November 2009 Blog Posts (16)

Pecha Kucha

Fri 13 November 2009, 9:30pm GMT

A Pecha Kucha is a speedy presentation technique which originated 2003 in Japan and has since taken on a world-tour and todate Pecha Kucha nights are taking place regularily in 250+ cities around the world. What is still relatively new though is to hold Pecha Kuchas live online in a virtual classroom. Kudos to all presenters who had the courage to do so and you will agree,…

Panel discussion

Fri 13 November 2009, 7pm GMT

Closing panel with 4 panelists who combine a total of more than a century of experience in language learning with technology.

Panelists (in alphabetical order):

Graham Davies

Ton Koenraad

Duane Sider

Vance Stevens…

Online presentation

Fri 13 November 2009, 5pm

LiVE is an acronym for Learning in a Virtual Environment. It is a role-playing game designed to teach English as the player progresses through - and learns about – Sydney, Australia. It works as a tool for ESL facilitators worldwide, by promoting independent learning through the use of a storyline, supported by wikis and…

Online presentation

Fri 13 November 2009, 4pm GMT

"Learn languages with online videos"

* practical and realistic

* user-friendly and entertaining

* multimedia and interactive

* flexible and personalized

* effective and affordable…

Online Presentation

Fri 13 November 2009, 11:20am GMT

Half a million people in the world now understand English better thanks to VOICEbooks, one of the best-selling multimedia language-learning applications of all time.



The VOICEbook Player is a media player…

Online Presentation

Fri 13 November 2009, 10:30am GMT

Online Presentation

Fri 13 November 2009, 10am GMT

Lernen Sie die, seit über 3 Jahren aktive DaF Community kennen. Sie besteht aus DaF-Lehrenden aus ganz Europa und darüber hinaus und trifft sich um:

• Erfahrungen auszutauschen
• selbst Erfahrungen für den…

Panel discussion

Fri 13 November 2009, 7am GMT

This panel is all about Twitter

Panelists (in alphabetical order):

Burcu Akyol, Turkey

Graham Stanley, British Council

Karenne Sylvester, Kalinago English

Shelly Terrell, Teacher Reboot Camp

Peter Travis, flo-joe.co.uk

Moderation: Holly Longstroth…

Thu 12 November 2009, 7pm GMT (World Time)

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Panelists (in alphabetical order):

Gavin Dudeney, The…

Panel Discussion

Thu 12 November 2009, 7pm GMT

Panelists (in alphabetical order):

Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E

Heike Philp, LANCELOT School GmbH

Pete Sharma, Pete Sharma Associates

Shaun Wilden, IH World

Moderation: Marina Petrovic…

Online presentation

Phase-6, an ingenious vocabulary trainer. Guaranteed long-term retention.

Lars Gyorvari…

Panel Discussion

Thu 12 November 2009,2pm GMT

This panel brings together those who have done exactly that, namely they have invented the future.



Panelists (in alphabetical order):

Stefan Booy, Myngle

Gary Motteram, University of Manchester

Shiv Rajetan, LanguageLab

Duane Sider, Rosetta Stone

Moderation Valentina Dodge, English 360…

Online Presentation

Thu 12 November 11:30am GMT

Oxford English Testing offers resources which will unlock your teaching time and make testing quick and easy at the same time.

You can do the following tasks online:

• Assign placement and…

Presentation and Tour at the 1st Virtual Round Table Conference

Thu 12 November 2009, 10:45am GMT

AVALON is a 2-year funded project aimed at exploring language learning in virtual worlds with one of the results of the project being scenarios for teaching and learning a language as well as a training course for language…

Thu 12 November 2009, 10am GMT

Thu 12 November 2009, 9:30am GMT

Founded in 1994, digital publishing is a pioneer in computer-based language training. The company provides award winning corporate language training services that help to improve the business communication skills of a global workforce. Over 500 corporate clients and 5 million students…