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Water: Smartphones for vocab

by Nicky Hockly | Aug 19, 2013 | digital literacies, ICT, mlearning, tablets, technology, TIRF

  While teaching EFL in the UK this summer, I piloted a number of classroom activities getting students to use their (ubiquitous) mobile devices, for an upcoming book on mobile and handheld learning. Below is a very simple activity that can be linked to almost...

Intro to QR Codes: A lesson for EFL students

by Nicky Hockly | Jul 12, 2013 | digital literacies, ICT

I’m currently in Cambridge in the UK, doing two weeks of EFL classroom teaching. Because… I wanted to get back into the language classroom for an intensive period with a group of language students. I spend almost all of my time on f2f and online teacher...

Digital literacies 5: Remix in the classroom

by Nicky Hockly | May 28, 2013 | digital generation, digital literacies, ICT, technology, web 2.0

“Remix? What’s that got to do with English language teachers? Our job to teach language, not mess around with digital stuff…”

Giving regular workshops about digital literacies, this is a reaction that I often get when we talk about remix literacy, arguably one of the more complex of the literacies. But let’s back up here. First, what is it?

Digital literacies 4: Teens & social networks

by Nicky Hockly | May 10, 2013 | digital generation, digital literacies, ICT, technology, web 2.0

  A few years back my daughter (then aged 14) told me she was going out. To meet a friend at lunchtime. I asked who. A Facebook friend she didn’t know. Someone who had befriended her as they were the same age, lived in the same city, and had the same...

Digital literacies 3: Book giveaway

by Nicky Hockly | Apr 23, 2013 | digital literacies, ICT, technology

Our company The Consultants-E turned 10 this year (10!), and we’re celebrating. This month (April), we’re giving away four copies of our hot-off-the-press book Digital Literacies, written by Gavin Dudeney, Mark Pegrum and myself. Catch the fourth and final giveaway!

Digital literacies 2: The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

by Nicky Hockly | Mar 9, 2013 | digital generation, digital literacies, ICT, web 2.0

  To celebrate the publication of our latest book Digital Literacies (with Gavin Dudeney and Mark Pegrum), my last blog post looked at the what and why of digital literacies. The next few posts will look at classroom activities designed to help your students...
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