One of the most popular sessions on the PSA Blended Learning courses is on how to make your own podcasts. Recording and editing voice is straightforward. Adding music is also easy to learn. However, the question that arises with music
Disaster in the Gulf
……………happiness in the classroom. The latest Macmillan business English e-lesson is now online. Be slick, and download it NOW. Oil’s well that ends well….and the petroleum giant is nearly there in terms of damage limitation….. Like all great current materials, use it
New website
Our new look website is being designed up as I type…and it already is looking fabby….cannot wait to see it uploaded…..
Change at the top – e-lesson
In case you missed it due to glitches in the blog, Pete’s most recent e-lesson is available here. It’s on the life and times of the man retiring from his position at the top of the British supermarket giant Tesco.
Paper books vs. e-readers
A recent survey suggests that it is faster to read a book on paper than using one of the popular e-readers on the market. The environmental blog TreeHugger was skeptical about this and had a closer look at the research.
The blog is back!!
Hello there. Our blog is back after a slightly extended technical hiccup. Sorry if you’ve been trying to drop by and catch up. Hopefully everything works fine now and, as a side-effect, I’ve learned a bit about fixing and restoring
BESIG Rome
Here is a graphics-lite version of the PowerPoint for the session: Networking in English at the BESIG summer conference in Rome.
Tools for the 21st Century Teacher: free eBook
Came across this free eBook from Michael Zimmer. Thanks to Chris Stanzer for the original tweet, and the free technology for teachers website.
Volcanic lesson
In case you missed the recent e-mail from Macmillan, please find the recent e-lesson on Vocanic Ash which erupted into the world of business English causing travel mayhem.
Schools and agents
The headline reads: Access is still the biggest problem for mobile learning in the business English classroom. Although proving effective, new technologies in the business English classroom still have many challenges associated with access in some parts of the world