PSA are just back from a successful trip to Manchester!Pete attended four days of sessions - more anon. Byron was our man at the Materials Writing SIG Pre-conference event.I don't attend IATEFL myself, but there are some good things recorded that are accessible on the conference web site. I thought I would put together a list … Continue reading IATEFL 2015 recordings
Social
Will be tweeted to Pete’s Twitter account.
Creating screencasts
We rarely write about software on this blog, but I am currently in the process of creating some screencasts for online training material. I tried several free applications, such as Jing, to produce the videos, but they were all so restricted in some way, or difficult to use, that I was starting to wonder how … Continue reading Creating screencasts
FECEI report
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was attending this conference in Madrid this weekend (9 February 2013) in person, and Pete was hoping to do his presentation from a computer in Argentina. I was very much hoping that everything worked, as doing somebody else's presentation is not easy. The night before the conference, … Continue reading FECEI report
TESOL Spain 2013
Our proposal has been accepted for TESOL Spain! The event is titled “Teaching with Technology and the Human Touch” and Kevin and Byron will be making a contribution entitled “Producing Materials for Blended Learning: Including the Individual". It is scheduled for 9am on the Saturday. Seville is one of my favourite places, so I am … Continue reading TESOL Spain 2013
New competition
Our next newsletter will be coming out soon. In the meantime, you can take part in our latest competition by going to the competition page and giving us a response to the question there. The page is here.
Authentic materials and technology
Pete and I were in Stuttgart on Saturday giving a one-day training day on how to use technology to enhance the use of authentic materials in an in-company teaching environment. It was a challenging day for us, not least because 83 trainers registered for the event! These were all trainers for kmp, based in Sindelfingen, … Continue reading Authentic materials and technology
Virtual Round Table
On Sunday I am making my second appearance at the Virtual Round Table organised by Heike Philp and her excellent team. There were a couple of IT issues last time that meant this is really my third appearance as I ended up repeating the talk last time. I think the technology has become reliable enough … Continue reading Virtual Round Table
Workshop – Stuttgart
We THINK the workshop has started well. Scary! Enjoying leading people into fog (what is a VLE? cuisenaire rods? dogme or DOGMA?) Then pouring light into their lives......ha ha
Smartphone apps
I seemed to spend most of this Saturday driving around central southern England with a car full of often sleeping passengers. I often do some effective thinking in such situations, and this time my mind turned to smartphone apps. My mobile phone contract runs out in June, and I am looking forward to replacing my … Continue reading Smartphone apps
First newsletter out
As mentioned by Pete 3 days ago, the newsletter is ready and I have just pressed the button to send it out. We hope you like it. There is a report from Pete about BETT, some information about various projects, updates on events, and an invite to join us in our LinkedIn group. We hope … Continue reading First newsletter out