Liz in London

Educator, life-long learner, citizen of planet Earth. Kids will change the world, teachers have to equip them. @imperialenglish #MIEExpert #oracy #EAP

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

❤ how #SharePoint works in #MicrosoftTeams and displays on my phone. All course info easy to access &looks cool. So proud of what we built @imperialenglish Best ever course evaluation-Students ❤❤ our course! @Imperial_LT @Imperial_DLT @Imperial_EDU

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

@RadioTimes @DavidOlusoga Already a fan of #AHouseThroughTime, just watched episode 1 and it is the best yet. Bringing history to life, thank you @DavidOlusoga . Excellent presentation.

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

@juliehartill1 @Andrew_Northern

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

Pinning this and will make a thread as the others become available.

#AcademicTwitter #ActiveLearning #FacDev #ProfessionalDevelopment

[Oracy Cambridge @OracyCambridge]

Wonderful to see this 'Insights and Impact' report by @voice21oracy for 2021-22. Impressive stuff!

Great to see further evidence on how oracy improves students' confidence especially.

This is why we do what we do!

Read the full report here: https://t.co/eJ3ymgpdI1

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

It's not hard to speak to an audience. But if you want them to understand something in 1hr that took you 20yrs to work out yourself ... @imperialenglish Is a lecture the best tool? What do the students think?

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

10 new features in #MicrosoftTeams, the Tasks app just got better https://t.co/yPQaoCSulV

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

Heres a quick shoutout for SharePoint pages in Teams! Just got better: https://t.co/5Bn5wYnvp9

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

This could be just what we need... @Rebecca9White @juliehartill1 @Andrew_Northern

[Mike Tholfsen @mtholfsen]

This Micro Tip will show you how to create a simple interactive dashboard in Excel 📊

👉 https://t.co/5KuUkJ5E3Z

#edtech #mieexpert #STEM @msexcel

[Centre for Academic English @imperialenglish]

A huge thank you to the 25 fantastic presenters from departments @imperialcollege (@ImpEngineering @ImperialSci @ImperialMed) for taking the time to meet & inspire 166 of our summer #presessional students at our interactive online 'ResearchFest' event last week!

[Mike Tholfsen @mtholfsen]

This Micro Tip will show you how to use the built-in “Steps Recorder” on your PC to record step-by/step for ANYTHING! Great for PD Guides too

👉 https://t.co/R06ahsBT6h

#edtech #mieexpert #elearning

[Oracy Cambridge @OracyCambridge]

📢 BIG NEWS! 📢

Announcing the 2021 Oracy Cambridge conference on 'Changing Minds’.

9th-15th July. An online event, open to all.

Please feel free to RT! 🙏

Details and sign up here: https://t.co/csWpSJ1wDX

[The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) @weareLIS]

Quote of the day:

“If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems.”

- Frank Wilczek (an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate)

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

@NeuroRebel I'm just realising it now. I'm 62.

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

@mr_alfredb @voice21oracy Looks great!

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

@FixingEducation I think the most important movement in education is the #oracy initiative @voice21oracy Please get everyone on board with this!

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

We hope the #ELF discussion puts the listener (L1 or L2) at the heart of successful communication. We propose a shift to support #oracy with equal importance to literacy in #EAP + move speaking feedback away from pron/grammar @baleap @imperialenglish

[Katy Simpson @KatyELT]

Interesting discussion of English as a Lingua Franca #ELF and how the responsibility for successful communication is always placed on the international students, not the home students (who maybe need more intercultural training) #BALEAP21

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

@juliehartill1 describes the e-portfolio weaving through the course to develop research skills, prepare for HE study, build discipline specific speaking competence while benefitting from positive washback from viva assessment #BALEAP2021 @Imperial_LT

[Centre for Academic English @imperialenglish]

Saturday (10/04) 2:00-2:30pm Live Q&A discussion with Julie Hartill (@juliehartill1) of her pre-recorded paper [4/6]

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

@KatyELT Thanks for sharing! We had a great time at #BALEAP2021, just wish we had been able to share those videos ahead of the session and hear some feedback about other online #EAPspeaking events to build #fluency and #oracy

[Katy Simpson @KatyELT]

Exciting to see these students so engaged and forthcoming @imperialcollege 's ResearchFest! on Teams. Such a great idea: https://t.co/h26bsvqcUm

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

Nicely done @Rebecca9White ! Really clear points that we can all raise with our HE institutions. @Imperial_LT @imperialenglish

[Rebecca White @Rebecca9White]

If you've ever wondered whether Grammarly manages to enable "mistake-free writing" when it comes to NNS students' texts, or how Grammarly navigates disciplinary differences, join me at #BALEAP2021. I'll be sharing what I found when I put Grammarly to the test!

[Liz in London @LizLondon]

This chimes with our call for collaboration and reflective practice to develop #oracy skills, certainly a key way forward for Teaching Speaking Online. Very sad to have missed the plenary #BALEAP2021