Delighted to see my article – Making Blended Learning work – appear in IATEFL BESIG 2015 Sitges Conference Selections. Enjoy!
British Council Training event, Lithuania – Handout
Technologies and the Classroom 27 June – 1 July, Palanga, Lithuania This was a great event – so good to run my sessions between input from Russell Stannard and Nik Peachey. Here is the 2-page .pdf HANDOUT  30 Practical ideas for
Article in Modern English Teacher on Sonocent
The history of technology is full of examples of a technology created for one particular purpose and then being used in a wholly different way. Twitter is a well-known example. Created to update parents on their children’s whereabouts in short
Modern English Teacher January 2016
“Do you really need an Interactive whiteboard when teaching EAP?” I was asked this question recently by a colleague whilst teaching on a pre-sessional course at a UK university. It started me thinking about how I use technology and
The perfect blend – article in MET
The perfect blend Pete Sharma English language teaching is in the middle of a paradigm shift – the change from printed materials to digital. In this article, based on my BESIG (Business English Special Interest Group) presentation in Bonn, November
NEW Article Series from OUP – Making the most of technology in business English
NEW Article Series – Making the most of technology in business English Part one – Grammar and Vocabulary With so many digital resources at your fingertips how do you decide which ones to use? In this article series, Pete Sharma
One-month, online course launch: Getting Blended Learning Right
I don’t remember the exact hour of the precise day of which month I got bitten by the Blended Learning bug, but it has been a long and interesting flirtation, through connotation and translation (‘co-existencia’), from platform to platform, and
BETT in a nutshell – a ‘one-minute’ report
BETT in a nutshell – one-minute report Last Friday I went to the BETT (British Education and Training Technology) show at Excel. In a nutshell: It was overwhelming this year – it seems bigger than ever. That meant the queue
iTDi launches new TD modules on using technology
We are delighted to announce the launch of Module 26 in the suite of Teacher Development material from iTDi, entitled: Using digital technology in the classroom Contents 1. An introduction to the digital classroom: theory to practice 2. The Internet
VLEs in Business English
A colleague recently asked me: “Which VLE should I use with my business English students?” This started me thinking that there are, in fact, many ways to support the work that teachers do in the classroom. In this post, I’ll