World of Work virtual conference – Cambridge
Sunday, 23rd May 2010Did you miss it? Fret not....you can now view it by folloing this link on the UCLES site.
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Did you miss it? Fret not....you can now view it by folloing this link on the UCLES site.
Pre Conference event – Bielefeld
Sunday, 23rd May 2010Looks like a great day is being lined up in advance of BESIG this autumn in the vicinity of Bielefeld.... Event 1: Gavin Dudeney on Digital Literacies Event 2: Pete Sharma on Business English materials in the digital age Event 3: Rita Baker on Business English training: the need to shift from outside-in to ...
Cambridge World of Work virtual conference
Tuesday, 11th May 2010Details of tomorrow's event are up on the Cambridge ESOL website. Looking forward to driving over there tomorrow....
Mind Maps in Business English – new e-lesson
Wednesday, 5th May 2010The latest business English e-lesson has just been uploaded by Macmillan. It is on Mind mapping. You can down load the latest lesson here: Mind maps in business English.
English UK Business English Trainers’ Conference
Tuesday, 20th April 2010Just found the complete programme is on the web. This event is being held at IH in London on Saturday 8th May 16.10 – 17.00: Closing Plenary: New Technology and Business English - Pete Sharma (Macmillan Education) This session will be a critical analysis of the impact of new technology on the field of ...
EL Gazette Reviews in brief – disclaimer
Thursday, 8th April 2010Wow! What a FANTASTIC closing sentence to the review of Networking in English in the EL Gazette... and NO, I didn't write it....honestly, such narcissism and selfpraise would be unworthy of me.... enjoying the multiple tweets of the audience at the IATEFL opening plenary....and looking forward to a fantabulosa day....:-)
Mark Powell & Pete Sharma: Certificate in International Business English Training
Saturday, 27th March 2010MARK POWELL & PETE SHARMA English UK / Trinity College London Certificate in International Business English Training (ENGLISH UK/TRINITY Cert IBET) 28 September – 6 October 2010 at I.L.I. in Budapest - Gödöllő, Hungary On Mark's well-established course, there will be one day's input on technology in business English. For more details, visit: Teacher Training, Hungary
BESIG, Poznan
Saturday, 21st November 2009Enjoying this great conference - maybe because the sessions I've chosen have all delivered, maybe because you can get water and coffee whenever you need it...or just catching up with old friends - anyway, a great day.....and congrats to PSA's Paul East on being voted joint BESIG co-ordinator with Marjorie ...
First Virtual Round Table Conference
Friday, 30th October 2009Looking forward to joining the discussion November 12 at the online conference dedicated to "Language learning with Technology". See: http://virtual-round-table.ning.com/events 7pm to 8pm Panelists: Pete Sharma, PSA Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E Shaun Wilden, IH World Holly Longstroth, LANCELOT School
International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society
Sunday, 4th October 2009New special edition has just been published on the web. This edition looks at New technologies. Visit: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hosting/ijets/ijets/ Articles include: Blending Learning in a Web 2.0 World Authors: Gary Motteram & Pete Sharma Abstract This article explores the role that Web 2.0 technologies can play in enhancing language learning development in a blended world. ...
Plenary LABCI – Buenos Aires
Friday, 18th September 2009It was a great experience to do the plenary last Friday morning. Click below for: a graphics-lite version of the PowerPoint the References and some web links on a one-page handout If there's anything else anyone wishes to follow up, please just mail!
London Language Show
Monday, 17th August 2009Details of Pete's session on Interactive whiteboards at the London Language show are now available.
Macmillan – PSA Digital Days
Friday, 1st May 2009Wondering how to use an Interactive whiteboard? Or how to exploit podcasts, blogs and wikis in the language classoom? Join us for one of our three UK Digital Days in May. Brighton, Edinbirgh and Bournemouth. Barney and myself, aka. the dynamic duo, will soon be in Edinburgh. For more information, please visit Macmillan worldwide.
Pecha Kucha evening – IATEFL Cardiff
Saturday, 18th April 2009You can now see my most schizophrenic moment, the Jekyll and Hyde Pecha Kucha presentation at IATEFL Cardiff. The presentation starts (roughly) at 56 minutes. Rumours that I took of my shirt at the end are true. Thanks to the great people at IATEFL on-line who made the on-line event ...
Guest writer – British Council BBC
Thursday, 9th April 2009I am delighted to be this month's Guest writer on the British Council BBC Teaching English website Do take a peek.
Webinar
Wednesday, 8th April 2009Phew! What a fantastic experience this morning - thanks to all who attended and the tech guys who made it possible. Sorry if you lost the connection - the good news is that it will be archived shortly! will blog the address.....
IATEFL Cardiff
Friday, 3rd April 2009Greetings from the conference. Thanks to everyone who came to the New Inside Out Digital session - it wa a cracker. Huge thanks to Claire Sparkes for her IWB skills and to everyone in the team who helped make it a success.... Rumours are that the Pecha Kucha eve is going up ...
Interactive phonemic chart
Saturday, 14th March 2009It was nice to see some of the plans and ideas on the new interactive phonemic chart being demonstrated by Adrian Underhill at TESOL in Seville this afternoon. He used his finger on a Smart board to pull down various symbols from the chart to make the word 'ice cream' ...
Guided Lecture programme
Thursday, 12th March 2009Hi. If anyone attending yesterday´s Blended Learning lecture wishes to download the Power Point, I suggest that you go to the last blog entry, click on the link to Macmillan English House and then click on the three Power Point presentataions. These will give you the same information (and more). ...
Wireless ready symposium, Nagoya
Tuesday, 6th January 2009The programme for this exciting event in February is now available on the conference website.