The IATEFL LT-SIG pre-conference event is full! I’m really delighted to join Shaun Wilden in opening (and closing) the day. Focussing on Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), it promises to be a fantastic event! Here’s the line-up: The
A brief history of the IATEFL LTSIG
The IATEFL Learning Technologies Special Interest Group has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, prompting a moment of retrospection. Much has changed over the years – most notably the size of the SIG, which now claims around 500 members, and its
New blog post from Linguarama
How do you store the new words and phrases you meet on your language course? Many students write down their new words in a notebook, along with a translation. However, it can be difficult to find the words you record
CALL Review
I am enjoying a sneak preview of the latest CALL Review. It’s a bumper edition…. Funny that Russell Stannard writes about Jing, as just this week I downloaded the free version and am trying it out at home. There’s an
CALL REVIEW
The latest CALL Review has just been uploaded to the IATEFL learning technologies SIG website. It has an article from PSA Director, Byron Russell and the creator of this very site, Barney Barrett. Here are the contents: Now for something
CALL Review
I am currently editing the Winter 2009 – 2010 CALL Review. It’s a cracking edition! PSA’s very own Byron Russell kicks off with a look at the future for ELT publishers. Valentina Dodge has contributed an exhilarating article on English 360.
CALL Review
I am delighted to say that the latest CALL Review is now available on the IATEFL website. It includes the following articles: The future has arrived: a new era in electronic dictionaries – Michael Rundell Blended Learning and Current Thinking
CALL Newsletter – Spring 2008
The latest CALL Newsletter has just been uploaded to the Learning Technologies SIG website. It’s a cracking issue, even though I say so myself (showing editorial unbias) with articles on: Second Life / InfoQuests / video and new media / YouTube
CALL Review
 I am exploring a desk-top publishing package from Serif in preparation for editing the next CALL Newsletter. So, please send your articles, book reviews, hardware and software reviews, interviews, conference reports, letters, announcements, advertisements, opinions, to me at: pete.sharma@ btopenworld. com
Learning Technologies SIG Newsletter
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