So you’re happy with your iPad? Of course you are. It’s sleek, fashionable and sexy. OK, it has a few irritating niggles. For example, it won’t handle Flash. There’s nowhere to upload files via a USB port, and attaching peripherals
Apptivities for Business English – BESIG Stuttgart
A huge thanks to everyone who came to my session on Apptivities at the BESIG confernce earlier this month. I am happy to post the PPT as a .pdf here. stuttgar-presentationt This will also be available on the BESIG wesbite.
Social media workshop
Starting the session on blogs – waiting for coffee!
Latest Macmillan e-lesson blog: Hurricane Sandy – calculating the damage
It struck last month with a force which made headlines round the world. Hurricane Sandy. In the Caribbean, it caused death and destruction. As it continued up the eastern seaboard of the United States, dramatic images of its effects on
BESIG Stuttgart – Shift Yourself!
Just back from Stuttgart. Another year, another BESIG behind us. Next year’s venue is a closely guarded secret, but for 2012 Stuttgart treated us to two days of unseasonably sunny weather, and the conference was the biggest ever – around
BESIG or TESOL? A fun weekend, either way!
TEFL-ers have a terrible choice to make this week. Do they go to Paris for TESOL, or Stuttgart for BESIG? Stuttgart weather over the weekend is sunny on Saturday and cloudy Sunday, with an average temperature of 11 degrees. Much the same
Webinar – handout
Here’s the handout with Rerefences from my Webinar for Macmillan! Happy hunting……
Professional development
In the year up to BESIG 2011 in Dubrovnik I focussed on people’s attitudes to blended learning. This was very interesting and very productive, and was truly professional development for me. This year, I am planning on looking at the
BESIG Issues – Autumn 2012
The Learning Technologies page In this edition of BESIG Issues, the Learning Technologies page focuses on apps. First, it looks at QR code readers. It then looks at a couple of apps of interest to BESIG members: a new business
Gothic Goings-On in Digital ELT
One the great things about digital resources is how easily and quickly they can be adapted to real-time events. This is great for teacher and student alike – rather than plough on with the same old content, suddenly you can