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      ELTons 2013 winners

      The British Council has announced the winners of the ELTons 2013. Celebrating its eleventh year, the awards, run by the British Council and sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, are a celebration of innovation and excellence in English language teaching (ELT) from around the world. This year sees a diverse range of products winning a prestigious ELTon award. These include a professional development programme using low-cost mobiles phones for teachers in Bangladesh and DVD readers that bring British TV to the classroom.

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      British Council announces winner of new award: ELT Masters Dissertation

      The British Council is pleased to announce the winner of the new ELT Masters Dissertation Award for work with the best potential for impact on ELT practice. This award recognises and promotes the achievements of Masters students on UK universities Masters programmes. The scheme is an opportunity for institutions to promote their programmes and for recent graduates to establish themselves in the field. 

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      ELTons awards ceremony livestreamed on Wednesday 22nd May 2013

      Watch the ELTons ceremony live on the British Council website http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org on Wednesday 22nd May and discover this year's winners.

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      Kaleidescope

      Kaleidescope is an exciting new series of teaching materials that mixes video and original pieces of writing from well-known authors in three capital cities – Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh. The series consists of a piece of poetry or prose, which looks at the city from an insider’s point of view, and a complete set of teaching materials.

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      IATEFL blog award for best coverage

      This year the British Council invited ELT bloggers interested in reporting on the annual IATEFL conference to become a 'Liverpool Online Registered Blogger'.

      As many of you know, TeachingEnglish has a featured blog of the month award. For April, we also have an award for the best blog coverage of IATEFL Liverpool online 2013.

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      Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development

      Over the past thirty years, there has been much dialogue, and debate, about the conduct of educational technology research and development. In this brief volume, Justus Randolph helps clarify that dialogue by theoretically and empirically charting the research methods used in the field and provides much practical information on how to conduct educational technology research. (Free book)... Read more

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      Three Steps to Eliminating Teacher Technophobia

      Why don't more teachers use technology in the classroom? Why do some jump in with both feet and look for any opportunity to involve students with digital media while others are still literally cutting and pasting quizzes together?... Read more
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      THE PRIMARY REVIEW

      The education children receive during their primary years is crucial for both their personal development and the country as a whole. But times are changing fast. We know that we must ask whether today's education is fit for tomorrow's world. .. Read more
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      Ten Futures

      Presentation: Delivered to Joint Conference of Campus Saskatchewan and The Educational Technology Consortium... Read more
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      Design and Development of Virtual Reality: Analysis of Challenges Faced by Educators

      There exists an increasingly attractive lure of using virtual reality applications for teaching in all areas of education, but perhaps the largest detriment to its use is the intimidating nature of VR technology for non-technical instructors. What are the challenges to using VR technology for the design and development of VR-based instructional activities, and what are the recommended approaches? ... Read more