Pete Sharma’s Top Six IATEFL moments 1 The start of Will Nash and David Read’s presentation They’d recorded a green screen video of themselves talking. They then had a ‘conversation’ with their on-screen talking heads. Best moment? Will on-screen taunting
The perfect blend – article in MET
The perfect blend Pete Sharma English language teaching is in the middle of a paradigm shift – the change from printed materials to digital. In this article, based on my BESIG (Business English Special Interest Group) presentation in Bonn, November
NEW Article Series from OUP – Making the most of technology in business English
NEW Article Series – Making the most of technology in business English Part one – Grammar and Vocabulary With so many digital resources at your fingertips how do you decide which ones to use? In this article series, Pete Sharma
Reviews in brief – EL Gazette
REVIEWS in brief Book of the month Going Mobile – Teaching with hand-held devices Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney, Delta Publishing; 978-1-9097-8306-5 Many students today bring their mobiles and tablets to class. For the rest of this review, please
One-month, online course launch: Getting Blended Learning Right
I don’t remember the exact hour of the precise day of which month I got bitten by the Blended Learning bug, but it has been a long and interesting flirtation, through connotation and translation (‘co-existencia’), from platform to platform, and
BETT in a nutshell – a ‘one-minute’ report
BETT in a nutshell – one-minute report Last Friday I went to the BETT (British Education and Training Technology) show at Excel. In a nutshell: It was overwhelming this year – it seems bigger than ever. That meant the queue
EL Gazette – Reviews in brief (January 2015)
This month’s Book of the month is the rather exciting Language Learning with Digital Video from Ben Goldstein and Paul Driver. Part one looks at video exploitation, part two at video creation. The Reviews in brief are Speaking English for Life B2+ Upper
Adaptive Learning in Practice – one-day conference
I’m excited about presenting at this conference in March. It aims to explain the challenges, benefits and future of adaptive learning. Chaired by Philip Kerr, this one-day event will give teachers the opportunity to understand more about adaptive learning and how it will
iTDi launches new TD modules on using technology
We are delighted to announce the launch of Module 26 in the suite of Teacher Development material from iTDi, entitled: Using digital technology in the classroom Contents 1. An introduction to the digital classroom: theory to practice 2. The Internet
New eBook launch! How to write for Digital Media
The digital age is upon us and there’s no going back! To quote Jeremy Day, one of the authors of this module, ‘These are great times to be an ELT writer … if you can get your head round the