Sylvia Guinan
I’m an online English teacher, teacher-trainer, edtech facilitator, educational community developer, writer, and blogger who facilitates professional development online.
Moving to Ireland. The Swedish recycling revolution. Changing behaviours At the forefront of this movement is a startup that sprang out of Stockholm’s buzzing design scene. Beteendelabbet, Swedish for ‘behaviour lab’, tries to find innovative solutions to sustainable living. Building on Sweden’s industrial design heritage and recruiting from Stockholm’s renowned design schools, the company has its sights set on transforming how Swedes live.
Ida Lemoine is the founder of Beteendelabbet: ‘We think people need services that make it easy to do the right thing’, she says. ‘We need to make it possible for ourselves as consumers to share and reuse all kinds of gadgets, clothes and furniture, and even our workspaces and homes.’ Read more about Beteendelabbet. Repairs, recycling and research In 2017 the Swedish government reformed the tax system so that people could get cheaper repairs on used items. Meanwhile, researchers are working on finding new clothing materials that are less damaging to the environment. Why Forest Bathing Is Good for Your Health. “Nature deficit disorder” is a modern affliction. With more people living in cities, working in high-rise office buildings, and becoming addicted to their innumerable electronic devices, many of us are indeed experiencing a nature deficit.
This is true for children and adults alike. In his new book, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, Japanese medical doctor and researcher Qing Li presents some sobering statistics: By 2050, according to the United Nations Population Division, three quarters of the world’s people will live in cities. Even now, the average American spends 93 percent of the time indoors, and some ten hours a day on social media—more than they spend asleep.
20 interactive teaching activities for in the interactive classroom. Interactive teaching is all about instructing the students in a way they are actively involved with their learning process. There are different ways to create an involvement like this. Most of the time it’s through teacher-student interactionstudent-student interactionthe use of audio, visuals, videohands-on demonstrations and exercises You encourage your students to be active members of your class, thinking on their own, using their brains, resulting in long-term memory retention. Not only the students' knowledge will improve, but their interest, strength, knowledge, team spirit and freedom of expression will increase as well. In this blog post, I will talk about the use of interactive methods for teaching, encouraging more dedication towards the lesson material. Ready?
Digital Storytelling. Everyone of us has a story to tell and we all like to read or listen to stories. Stories are expressive, magical, creative, touchy and powerful sometimes. Storytelling has been with us since we started to communicate with each other and it has been part of our every day life since then and it didn't take us long to discover the importance of storytelling in education. The traditional storytelling has a new face with the growing technology today: Digital Storytelling.
Storytelling for kids. 13 incredible tools for creating infographics. Infographic makers will enable you to transform mountains of data into easy-to-read visuals. Information is much more accessible when presented in a well-designed infographic rather than dense reams of data, so people are likely to be much more engaged with the subject. However, it can be time-consuming to put them together. Digital Art. Money Matters, Part 1 of 6: Declaring PayPal Income. Share on Facebook34 shares on Facebook Money Matters is a short series designed to provide some quick financial wake-up calls and information to freelancers and the self-employed.
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Social medi management tools. LTSIG Professional Profiles. Top 10 websites for presentation images. Images form an important part of most visual presentations, with today's digital technology it is easy to take your own photos and quickly place them into a presentation document.
However, there comes a time when we need images that are of a professional quality or images of people and locations that would cost too much time and money to justify taking ourselves. There is an abundance of online resources we can turn to, to find that perfect image for our presentation, and a good or bad image can make or break your presentation. You really don’t want to be walking into that important business meeting with a PowerPoint presentation full of snapshots hastily taken on your mobile phone. Here are some of the best free and paid photo libraries around. 1. istockphoto One of the best stock photo libraries around for price verses quality. 2. gettyimages.
21 Amazing Sites With Breathtaking Free Stock Photos. Photography has always been an integral part of design. Unfortunately, we’ve grown accustomed to seeing crappy stock images of people in suits shaking hands. Not only are a lot of these stock photos tacky, but they cost a lot of money! Thankfully, there’s been a growing number of websites with beautiful stock photography popping up all over the web.
Herbs, teas, health. Health. Blog tools. IATEFL Learning Technologies Online Conference Reviews. By Adi RajanSpeaker: Nik Peachey Nik Peachey: Learning a language online - How we can ensure quality?
Online learning and teaching are topics that often get discussed in terms of the challenges they pose. However, rarely do we get to hear robust solutions that respond to these challenges. Fitness. Comic creation tools. Social English Resources. Sample talks, webinars, conferences. Professional profiles. British Council IELTS Resources. Educational Blogging. #DigELTIreland.
Flipped classrooms. Virtual Library Boards. Interactive posters, bulletins & infographics. Digital storytelling & Comic tools. Mindmapping tools. Metacognition & Anti-cognition. BTB Online course creation resources. ELT Ireland digital resources. Breaking Digital News. Social Media Tools & Tricks. Build your Teaching Business Online Websites & Blogs. Edtech Blogs. Fun & comedy. Books & stories. Business English. Exam Preparation.
Musical English resources. Teenage language library.