A Google a Day Daily Challenge



Crack the ‘Google of the Day’ by using the full range of Google search techniques. Submit your answers and they'll tell you if you're right or need to keep searching.

Today's Question: A coconut hits your head and you have no idea where you are. It’s pitch dark and all you can hear are proboscis monkeys shrieking and friendly Bush-warblers chirping. What country are you in?

http://agoogleaday.com

Great for digital literacy skills!

Stroome – Edit Video Online Anytime, Anywhere With Anyone

Stroome is the world’s most comprehensive collaborative online video editing community. A place where anyone (students, journalists, filmmakers, musicians, sports enthusiasts, travelers, activists, bloggers), with a camera and a point of view can polish, publish and promote their content to a potential audience of millions.

www.stroome.com/

Your Own Personal Journal & Online Diary

Penzu is an online diary and personal journal that’s free, easy to use, and accessible from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

To launch the program https://penzu.com/content
To watch the intro video http://screencast.com/t/4BeKVi5ds2r

7 Things You Should Know About…..

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice and describes 7 key questions:

1. What it is
2. How it works
3. Who’s doing it
4. Why it’s significant
5. What are the downsides
6. Where it is going
7. What are the implications for teaching and learning

My personal favourites include “7 Things You Should Know About iPad Apps for Learning”; “Organizing Files in the Cloud” and “Mobile Apps for Learning”.

To view the full collection click here

Movie Clips Listening Comprehension Exercises

Research has shown that learning through media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language and the movie trailers featured on this website help to improve listening comprehension skills.

New trailers recently uploaded include: “The Green Lantern”; “Midnight in Paris”; “Limitless”; “Hereafter” and “Bridesmaids”.

www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html

Check It Out: 1001 Free e-Books

Bookboon.com offers a huge range of over 1000 free quality ebooks for university students, books for business professionals and travel guides. The textbooks are all written by university professors, while the books for business professionals are written by experts within their fields to ensure the highest quality possible. Books can be downloaded directly in PDF format.



http://bookboon.com/

English Attack - Designed For The Digital Generation

English Attack! claims it’s the first English-language learning service specifically designed for the digital generation. Their approach features a worldwide community of learners of English that uses short-session online entertainment to encourage frequent digital immersion in real everyday English, with fresh content published daily.

http://www.english-attack.com/