A Dream Upon Waking (writing a PhD proposal, pt.1)
God it’s hard to write a PhD proposal! After reading about the topics of Digital Literacy and teacher development for a little while now, attending and presenting at conferences, talking to colleagues...
View ArticleUpcoming presentation – HE staff engagement with digital tech
Hello, Just got news from the LLAS that my presentation proposal for the Edinburgh conference has been accepted. Couldn’t be happier! Now I’ve got to start collecting that data. The conference is...
View ArticleSession resources: ‘Working with Video in the Language Classroom’– 28th Feb 2012
Hello, On this page you will find all the resources you’ll need when attending the “Working with video in the Language Classroom” workshop on 28th February 2012, organised by FILTA and MMU. Working...
View ArticleAnother reason to love Twitter
Being here and there at the same time. Today is Saturday. I’ve just been out to the buy some vegetables, had my shoes mended and I’m now doing the laundry. Oh, also, I’m attending a couple of...
View ArticleGreat design for easy learning
Once in a while when using a device of some kind, you need to learn a new functionality. It was the case for me the other day when Apple updated the iPhone operating system iOS to version 5.1. Changes...
View ArticleGetting feedback – writing a PhD proposal, pt.2
About six weeks ago, I published a post called A Dream Upon Waking (writing a PhD proposal, pt.1) where I started describing the (slow) process of writing my PhD proposal. I was delighted to receive...
View ArticleA fresh start
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while. And the longer I wait, the more difficult it seems to get back into writing. My last post dates back to April so it’s more than time I resumed my …...
View ArticleiPad tip: how to store videos on an SD card
iPads tend to come with rather limited storage (16BG to 64GB) and Apple places strict restrictions limiting the use of external storage devices such as USB sticks, SD cards and hard drives. So what do...
View ArticleGiving screencasting a thought
Following a session I gave on Friday on Using video in language teaching, I had an interesting conversation with some colleagues about screencasting. As most of you probably know, screencasting (which...
View ArticleBring your own vocab’
Hi! – Thanks for reading! Apologies for being so quiet over the past few months. This first year in my new job (well, not so new anymore) has been keeping me very busy. That’s something I should...
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