HOW TO USE AMAZON.COM TO TEACH ENGLISH

Jamie Keddie, a teacher coming from Scotland who possesses what seems to be an infinite batch of inspirational teaching ideas! An ELTon 2009 winner (from The British Council), author of "Images" in the Oxford series "Resource Books for Teachers", writer of teflclips.com and LessonStream.com, teacher trainer, live and online presenter, blogger, Twitterer and more, Jamie Keddie is waiting for us in a cosy Elluminate Room on the 13th of April starting 6 pm CET to talk about web-based video and its educational merit.
You can find out more about Jamie if you google him - here you have his blog, info about his book, a 2009 interview, his YouTube channel.

http://lessonstream.org/browse-lessons/

Jamie's useful links
Access to video content from yesteryear

1. Roundhay Garden Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1i40rnpOsA
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_garden_scene
2. Hammer and feather on the moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk

New creativity and means of communication

1. The sandpit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk9EBOOAYiU
The ARS Electronica centre, Linz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Electronica
2. Poem about modern art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3lSSp-3068
3. World Water facts
http://lessonstream.org/2007/09/04/world-water-facts/

4. Short film: Small pleasures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flkFW5E0XcM
Film English blog: http://film-english.com/
5. TED.com: http://www.ted.com/
The Marshmallow challenge:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html
The surprising science of motivation:
http://lessonstream.org/2011/03/31/the-candle-problem/

User-generated content

1. Alex the maths teacher
http://lessonstream.org/2010/02/24/what-happens-next-ii/

2. Steve jobs' talk in 3 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZS8HqOGTbA

The traditional big players

1. Music video
Working in a fast food store: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQJACVmankY

2. BBC nature clip
Snails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22J7e-Eqfw4

3. Advertisers
Skittles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDlaJlb1ezg
4. Baby wearing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mztymu72l7c

5. Bath in Burger King
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/aug/13/8
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRFwcN_EOSU

6. The annoying orange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN5PoW7_kdA