Have you ever started making a booking for a flight, having spotted the ad – “Berlin for £10.00” – only to discover that by the time you come to pay, your fare has mysteriously risen to £47.50? If so, the
CALL Review
I am exploring a desk-top publishing package from Serif in preparation for editing the next CALL Newsletter. So, please send your articles, book reviews, hardware and software reviews, interviews, conference reports, letters, announcements, advertisements, opinions, to me at: pete.sharma@ btopenworld. com
Website of the month – Teacher Training Videos
The title of website of the month goes to Teacher Training Videos. Run by Russell Stannard from the University of Westminister. The site carries two main sets of training videos: General Teacher Training Videos covers how to use the Blackboard
Exciting developments at te4be
Have you seen our ‘new look’ homepage? There are two new buttons: 1. Subscribe: click here to register interest in our Extra content. This includes a sample version of our new E-book, new teaching material and a glossary of technical terms. Coming
Second Life
I am currently taking a course on Second Life with the Consultants-E. The metaverse is truly unbelievable. Here is a report on my latest field trip, which I did with Nik Peachy. First, we visited the Virtual University of Edinburgh. Nik
Blended Learning shortlisted for prize
We are delighted that Blended Learning has been chosen for the 2007 shortlist for The Ben Warren International House Trust Prize awarded for the most outstanding work in the field of language teacher education. The winner will be announced at the IATEFL conference
RSS readers
It’s been a slow week here in Stratford so I’ve been installing RSS reader software on the student computers. My thinking is that, so often we ask our students to search the Web to find a story or text to
Blended Learning – up-date number 3 now available to download
The latest up-date for Blended Learning: Using technology in and beyond the language classroom is now available to download from Macmillan’s website.
Early bird offer – Blended Learning course, Markdorf 31 March – 4 April
This is the last few days to catch the ‘Early bird’ registration for the Blended Learning course in Markdorf, Germany. You can download a sample programme for the course. Thanks to those booked on the course and the interest from
2007 Report / 2008 predictions: the latest business English e-lesson
January – the time of year when businesses report on the previous year’s sales…and draw up their sales forecasts for the year to come. Use the latest intermediate e-lesson from Macmillan – ‘The Reporting month’ – to practise these language