Pete Sharma Associates

For Pete’s latest article on Blended Learning in the Guardian Weekly, visit:

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Happy reading!

The teacher enters the classroom early and switches on the computer and the electronic projector. The image on the interactive whiteboard flickers on. The students arrive, their Power Point presentations on their memory-sticks, ready to deliver their mini-talks. Juan is late, so the students laughingly compose an e-mail, guided by the teacher, and send it directly to his mobile phone. The lesson begins with the teacher bringing up the BBC web-site and doing a quick prediction activity using the weekend weather forecast. Welcome to the wonderful world of Blended Learning.

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For the rest of this article – please see the current edition of the Guardian Weekly. Or access a link to the online version when available.

Blogs have come a long way since their origins as online journals. Today’s blogs can contain text, photographs, animations and links to other webpages.

Pete’s future article in the EL Gazette will review some blogs in the field of English language teaching.

Watch this space for further details!

What are the implications of adopting a Blended Learning approach for the Director of Studies and the management team of a school?

A current buzz term in ELT is ‘Blended Learning’. The term has actually existed for some time, and has different meanings for different people. This article will focus on one particular definition, and then explore the implications of implementing Blended Learning for the management team of a language school.

For the rest of Pete’s article, see the Management Page of the next edition of the EL Gazette! This page has been sponsored by Macmillan Education, who are currently promoting our new book.

Blended Learning

The most recent article on Blended Learning will be appearing in a forthcoming edition of the Guardian Weekly.

Planned publication date is 16th February 2007.