Macmillan have started a youtube channel They will be adding videos from the IATEFL conference over the coming weeks. Video clips from various luminaries (Adrian Underhill, Scott Thornbury) have already been posted.
E-lesson takes over
Yesterday, I was in Ostrava in the Czech Republic, running a session on In Company for teachers teaching in company and In Company. Their students work in the automobile indsutry, and hopefully teachers and students will appreciate the latest business English
IATEFL conference, Exeter
Wow – just finishing the week at the IATEFL conference, where technology remains as vital and current an issue as ever….watch out for our next Newsletter which will include a conference report on the technology sessions!
Ben Warren Trust Prize – congratulations!
Huge congratulations to Gavin Dudeney and Nicky Hockly for their book on Technology, which has won the Ben Warren Trust prize! Great news that the winner is a book on integrating technology into language teaching! As for Barney and I….delighted
Pete's first podcast!
I am at the moment in a break in the IATEFL Learning Technologies pre-conference event. To listen to our attempt, please click on: Guess the city We made this: Barbara Gardner / Diego Rascon/ Elizabeth Mader! Give it a listen!
The Kindle
Have you read about the new e-book reader from Amazon? Don’t just read about it – download the latest Macmillan business English e-lesson about it! Visit their web-site. Enjoy – you’ll have to print it out and read a hard
EL Gazette Digital
I have just accessed the EL Gazette Digital. At the moment, it comes out just after the print version, but will soon run parallel. Click on an article to bring it up in a readable on-screen format. I managed to
Successful Newsletter launch
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New Vistas – the great compatibility question
I’ve finally had the opportunity to sit down with a computer running Windows Vista and a pile of CD-ROMs to see whether all/any of the software we use with our learners runs happily under Microsoft’s latest operating system. We are about
Using You.Tube in the classroom
Is You.Tube full of rubbish? full of interesting clips? Both? Jamie Keddie, a teacher trainer based in Spain, has recently set up http://www.teflclips.com/ – a site dedicated to the possibilities for using YouTube and other video sharing sites in the classroom.