I have suddenly realised that autumn is full of trips…starting next week with IATEFL Poland. It’ll be great to re-visit Warsaw – the first time I was there it was dark and cold and I had flu’ and drank medicinal
The Learning Technologies Page – BESIG Issues Autumn 2011
Mr. Postman has just delivered my copy of the latest BESIG Issues The Learning Technologies page In this edition of BESIG Issues, The Learning Technologies page explores one of the key issues raised at the recent BESIG conference plenary session
In Search of the Lost IWB
In Search of the Lost Chord IW board All I want for Christmas summer is to teach with an IWB. I was quite pleased with my first room on pre-sessionals. I cannot grumble – I had an IWB. It was
101 Practical Teaching Ideas
Hi to everyone I met in Brazil and an apology for the delay in posting! Click to download the PPT-lite version of the Workshop 101 Practical Teaching ideas run at the ACBEU and alumni conferences practical_ideas-lite Click to download the Word
Plenary sessions – Salvador and Sao Paulo
Whao – I’m slowly beginning to recover from my amazing trip to (bold beautiful brash brain-melting) Brazil. It was great to do the plenary sessions, firstly at ACBEU in Salvador, and then at alumni in Sao Paulo. Thanks to the
Blended Learning – University of Guadalajara
Margarita says – “Innovative way of learning”. We are all enjoying (I think) the experience!
NATESOL Manchester – technology track
oooooooo – just discovered there’s a ‘Technology’ track at this weekend’s NATESOL conference in Salford. In Session 1, RICHARD GRESSWELL is looking at making and sharing video clips by young adult ESOL learners In Session 2, JESSICA FRYE is looking
Macmillan Dictionary Blog
The final week of Business English month on the Macmillan Dictionary blog starts with a guest post by Pete Sharma aka moi, which starts: I was delighted to be asked to deliver the opening plenary at the BESIG (Business English
BESIG Issues Summer 2011 Issue 78
I was leafing through my copy of ‘Throw Off Your Clothes And Live’. I buy it for the chess problem … … Sorry, with apologies to Kenneth Horne, I’ll start that blog post again I was leafing through my copy
Symposium – Madrid
What a fantastic symposium in Madrid! Huge thanks to our wonderful sponsors (Hitachi and Macmillan Spain) and our hosts. The venue – the 41st floor, British Embassy – was spectacular. Over the next few days, we will post photos of