One of the most popular sessions on the PSA Blended Learning courses is on how to make your own podcasts. Recording and editing voice is straightforward. Adding music is also easy to learn. However, the question that arises with music
Tools for the 21st Century Teacher: free eBook
Came across this free eBook from Michael Zimmer. Thanks to Chris Stanzer for the original tweet, and the free technology for teachers website.
Blended Learning – 8th update available
We are delighted to say that the next update for Blended learning is now available This focuses firstly on M-Learning – mobile learning – and then provides a practical, step-by-step guide on how to upload videos to the popular website
Interactive whiteboards and learning curves
So, interactive whiteboards!! This is a subject that both Pete and I have brought up on this blog and is an important element in both the Blended Learning book and PSA‘s Blended Learning training weekends. In fact, even as I
Wordle again
A slow day at Stratford resulted in everyone playing around with Wordle. Here’s a great idea that came from Mark: At the end of a lesson with – especially – lower level learners, grab a couple of sentences from the
Blended Learning – update 6
The latest update to our book has just been uploaded to the Macmillan website. It looks at the mimio, New Inside Out Digital and the new on-line Macmillan English Dictionary. Enjoy – it is completely free to download!
Something extra from TED.com
I wrote about TED.com, in an earlier post which you can read here. This website, which contains a huge archive of presentations from luminaries and experts in a variety of fields, has added someting which will make it even more
"The times, they are a-changin’….."
Using interactive whiteboards in the language classroom Pete Sharma In some countries, no child can go through the state education system without being taught by teachers who have access to an interactive whiteboard (IWB); in others, using an IWB is
BESIG Newsletter
In the Learning Technologies page, Barney Barrett looks at two exciting developments in the world of electronic dictionaries. Then, Pete Sharma shares his experiences of ‘process writing’, based on his involvement in authoring some of the multimedia content of The
Webinar
Macmillan have now made the webinar available to download for people to view on their iPod/iPhone. They can also watch an edited version that streams right on the webpage. The direct link for this is here: http://www.macmillanenglish.com/Course.aspx?id=43864. You can also