After 6 years working at the University of Leicester, our former colleague and alumnus (graduated from the MEd Ed Tech and TESOL in 1996), is leaving Leicester to take up the post of Director of the Institute of Learning and Teaching and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of Northampton.
We wish him all the best in his new post.
David has been awarded featured blog of the month by the British Council: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/featured-blogs. See our link in the menu on the right.
As I am also a Manchester Alumnus, I did my MEd at Manchester and also an EdD, I get the regular updates about the great and the good who were once students at Manchester. So, I discover that Benedict Cumberbach (the new Sherlock Holmes on the BBC) is a Manky boy, along with quite a few others.
I am happy that Manchester has many successful well known people amongst its alumni. However, I got to thinking whilst I was in Morocco about all of the names in Tech and TESOL who are Manchester graduates, too. The much quoted Nik Peachey and Graham Stanley are examples, but there are many others who have gone on to have successful careers in the field. We have plenty of well-known bloggers (see right side bar) and we have people like Tony Brace in Japan who has started his own school (see new links in the side bar), colleagues who now work at sister universities in the UK: Aisha Walker.
I’ve decided it’s time to start working to promote our alumni more, so I’m going to try to have a student story of the month. I’d like people to email me their stories and we might try to do some online interviews, too. Watch this space 
Gary Motteram
Posted in The educational technologist
Tagged Educational Technology & TESOL, ICT, MA EdTech & TESOL, TESOL
The next in the LTSIG’s series of webinars takes place this coming Sunday at 10am GMT. See here for the time where you are
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20120219T11&p1=31
SESSION OUTLINE – Implementing ICT in an Institution
There is wide acceptance of the significance of learning technologies in language teaching, but what exactly is required of managers in the support, training and development of teachers in this area? In this webinar, we will identify key steps in helping teachers to become confident users of learning technologies. We will also look at some potential difficulties and constraints which can arise with this type of project as well as some possible solutions.
Come along with some answers to the question above, if you can.
The discussion will be lead by Lauren Brumfield . Lauren has worked in English language teaching and management for 12 years, in Germany, Ireland and Australia. She has worked in various sectors of the industry, including on refugee programs, in Business English corporate training and in private English language colleges. She has worked for Kaplan International College Sydney since 2004 as Head Teacher, Assistant Director of Studies and Director of Studies. Lauren holds the Cambridge DELTA, Trinity Certificate ICT and is currently studying a Masters of Arts in E-Learning at the University of Technology Sydney
Full details and link are here.
http://ltsig.org.uk/online-events/46-future-online-events/230-192-implementing-i
Posted in TESOL, The educational technologist
Tagged Educational Technology & TESOL, IATEFL, ICT, TESOL
Today sees the start of the Learning Technology Special Interest Group (LTSIG) of IATEFL Event in Marrakech, Morocco. You can catch up with all the detail on the LTSIG website and follow the event live via this Adobe Connect Room: http://
conference).
You can also see more links from the IATEFL Group on Facebook.
Posted in TESOL, The educational technologist
Tagged Conferences, Educational Technology & TESOL, IATEFL, ICT
The 5th International Symposium on Digital Technologies in Foreign Language Learning will be held on 31st March 2012.
Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Japan
Keynote Speaker: Professor James Paul Gee (Arizona State University, USA)
Call for Papers: 10th November 2011 – 31st January 2012
Contact: Dr Mark Peterson (digitalkyoto@gmail.com) Dr Michael Thomas (mthomas4@uclan.ac.uk)
Webpage: http://digitallanguagelearning.wikispaces.com
Call for Papers
Abstracts of no more than 250 words are now being accepted on the following or related themes:
Proposals will be accepted in the following categories: papers (20 minutes); poster sessions (ongoing); workshops (40 minutes). Abstracts should be sent to: digitalkyoto@gmail.com by no later than 31st January 2012. Successful participants will be notified of acceptance by 7th February 2012.
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Tagged Conferences, digital, Educational Technology & TESOL, ICT, TESOL
Just discovered this online journal to do with language teching and technology. It appears to have been going since 2001 and has lots of interesting people on its editorial board.
Gary Motteram
The Learning Technologies Special Interest Group (SIG), the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English (MATE) and The British Council, Morocco are pleased to announce the 1st International Conference of ICT in Education in Marrakech, Morocco from 8th-11th February 2012.
The CALL for papers is available on the LTSIG website. The cut off date for proposals is 16th December.
This will be an exciting and interesting event, taking place in North Africa at a time of momentous change, make sure that you can say that you were there!
Gary Motteram
Event Organiser for the LTSIG.
Posted in General links, TESOL, The educational technologist
Tagged Conferences, EdTech, Educational Technology & TESOL, IATEFL, ICT, TESOL
‘Online context-related and critical thinking materials for the ESOL classroom’
by The British Council ESOL Nexus Team
‘Evaluating classroom materials is something we do everyday as ESOL tutors. However, with a shift from paper-based to internet resources there are new questions to ask of what we use and what will work with our learners. Presented by ESOL resource specialists from the British Council’s ESOL Nexus team, this workshop will take a critical look at the issues raised by the use of the internet in the ESOL classroom. In the workshop you will have the opportunity to apply what you learn to evaluating some selected web materials and relate this to the contexts within which you teach. An online CPD Module will soon be available, which will allow you to explore some of the issues covered in the workshop in greater depth.’
Additional information with be posted on the NATESOL website at www.natesol.org
Thursday, 8th December, 2011
5.30pm – Registration. 6 -6.15pm – Start..
Venue:
The British Council
Bridgewater House
58 Whitworth Street
Manchester M1 6BB
Pre-registration is required with Jonathan Nicolson at jtnicolson@hotmail.co.uk or 0161 789 4970.
NATESOL’s programme consists of 6 sessions during the academic year.
* Individual membership per year: £10 – Free attendance at each session
* Institutional membership per year: £50.
* Non-members pay £4 per session, concession £3
To renew your membership, become a new member, or just receive information about future sessions, then please contact:
Jonathan Nicolson at 6 Stafford Rd. Eccles. jtnicolson@hotmail.co.uk or 0161 789 4970.
Posted in TESOL, The educational technologist
Tagged Educational Technology & TESOL, ICT, TESOL
LT SIG Webinars
Online seminars for teachers interested in technology
The Learning Technologies SIG will be holding regular online workshops (or ‘webinars’) which are open to the general public. These webinars will take place in the online video conferencing platform (Adobe Connect) and last approximately one hour. The webinars feature well-known and experienced practitioners talking about technology in English language teaching, and are of interest to all teachers.
More detail here: http://www.ltsig.org.uk/online-events.html
Gary Motteram
Posted in General links, The educational technologist
Tagged Educational Technology & TESOL, IATEFL, ICT, technology, TESOL
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