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Last Saturday I gave a talk at the  APAC ELT Convention 2019 in Barcelona  Thank you everybody for coming! :=) I made a point that we are all political either by action or by inaction, and I promised I would share some resources to deal with current issues in the class and encourage students to participate.  In the link (attention! it is case-sensitive and it is cc underline ) bit.ly/cc_APAC2019 you will find three folders:  General  Name pairs - to be cut - Give a name or surname to each student at random so that they work with different partner each time - customize as you wish. [Idea taken from Mario Rinvolucri] Pres. Card-  sample of a card to fill in on the first day - swap with a partner and ask questions International Days  Worksheets - resources to be used   November - Buy Nothing Day - [date changes every year] Relate to Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Blue Monday December 10 -   International Human ...

Spanish translation here Global Editors Network (GEN) is an association of newsroom editors from different countries. It is based in Paris and promotes innovation in journalism. This year they have organised a score of Editors Lab Hackdays around the world to develop a journalism project in 48 hours. @conchacatalan had the privilege to participate in the hackday in Barcelona on 13th and 14th March representing the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) together with David da Silva (@dasilvacontin) and Joan Jové (@joanjsTW). The GEN hackday slogan,  Hack the newsroom ,  promotes a change in newsroom routine by way of journalists, programmers and designers working together. That is why most teams competing on hackdays are made of people employed by media. That was not our case. We brought in the spirit of real hackathons: we worked as a team once we got there. From August 2013, hosted by media worldwide, GEN representatives have run hackdays in Buenos Aires ( Clarín ...