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SMS Mobile Language

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Mobile devices have brought a new way of communicating, they have partly changed the way we speak and write. Now we need short words. New generations and new jobs use mobile devices, they have their own language or jargon; Text messaging has expanded. It is an advantage for teachers to understand mobile language, although it is even better to teach it at school. In non- English speaking countries for instance, Business English or English for the job would be the right subject to teach mobile language / sms language.

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Heterogeneous Classes

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One of the problems we seem to encounter these days is having large multi-level classes as a standard; suddenly there are many pupils or students of different ages, coming from different schools, or repeating the year. Even those pupils who for different reasons almost never attended your subject in former schools are there making integration in the class even more difficult.

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Virtual Reality and teaching

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Virtual reality is also called Augmented Reality and can be experienced as a 3D computer simulation or a hologram and sometimes even as a holodeck (a room full of holograms) just like in the famous science fiction series Star Treek and Deep Space Nine.

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iTunesU in School

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iTunesU  More than music.

You might know iTunes in connection with iPods and they might belong to the forbidden gadgets in the school you work for. iTunesU is a way to share lectures and more and it is free. You  can use it with kids, or university students. With ipads, or computers.

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Teacher Training

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Teacher Training

The Consultants-E offer various courses online for English teachers. Mobile Learning and Play to Learn are two of the newest courses. Watch the interview with Carol Rainbow, one of their trainers.

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Global Material Mobile Learning

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Material for Mobile Learning

MacMillan has a book that is perfect for Mobile Learning. There are many levels to learn and teach English the mobile way.

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Who applies Mobile Learning?

 Many schools have been using mobile devices to teach. Some schools even have their own apps. Universities rely on Mobile Learning because of the advantages. Primary schools use mobile devices because they have proved to be useful in many ways, for example for disabled kids. Many schools talk about their experiences with Mobile Learning and their positive results. But what do students think? Do they have a different view of Mobile Learning or even further ideas on how can Mobile Learning help us in future? One student explains why Mobile Learning should be standard learning. All in all, we can summarize: Mobile Learning is the future.