabulary-building exercises and a focus on expressions with light and abbreviations.

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Computer vocabulary

For many students today, life before the personal computer is hard to imagine. Teach them vocabulary words related to the now ubiquitous technology through this series of exercises. Students translate computer terminology into their own language, identify computer components and icons, and complete sentences with useful terms such as ‘download’ ...

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Places: Teens chat: History

In this lesson plan, teenagers Anna and Ben chat about an internet history quiz and ask each other quiz questions about history. Students listen to the dialogue then complete a gap-fill, label a world map, match sentences to places on the map and complete a vocabulary exercise on words such ...

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Recognising symbols and abbreviations used in IT

This worksheet includes three matching and labelling activities to teach useful verbs and nouns often used when talking about computers e.g. ’cut’, ’copy’, ’paste’, ’screen’, ’printer’, ’keyboard’, etc. as well as the symbols that represent them.

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Dictionary skills: Science and technology

A dictionary skills lesson by Tim Bowen about science and technology. Learners practice using dictionaries to check meaning and for vocabulary development.

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Distillation of crude oil