Monthly Archives: June 2009

Busuu and Babbel are nominated for the European TechCrunch Awards

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

The two european based language learning communities Busuu.com (Spain) and Babbel.com (Germany) are nominated in different categories at the Europas, the european TechCrunch Awards in London. I will be there, too and hope to get some “insider info” out of … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Guy #3 and the Power of Crowd Sourcing

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

This week Livemocha.com reached the astonishing mark of 3.000.000 members, adding the last 1.000.000 in less than 5 month! They also added 12 additional languages and are now offering courses in 22 languages. What makes this platform so successful?

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busuu.com won a Silver Lion in Cannes!

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

When I opened my feed reader today I was astonished to read the following news: busuu.com won a Silver Lion in Cannes. What? Are they doing independent movies these days, did I miss something? But then I realized they won … Continue reading →

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New Busuu Flashcard Widget

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Ok, today I will try something new. During the development of the workshops and courses for the E-Teachers Academy I got into screen casts as a very nice method to show people directly on their screen what I want to … Continue reading →

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All You Can Eat at eduFire

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Today I got an email from the “Colonel” introducing the new eduFire “All You Can Eat Learn Menu” at the amazing price of $29! Jon told me already quite a while ago about it and now I am really interested … Continue reading →

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Smartphones and E-Learning

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Today is a historic day in many ways. There is the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, the 25th anniversary of Tetris and the launch of the Palm Pre Smartphone in the USA. I am thinking for quite … Continue reading →

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