This week, the Guardian’s technology in teaching supplement, The Link, included some very enthusiastic reviews of the newest interactive whiteboards and software from Hitachi, Promethean and Smart.
Review heaven
Sometimes life as a reviewer is heaven. Each day, the postman brings more books. The latest book I am looking at is in the Macmillan Vocabulary Practice Series and is called Science. It contains a word mapping tool for every
IATEFL conference, Exeter
Wow – just finishing the week at the IATEFL conference, where technology remains as vital and current an issue as ever….watch out for our next Newsletter which will include a conference report on the technology sessions!
New Vistas – the great compatibility question
I’ve finally had the opportunity to sit down with a computer running Windows Vista and a pile of CD-ROMs to see whether all/any of the software we use with our learners runs happily under Microsoft’s latest operating system. We are about
First te4be Newsletter – Spring 2008
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Newsletter. The first edition went out yesterday. If you have subscribed, but think you have not received the e-mail with the link, please check your spam mail! Or just drop us a
Building a wiki
I recently had a chance to put my money where my mouth is. During a training session just before Christmas, I wondered out loud whether the company I work for should set up a wiki to allow teachers and DoSs
Phonemic chart in interactive whiteboard software
I spent most of today being filmed demonstrating the New Inside Out Digital software for Interactive whiteboards (Macmillan). One of the most exciting features in the software is the phonemic chart. Click on the symbol to hear the sound. Destined
Website of the month – Teacher Training Videos
The title of website of the month goes to Teacher Training Videos. Run by Russell Stannard from the University of Westminister. The site carries two main sets of training videos: General Teacher Training Videos covers how to use the Blackboard
Second Life
I am currently taking a course on Second Life with the Consultants-E. The metaverse is truly unbelievable. Here is a report on my latest field trip, which I did with Nik Peachy. First, we visited the Virtual University of Edinburgh. Nik
RSS readers
It’s been a slow week here in Stratford so I’ve been installing RSS reader software on the student computers. My thinking is that, so often we ask our students to search the Web to find a story or text to