Can it be empirically proved that using an IWB improves educational outcomes? Clearly, longitudinal studies are necessary before any serious pronouncements can be made. The fact that better presentations are possible using an IWB (Task 1997), kinaesthetic students are catered
South West TEFL Conference, Globe English Centre
What a great weekend! It all started in Devon…. Thanks to everyone who came to my session. Wow – so much to get through so we kinda ran out of time! If you didn’t pick up a Handout with a
Authentic materials and technology
Pete and I were in Stuttgart on Saturday giving a one-day training day on how to use technology to enhance the use of authentic materials in an in-company teaching environment. It was a challenging day for us, not least because
Virtual Round Table
On Sunday I am making my second appearance at the Virtual Round Table organised by Heike Philp and her excellent team. There were a couple of IT issues last time that meant this is really my third appearance as I
Workshop – Stuttgart
We THINK the workshop has started well. Scary! Enjoying leading people into fog (what is a VLE? cuisenaire rods? dogme or DOGMA?) Then pouring light into their lives……ha ha
TESOL Madrid
Three zillion years ago, I started teaching in Madrid with a piece of chalk. Great to go back to Marid – as ever – and see Graham Stanley run a race between teacher with chalk and a teacher on an
Teaching online – review in ELTJ
I have recently reviewed Teaching Online, by Nicky Hockly with Lindsay Clandfield. I have to say that it was a most enjoyable experience, and it actually left me pining to…. TEACH ONLINE!! “Increasing numbers of language learners are opting to
Nik Peachey’s latest newsletter: out now
Don’t you love caught time at airports. I do. Printing out stuff (sorry, environment) to read on flights is one of my favourite pastimes. I’ve just printed some of the links from Nik Peachey’s latest Newsletter. To subscribe, go to
Smartphone apps
I seemed to spend most of this Saturday driving around central southern England with a car full of often sleeping passengers. I often do some effective thinking in such situations, and this time my mind turned to smartphone apps. My
First newsletter out
As mentioned by Pete 3 days ago, the newsletter is ready and I have just pressed the button to send it out. We hope you like it. There is a report from Pete about BETT, some information about various projects,