For teachers - Educanon to create interactive videos

 I love using videos in my classes and with the following tool I can even create my own interactive videos! With Educanon you can choose a video from the web (YouTube, Vimeo, or TeacherTube videos) and embed anything you like. You can  transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students.http://www.educanon.com/You can: (1) Build. You can add questions, lesson information, paste a video or a url...

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Travelling into Italian culture - Puglia

Puglia (or Apulia) is the "heel" of Italy.Click on the following Thinglink image I've created to have some information:   https://www.thinglink.com/scene/481523444043743233I've also created a  presentation with Blendspace . You can find videos, pictures, recipes and information about Apulia:  https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/z47IiKrUtFiKkw/visit-puglia And now some information by my students about their town: In this...

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Carnival in Italy

 Carnival  occurs just before Lent and typically involves street  parades. People often dress up or masquerade during Carnival celebrations and parties.In this post I'm showing you three important Italian Carnivals. The Carnival of Venice (Veneto)was first recorded in the 13th century but Venice has only been "the city of Carnival" since the 18th century, when people from all over Europe came to its fantastic parties. Recently...

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New York

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Safer Internet Day - February, 11

Today we celebrate the "Safer Internet Day"! http://www.saferinternetday.org/web/guest/home Safer Internet Day (SID) was born as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and is now celebrated in more than 100 countries across all continents. Each year SID chooses a topic concerning online issues, from cyberbullying to social networking, to reflect on online safety,  rights and responsibilities, to encourage users to 'connect...

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Cineforum: movies taken from British or American novels for children

 I've always used movies to improve students' listening comprehension, but I've always preferred movies taken from novels. So I have the chance to talk about literature, as well. This is a poster about my cineforum I created with Piktochart. You can save you poster as an image, as the following, or you can make it interactive, as you can see clicking on the next link.Below you can find the above poster, but now it's interactive...https://magic.piktochart.com/output/1237601-create-your-ownBelow...

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