Author: Pete

The latest Journal of the Learning Technologies SIG is out. It has some great articles, including one on the future of Interactive Whiteboards in ELT (Brendan Wightman), one on Second Life (Gavin Dudeney) as well as one on podcasting. A

A preliminary brochure for the Aberdeen Conference has been posted on the IATEFL web-site. Visit: {{link http://www.iatefl.org IATEFL}}

Volume 7 Number of the magazine from ELTAS – English Teaching Matters – is now published (ISSN 1862-4626) It’s a great issue for Business English. On technology, the issue includes Maurice Claypole’s Media Watch, a write-up of Nicky Hockley’s session

It was a great BESIG conference! Lots of debate and discussion about technology. Many answers to the questions asked can be found in our forthcoming book…..! Watch this space… Pete

You can download Pete’s handout (provisionally as a Word document) from his session at the BESIG conference in Milan last weekend by clicking {{link https:/PDFs/BESIG_2007_Pete_Sharma_Post-session-handout.doc here}}.

Just to confirm a date for your diary – Barney and Pete’s session on their new book (Blended Learning) is on: Saturday 21 April 2007 at the IATEFL Conference in Aberdeen. More details (such as the time) will be available

The BESIG conference in Milan is just around the corner! Will I meet any of our web-site visitors there? Please say “hi”……… For details of Pete’s session on the Macmillan English Campus – (Sunday 10 December) – see the Events

Survey article on different types of technology used for teaching Pete Sharma A wide range of technologies old and new are used to support language teaching and learning. This article will focus on many of these technologies, including: blogs, e-mail,

Barney and Pete’s presentation at IATEFL, Aberdeen has just been confirmed! More details to follow shortly. Title: Using technology inside and outside the classroom Content: The latest in the Macmillan Books for Teachers series, “Blended Learning” (March 2007) provides a

Macmillan have just sent out the latest e-lesson. The subject area this week is budget airlines. To download the lesson, just visit: {{link http://www.businessenglishonline.net/e-lessons/ E-lesson}} Hope it gets you off to a flying start….