Don’t we all love the new web? Whether you call it web 2.0 or social networking, it’s great because usually it’s easy, interactive, collaborative, and creative. Usually you don’t have to even download anything. Best of all, it’s free.
Well, it’s common wisdom that nothing is really free. Or at least not once it has left [...]

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Hello everyone, so I am finally sitting down and writing my first post for LLU. Barbara and Erin, thanks again for having me here on your wonderful blog.
Always tricky to write the first post. I’m planning to write about new technology, software, and certainly new gadgets. All of those will relate in some way to [...]

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When someone asks me what I do, I have a hard time answering them. My job title is Educational Technology Specialist, and I do sometimes call myself a technologist. But what do either of those labels mean? The latter is a catch-all term that accurately matches the vagary of what I do on any given [...]

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During LLU#11 I mentioned to Jan the idea of using (recorded) Skype calls as assessment tools for language learning. I thought it might be helpful to give a couple of examples.
For my students final project (on a topic of their choosing) they were asked to post their research, questions, ideas in their blogs. [...]

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One of the little gems in the pile of books forming to the left of my bedside table is this one: Putt’s Law and the Successful Technocrat. Originally printed in 1981, it has been re-printed and re-titled (add: How to Win in the Information Age)… but the maxims it contains are truly timeless.
Among them:
Putt’s Law: [...]

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