A selection of the weblinks Pete collected during his session in Ulm, Germany early this month can be seen here.
Voicethread
Nik Peachey is doing some very interesting things with Voicethread – a tool which allows users to create online presentations using their own images, the addition of audio or written text, and the possibility for other people to leave audio
Financial e-lesson
Financial crisis! that’s not my life, (well….) but the title of the latest e-lesson from Macmillan. As promised at last weekend’s ESP conference in ULM, this one has a financial flavour…. You can download the lesson from: E-lesson Profitable teaching!
Sony digital dictaphones, mp3s and Windows Vista
A slightly technical blog entry. At the school where I work we use digital dictaphones to record learners in the classroom and to record pronunciation models. These are then transferred to a computer to be played back through headphones or
ESP conference – Ulm
Many thanks to everyone who came to the session ‘Technology in ESP’ I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did delivering it! Enjoy the links – you can access these from the home page of this web-site, or
English Teaching Matters
Many thanks to Karen Richardson for her review of our latest book – Blended Learning – in English Teaching Matters Volume 8 Number 3 Autunm 2007 ISSN 1862-4626 Also in this edition – Kevin Westbrook on Blended Learning and VLEs,
New: article in Modern English Teacher
Blended Learning and ELT I spent a long time last year researching exactly what the term ‘Blended Learning’ means. I came to realise that it has different meanings for different people. Many terms in ELT, such as authentic and task,
Latest E-lesson on fashion in the workplace
If you have always fancied doing a lesson on style and fashion at work, now’s your chance! Visit: E-lesson on style to download the latest e-lesson from Macmillan………..enjoy!
Blended Learning – update 2
We are delighted to say that the second update of our Blended Learning book is available on the Macmillan web-site. The two-page .pdf is free and available at Update number 2 The update looks at the e-beam, the Second Life
BESIG Business Issues
The latest copy of BESIG Business Issues has just been published. As usual, you can find our New Technologies page – this time looking at the new Longman business English dictionary on CD-ROM. Many thanks to Karen Richardson for her