Here is a recent message from Nik Peachey: for those of you who weren’t able to get into Second Life for these chat shows, you can find audio recordings of the interviews here. Scott Thornbury http://tinyurl.com/dzd5xa Jeremy Harmer http://tinyurl.com/dgvghz Sound
Macmillan Dictionary Online
The Macmillan English Dictionary Online has been in existence for some time but previously, it was only accessible to those who had already bought a copy of the MED in paper form. What those who are not on Macmillan’s emailing
The first Blended Learning course
It was fantastic to be involved in the first Blended Learning course run by Pete Sharma Associates last weekend. We had 12 participants, a perfect number to get the diversity of experience we craved. Thanks to guest trainer Julia Glass
Webinar
I’m delighted to be speaking next month on a Macmillan webinar. If you want to sign up, just visit the Macmillan site. It’s free to view, but remember, you have to pre-register!
Modern English Teacher
I once gave a training session on technology to a group of language teachers and issued a typical participant feedback sheet at the end. The first comment I read was positive, as I expected: “Great; useful”. The next comment came
Longman dictionary and Firefox
If you use Firefox to browse the web you will probably know that it features a search box on its tool bar. This is usually set to Google when you first install the browser. However, if you click on the
CALL Review
The latest CALL review is now available on the Learning Technologies website. You will need your LT SIG password to access the magazine. There are articles on a range of topics including M-Learning, Blended Learning theory and practice and games
Blended Learning up-date 4
The latest up-date for Blended Learning is now available to download from Macmillan’s website. It focuses on two topics: Things to consider when setting up a wiki for use by teachers in a language school or language training company with
BESIG Issues
The Learning Technologies page The Learning Technologies page looks at a useful way to stay up to date with web content – using RSS. It then focuses on the mind-mapping feature on a CD-ROM at the back of a
New Pecha Kucha website
Lindsay Clanfield has just started a new website dedicated to this style of presentation. Worth a visit if you didn’t see the exhilarating event at this year’s IATEFL conference in Exeter. You now have just six minutes and 40 seconds