Items tagged: "teaching online"

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Why it’s Digital Playtime in ELT

Hi everyone, I’m Graham Stanley and my co-author is Kyle Mawer. We’ve written a book called Digital Play : Computer games and language aims for the Delta Teacher Development Series, which will be published shortly. During the next month we’ll be writing for the DELTA Publishing Teacher Development blog. This will also coincide with the 45th [...]

Monday 31 January 2011

Some Pros and Cons of iPads for ELT

Well the iPad has really hit the news in education circles since its release last year. I’m sure lots of teachers are wondering whether it’s hype and what the true potential of these devices are as tools for learners. I’ve had my iPad for about 8 months now, so I’ve decided to share my reflections [...]

Thursday 20 January 2011

Breaking down the walls of the classroom

In this posting I would like to argue that in order for technology to really enhance learning and for learners to achieve their full potential, we need to fundamentally rethink the relationship between learning and the classroom and to rethink the role of the teacher. As things stand at the moment the most common scenario [...]

Sunday 7 November 2010

ELT and the Crisis in Education

In this first blog posting I’d like us to look at some of the major issues that are affecting education at this time and try to examine them in relation to English language teaching and how they may affect it.

Monday 25 October 2010

Teaching Online 5: Five steps to becoming a (good) online tutor

One question that I am often asked is: ´How do I become an online tutor?´ Nowadays, language teachers are increasingly expected to offer online options to their learners. Perhaps your school or institution has asked you to start teaching part of your course online. Perhaps your students themselves would like some of their classes to [...]

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