Nice to see the first app to win an ELTon! I’m pleased to say that my review of Sounds has just been published in the ELTJ. So, if you are interested in reading it, please visit the following site: ELTJ
Turning blended learning around – by 360 degrees?
Pete Sharma examines a new platform for producing top-notch web-driven business English programmes. Many business English providers believe that ‘blended learning’, combining face-to-face teaching with online support, is best. But creating such a course is far from easy. What happens
Review: Ideas for using Interactive Whiteboards
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
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
Interactive Whiteboards for Education
Just received a digital copy of Interactive Whiteboards for Education: Theory, Research and Practice edited by Michael Thomas and Euline Cutrim Schmid for review purposes. Thanks As I leaf through the virtual pages, I encounter the contribution from our own
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary – 8th Edition
Woke up to the sound of the postman delivering this door-stop-size new dictionary….within seconds of finishing my Shreddies the CD-ROM was loaded on my desk-top. I mean, where else would you start looking at a new lexicon? Dove straight into
te4be Newsletter winter 2009 – out now
Our latest newsletter is now available for subscribers to te4be to download. It contains articles about Pete’s trips to south America and what he found out about how they are using technology in their classrooms. There are also up-dates on
Review of Blended Learning
Just found the following review in Language Learning and Technology, February 2009.
Blended Learning – update number 5
The fifth update for our book Blended Learning is now available on the Macmillan website. So, if you want to revisit Power Point and read about the latest developments on Google! just download you free update!
Electronic dictionary on DVD Rom
Exciting developmenst in the world of electronic dictionaries. Longman have ‘raised the bar’ with their latest offering, which is on DVD-ROM. It took Barney and myself a while to load it, and we are keen to explore it! More anon when