Diigo bookmarks (weekly)

• Learn to Type | Keyboarding | Free Typing Tutor and Typing Lessons

  "TypingWeb is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. TypingWeb includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and free official typing certification" (deck, 2014.06.13).

  tags: education keyboarding learning tutorials typing tests wink_students

• Referencing sof[t]ware (University of Birmingham)

  This publicly accessible intranet library resource introduces Endnote, Reference Manager, RefWorks, and other software

  tags: academic writing Birmingham referencing resources software

• Literature searching - University of Birmingham

  Includes a "Step by step guide to an effective search strategy"

  tags: academic writing Birmingham guides libraries literature searches

• MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine

  "A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health"

  tags: government health information medicine National Institutes of Health

• Blogging as Pedagogy: Facilitate Learning | Langwitches Blog

  In this post, Tolisano stipulated, "Blogging should not be an add-on, not an isolated project, but should be seen as PEDAGOGY" (¶1, emphasis in original). She lauded blogging for its affordances facilitating learning through reading, writing, reflecting, and sharing.

  tags: blogging blogs education languages Langwitches learning pedagogy reading reflecting sharing teaching writing

• EasyBib: Student Resources

  This page introduces four guides for student writers: a Research Guide, a Writing Guide, a Citation Guide, and a Topics Guide.

  tags: citations guides research research papers resources students wink_students writing

• Reflective Writing | UNSW Current Students

  This UNSW Academic Support page is one in a series of short pages defining and exemplifying reflective writing. Topics include:What is reflective writing?How do I write reflectively?Examples of reflective writingThe page entitled "How do I write reflectively?" lists resources for learning about mind-mapping.

  tags: reflection reflective practices UNSW writing mind-mapping

• Motivating kids to learn English is vital for the country's future growth - The Nation

  This is an opinion piece that highlighted findings from a case study of 9th graders in Bangkok, Thailand. The study focused on students levels of motivation to develop their abilities to communicate in English.

  tags: 21st Century Skills ASEAN communication English English language learners fluency learning motivation Thailand tourism

• 10 Tips to Transform Your Presentations - Presentation Software that Inspires | Haiku Deck

  Nested under tip number nine are ten more tips to keep in mind for every presentation (9. 10 Tips).

  tags: iPad HaikuDeck presentations tips web-based

• Changes to visa language testing | Neos Kosmos

  This June 6, 2014, article pointed out two English language test options for Australian visa applicants, namely the TOEFL Internet-Based Test (iBT) and the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic version. Those are in addition to the Advanced Cambridge English Exam (CAE).

  tags: academic Australia CAE Cambridge English Pearson PTE standardized tests testing tests TOEFL visas

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