Apple vs Samsung: the verdict Patents……intellectual property………….touch screen……… Earlier this month, a US court ruled that Samsung had infringed Apple patents for mobile devices. The six patents were mainly connected with appearance and design. The South Korean company were ordered
ELTigers of India and Asia
Is India the new place to be? With GDP rising year on year (6.5% in the past twelve months – compare that with the UKs feeble (as in zero) growth over the same period. India is rapidly emerging as the
International Teacher Development Institute – act now!
A quick update for all our happy readers from the International Teacher Development Institute, the new teacher training service that provides a range of extremely cost-effective, online –only professional development programmes. I received ITDI’s first-ever newsletter on Friday – definitely
IATEFL Chile – Santiago: plenary sessions
I’m back from Santiago with a ton of great memories…….. As promised at the IATEFL conference, here’s a lite version of the plenary as an eight-page .pdf plenarylite Also, a list of references References2 Having returned, all I can wonder about
Mind maps
I am in the middle of writing some training materials on using digital resources in language teaching and came across this mind map on using mind maps. I have to admit that I am not somebody who uses mind maps
Publishing Yourself, Part 2 – Apple or Kindle?
Last time we had a look at iBooks Author, Apple’s very own self publishing tool. As I mentioned, the main problem – if problem it is – concerns the fact that any ebook written using the iAuthor platform will
Training day on Digital technologies in Santiago
I am having a great day here with a lovely group. This is the session on blogs. The group have a few messages: We’re havinga great time too! It’s after munch!!! We had a nice lunch
Olympic e-lesson blog post
The latest Macmillan business English blog post has recently been posted. It is about the black market in Olympic tickets. I cannot wait for the actual events themselves to start – I’ll be going to watch the athletics. From Stratford
Milan PSA Mini-Summit on Digital Learning set for October 4th
Following from our mini conferences on language learning in the digital age which we held this year in Madrid and Barcelona, I’m delighted to tell everyone that we can confirm our autumn conference will be held in Milan on October
IWB workshop – Colchester
I had a great trip to Colchester last week to work with teachers on using IWBs. We had a very interesting look at pros and cons – lots of food for thought which is currently feeding into the training materials