The latest Newsletter (Winter 2007) of the CALL Review is available to SIG members as a pdf from the website. Articles include: Moodle, Interactive whiteboards, and Gary Motteram’s report on last month’s LT SIG / British Council event, Milan (including a summary of
Virtual e-lesson
Macmillan have just uploaded the latest e-lesson. It’s on doing business in…Second Life.
Reviews: CALL Dimensions and Using computers in Language Teaching
CALL Dimensions: options and issues in Computer-Assisted Language Learning M. Levy and G. Stockwell (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) 2006 ISBN: 9780805856347A Practical Guide to Using Computers in Language Teaching J. de Szendeffy (University of Michigan Press) 2005 ISBN: 0472030485 CALL (computer-aided
Interactive whiteboards
I’ve been looking into interactive whiteboards (IWBs) lately. Here in the UK they are very common in state-sector education but not so prevalent in private sector schools. The result for me is that I haven’t had much experience with them
More images from te4be in Second Life
Pete has been pushing ahead with te4be’s venture into the virtual. Our premises are very soon to open. You will be able to click on our book cover to reach an in-world sales outlet, and read the latest ten posts
te4be in Second Life
te4be is now present in Second Life. Click on the picture to see our new, virtual premises more clearly.
te4be in Second Life – latest news
Plans for our Second Life presence are now well-advanced. We will be renting in EduNation III, the third in a series of private island sims in Second Life dedicated to education, research, training, distance and blended learning and development. We
Message from Sophie, the Learning Technologies SIG co-ordinator
Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou has just posted a message which says: “materials from [the] recent event on Interactive Whiteboards are now available in [the] members-only area” of the LT website. To follow shortly – “the new issue of the CALL Review and soon the
LinguaServe in Second Life
LinguaServe, the teaching organisation run by Maurice and Ann Claypole, now use Second Life as an extension of their existing language school. It serves as an additional resource. Their main Second Life location includes a copy of their real life building, complete with roof
Real skills in a Virtual World
At last month’s BESIG conference in Berlin, Brendan Wightman spoke about the English 365 InfoQuests from CUP. His presentation slide generously alluded to the ‘excellent author’ – Barney Barrett! To access Brendan’s Power Point presentation, please visit the BESIG website. There are now many