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Category Archives: #eltpics
Stories waiting to be told
At The Image Conference at Barcelona last weekend (June 8) I spoke about three types of images I like to use and explore in class. The first was, of course, close ups. Like the one below for example. I think close-ups … Continue reading
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Take a photo and …
introducing the new #eltpics blog Eltpics is an ever-growing gallery of creative commons licenced images for teachers and learners of languages. It has its home on flickr. For the last year it has been collecting photos by teachers for teachers … Continue reading
eltpic 2000
Yesterday (Tuesday March 15) the 2000th photo was added to the #eltpics collection on flickr. This is how it appeared on my Tweetdeck screen. (If you don’t know about the #eltpics Twitter initiative follow the link above.) Alongside the 2000th … Continue reading
