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That is one of the big questions that educators are facing today.

Students make use of Social Media and Internet like never before and this number grow day by day. We cannot ignore the effect that new technologies have on our daily life and on the way we communicate with each other. It is not crazy to think that the way teachers communicate with students is also changing, you must approach the students in ways they feel comfortable with.

Shakespeak was more than happy to host two workshops at "Nationaal Mediawijsheid Congres 2012".

Using Shakespeak in class can give students the opportunity to speak up freely and it gives teachers the possibility of interacting with their pupils and get a very valuable feedback. 

Do you want to try it ? Download our plug-in here and start interacting!

Public at "De Nationaal Mediawijsheid Congres 2012"

Robert Daverschot interacting with the audience

Public voting via their mobile devices

Robert Daverschot in action

Here a video of last year Congress!

Yes! We are very excited about our participation in the next "Nationaal Mediawijsheid Congres".

The 4th National Congress workshops are related to themes like: 

Twittering in class: Twitter as an educational 'tool', presentation from practice or Tutoring in a time of distraction and temptation: how young people can receivetutoring in this mediated world of instant messaging and whatsapp'en.

Our Marketing manager, Robert Daverschot is giving a workshop called Classroom? Mobiles now! How mobile phones are a must in challenging educational teaching methods. 

At the 4th National Media Literacy Conference are involved:

Police Netherlands, MaxStudy Partners, National Media Coach Yola Hopmans / Radyance, Shake Peak,VOO, Mira Media, National Media Coach Klaartje Schungel Social Media Impact,Cyclops Concept Creation, Mediawijzer.net, Social Media Wise, Bite Science , Movie Trader, Habbo Hotel, Paul Sikkema Qrius research agency, National MediaCoach Saskia Dellevoet, University of Utrecht Department for Medical Education, Foundation Click F1, Art Station C, All Is Easy Start, and SIOB in School Library and of course Shakespeak!

If you want to attend hurry up and inscribe you in here!

Few days ago we had a very educational and inspiring visit in Shakespeak HQ: Mr. Bamber Delver.

Bamber Delver is a Journalist, Youth media expert and Trend watcher. Twelve years ago he decided to focus deeply into youth and their interaction with technology. He analyzes how this combination affect the way children learn and interact with each other and apply this knowledge to improve the way we, as education professionals, can improve our teaching and educational skills.

For the fourth consecutive year, Bamber Delver is organizing The National Educational Dutch Congress. On march 28th "De Nationaal Mediawijsheid Congres 2012" is taking place; hundreds of professionals from education and youth are going to be gathering in the city of Ede, in The Netherlands, to participate and gain new knowledge to improve media literacy related to youth. This year's theme: Media Literacy 2.0. 

The National Congress is going to be full with interesting guests, lectures and workshops!

If you want to be part of it, go to http://www.mediawijsheidwinkel.nl/ and don't be the last to know!

Yep! It is that day of the week again...

From Shakespeak HQ we want to share our "Friday song" with the world!

We wish everybody a nice and fun weekend to charge the batteries!

This friday we go back to the 70's with the Jackson 5 "ABC" song.

Fijn weekend iedereen!

The blog of Nik Peachey, freelance learning and technology consultant, it's a trunk full of treasures of information related to E-learning technologies. This post talks over tools that can help you increase the engagement in online courses, because learning must be fun!

Our new Shakespeak intern, Sunny Hanh Dang, from Vietnam has let us to endeavour the exotic taste of her country, Vietnam.

Last Friday, she has made delicious spring rolls for Shakespeak staff. Spring roll is an East and Southeast Asian snack that is usually eaten for lunch, so it was a really great moment to taste the spring roll with our empty stomach. 

Curious? Take a peek on the picture! 

In order to get your audience following trough the hole presentation, you need to make sure to have a clear and concise text, use the right fonts and attach atractive images.

Surfing the web we found sites, blogs and awesome sites that can be very helpful when preparing your slide.

First! You need to choose the fonts you are going to use for you presentation, that can be a difficult choice since the internet offers you loads of sites with free fonts, but for now let's narrow our search to one great site: fontsquirrel.com. This site offers a great amount of comercial use free fonts, plus it has a lot of interesting links.

Ok, you decided wich fonts you are going to use for your presentation, please note that every style needs to match with your message, you dont want to use a funny and informal font if you are talking about the crisis in the Middle East!

Hey! But what about the font you saw lately on that web page!? You would like to use it on your presentation but you have no clue where or how to find it? Don't panic! Whatfont is an app for the Google Chrome browser and it helps you find out the name of millions of fonts with only a click.

And last but not least, here some "basic and straight to the point" tips from the blog Speaking Powerpoint, about best fonts to be used in a Powerpoint slide! That was easy, right?!

Now, get your font out there!

Ok, you need to put together a Powerpoint presentation! You want your presentation to be clear, professional and original? Here are the good news: You don't need to spend a big amount of time setting up a nice template thanks to this great site: PresentationBundle.com.

PresentationBundle counts with more than 100 Powerpoint templates that you will be able to customize adapting the graphics, diagrams and charts to your presentation needs. 

The only question now is which template to choose ;)

This article will help you to succeed in delivering the best business presentation. The article was written by Meaghen Edelstein, she has gained a massive national attention through her own blog, I Kicked A Cancer's Ass, which, in her blog, she started to document her battle in fighting against cancer. 

This particular article will assist you in delivering the best business presentation from knowing your audience until how you finish the presentation by keeping close relationship with your clients. 

Want to read more of her article? Click here, then! 

This time, we want to mention about a blog called ModernLifeBlogs.com. The blog was founded in 2012 by Amit Verma. The blog mainly focuses on social media, technology, health and inspiration that can be combined together. Therefore, this blog is worth to visit for you who want to get the news about social media and technology. Moreover, since the blog talks about technology and social media, we are happy that our software was featured on ModernLifeBlogs.com 

Take a sneak peek of Shakespeak on their blog, for more reading please click here