Pete Sharma Associates

I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Izmir, Turkey last weekend. Hard eating choices – meat or fish? Luckily (like Blended Learning) I managed the best of both worlds.

Thanks to everyone for coming to my talk – here are the References, as promised. References

I’ll be back in Turkey (sponsored by Macmillan) in December for the conference on technology in ELT – really looking forward to it!

Pete

It was really great to meet everyone in Chile last week. I thoroughly enjoyed the sessions covering 40 practical ideas – run in Vina del Mar (Thursday) and Santiago (Friday). On the personal front, it was fabulous to have a chance to take photos in Valparaiso [left].

As promised, here is a Handout with a pdf version of the PowerPoint.

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Hope it’s useful guys! Don’t forget to get your school to buy our new book – there’s 360 more ideas there!!

Hasta ahora…….

Webinar: 400 Ideas for Interactive Whiteboards

Here are all the LINKS  and MATERIALS from today’s webinar:

Download Barney Barrett’s fantastic lesson using Google Earth – Directions giving directions

Watch the authors of 400 Ideas on Macmillan ELT’s YouTube channel

Download a template for generating ideas for use with an IWB template

Read Wayne Trottman’s insightful review of our sumptuous tome http://www.waynetrotman.com/wp/?p=643

Download free updates to Blended Learning http://www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology/books/Blended-Learning.htm

Read out about future IWB webinar from Barbara Gardner on the IATEFL Learning Technology webinars http://ltsig.org.uk/

Find out about the English UK training day on IWBs in London next February http://www.englishuk.com/en/training/training-days

Find out 1 and 2-day training courses in IWBs for ELT from PSA (aka acronym city) http://www.psa.eu.com/training/courses/three-hour-modules

PSA one

PSA two

Visit iTILT Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching http://itilt.eu/

Read a version of the article ’10 things to do with an IWB’ published in Modern English Teacher Vol 19 Number 1 January 2010 IWB

Don’t forget – if you have any post-webinar thoughts or questions, you can always use the Comment box below!

Here’s all the LINKS  and MATERIALS from my conference talk:

Download Barney Barrett’s fantastic lesson using Google Earth – Directions directions

Watch the authors of 400 Ideas on Macmillan ELT’s YouTube channel

Download a template for generating ideas for use with an IWB template

Read Wayne Trottman’ brain-melting review of our sumptuous tome http://www.waynetrotman.com/wp/?p=643

Download free updates to Blended Learning http://www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology/books/Blended-Learning.htm Update 10 on IWBs – coming SOON!

Find out about the IATEFL Learning Technology webinars http://ltsig.org.uk/

Find out about the English UK training day on IWBs in London next February http://www.englishuk.com/en/training/training-days

Find out 1 and 2-day training courses in IWBs for ELT from PSA aka acronym city http://www.psa.eu.com/training/courses/three-hour-modules

PSA one

PSA two

Visit iTILT Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching http://itilt.eu/

Read a version of the article ’10 things to do with an IWB’ published in Modern English Teacher Vol 19 Number 1 January 2010 IWB

STOP PRESS!!!!

How does YOUR country score of Hofstede’s Uncertainty avoidance dimension? Find out here Hofstede

Definitely not flawless but great insights for a lesson on cultural awareness……

What would be in YOUR list of ’10 favourite apps for language learning’? I decided to put a list together in order to run a session on M-learning last week.

In fact, it was a great trip  – driving down through the beautiful Cotswolds in autumn to Linguarama’s residential centre. I couldn’t remember the last time I was there!

It was lovely to see so many familiar faces – thanks to everyone who forgave my ‘memory lapse’ when it comes to names! Folk from days in Finland, Prague, Berlin…..

My list includes an ELT dictionary, Sounds The pronunciation app, Google Goggles and more….I expect the list to change dramatically in the next few weeks as I go to BESIG in Croatia and learn more about the fast-moving world of M-learning….

So, here is the 2-page handout constructed for the session – my current ‘Top 10′: The wonderful world of Apps

Look forward to meeting everyone at Cheney Court again…..soon!

Back from Brighton and BELTE with a stick of Brighton Rock and good memories. I was blown away by some of the graffitti, too!

Thanks to everyone who came to me session – it was great to see so many people!

If you wanted definitions of some of the more evil tech terms, here is a Handout with a suspiciously daunting name. Algorithm

If you wanted a mind-map of technology in ELT – it’s here! New technology in language teaching

If you missed the session, here is the Worksheet

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and here is the Handout.

Handout

Some people were interested in our new IWB one-day and two day training courses - you can access the information on our website. PSA Training days.

In the session, I think I mentioned my IWB SKILLS was lower than my KNOWLEDGE. That’s true! Mind you, there was a slight touch of irony there, too. Interpret the English phrase ”I’m not quite an expert user” as “I’m actually pretty OK using this stuff in most situations”! We are a tad modest, after all. Thanks to Richard Turnbull who was there when the kit started to play up! In the continuing spirit of teacher development, I’m off to Cambridge to deepen my knowledge of IWB use now…..!!!

I hope everyone had a safe journey back from Preston. It was great conference – lots of like-minded people!

Here is the four-page BESIG symposium from the opening plenary: Business English in the Digital Age. Enjoy!

What a great weekend! It all started in Devon….

Thanks to everyone  who came to my session. Wow – so much to get through so we kinda ran out of time!

If you didn’t pick up a Handout with a couple of practical ideas using the IWB from the Macmillan stand afterwards, you can download it here: handout

If you would like the presentations (in a ‘lite’ vesrion i.e. not graphics hungry, then please click below.

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The article – 10 things to do with an Interactive Whiteboard (polite version) – appeared in Modern English Teacher: MET Vol 19 Number 1 January 2010.

Thanks a million to Macmillan for sponsoring this talk, and to the conference organisers.

Afterwards, ma femme et moi explored Devon (Drogo Castle) and Cornwall…..:-)

Thanks to everyone who braved the Sunday morning alarm call and came to the session on Mobile learning at the recent BESIG conference in Bielefeld.

Also, thanks for your ideas which you submitted at the end of the session. These have now gone into the one-page post-session  - downloadable here: M-Learning handout

The handout comprises a selection of definitions for the term M Learning (naturally omitting the suggestion that it stands for Mad Learning ha ha)

It includes hyperlinks to some some iPhone and android apps you thought were ‘sexy’ including the brain-melting Google goggles

And finally a number of practical ideas

Yeesh, talk about fast moving area – since I did the handout yesterday I have discovered that Longman Business English Dictionary is now an app…..yikes, how on earth does one keep up with it all?

OK – off to watch the footie on telly -Madrid vs Barcelona – it’s great when you don’t care who wins……

Many thanks to everyone who came to my sessions in London last Saturday.

As promised, here is a brief, follow-up Handout for the M-Learning session:   Mobile learning

Watch this space – I will be gleaning more practical ideas at my workshop at BESIG next Sunday and will post those on this blog

Re. IWBs – I guess the post session Handout is the book – ha,ha – we have nearly reached the mythical target of 400……

Thanks again and hope you had an enjoyable and useful conference.

OK- off to the airport…..