Category Archives: Interactive whiteboard

Become (more of) a Webhead with free online training

Posted on 03/01/2010 by alexcase

with TESOL’s Electronic Village Online project, no less. Registration starts tomorrow and finishes on 10 January, so get there and get signed up. I was just about to sign on for Become a Webhead, Online games for ESL/EFL and/ or … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, Distance learning, Interactive whiteboard, links, online games, Teacher associations, Teacher training, Technology, TESOL | 1 Comment

What was the biggest change in TEFL in the Noughties?

Posted on 21/12/2009 by alexcase

If you’d asked me in 1999, I probably would’ve predicted that Task Based Learning was going to take over the TEFL world, for better or worse. What a damp squib that turned out to be, with apparently even Cutting Edge … Continue reading →

Posted in British Council, Dogme, Electronic dictionaries, ELT publishing, Humanistic language teaching, IELTS, Interactive whiteboard, International House, Pilgrims, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Thailand, teaching online, Technology, TEFL blogs, TEFL in the UK, Twitter, Wall Street | 10 Comments

Completely meaningless TEFL research results Part One

Posted on 09/11/2009 by alexcase

I was recently discussing whether there was research to show that using an IWB (interactive whiteboard) does/ does not  lead to increased learning. Here is how I have decided to use those research results once they are finally clear: 1. Because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Mass ELT, Interactive whiteboard, Technology, TEFL | 9 Comments

New TEFL articles etc April 2009

Posted on 23/04/2009 by alexcase

No messing, no pointless attempts at humour (for once), just links to more serious stuff I’ve been publishing elsewhere: 15 ways of combining listening and reading – LINK FIXED 15 fun activities for practising a, an and the – LINK FIXED The … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Classroom routines, Determiners and articles, Ending lessons, Grammar, Grammar games, Interactive whiteboard, Learner motivation, links, Listening, Mixed ability classes, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Reading, reported speech, Skills, Staging, Teaching mixed level classes, Teaching young learners, Technology, TEFL, TEFL games, Using a whiteboard, Usingenglish | 6 Comments

Copyright and the TEFL teacher

Posted on 05/04/2009 by alexcase

I had a thought provoking email from one of the TEFL.net book reviewers last week. When I told them to “not rush the review and try the book out in class as much as they like”, they came back with … Continue reading →

Posted in copyright, ELT publishing, Interactive whiteboard, Materials, Self-study materials, Technology, TEFL, Using authentic texts, video | 5 Comments

I’ll believe in technology in the classroom when… Part three

Posted on 20/09/2007 by alexcase

I’ll believe in technology in the classroom when… … interactive whiteboards tell the students to stop misbehaving when your back is turned

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