Monthly Archives: July 2009

My personal Review of the E-Teachers Conference

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Although I am the initiator of the E-Teachers Conference I would like to share  my personal point of view of the evening mixed up with some comments I got in chats and via email. Let me start with a general … Continue reading →

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A new Life for old Content – Thoughts on Syndication Part 1

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Imagine you sold a product for decades and decades and it sold really well, and I mean brilliantly. Imagine you wake up one morning and suddenly no one seems to care about your product anymore. In the past couple of … Continue reading →

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italki.com brings back and old friend: the Language Marketplace

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

The title of the latest italki Press release is quite a statement: italki Partners with Eleutian to Offer US‐Certified Teachers and SpeakENG Content “Powered by Pearson®” Pearson, does it ring a bell? Exactly, Pearson announced a partnership with Livemocha a … Continue reading →

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The Learning Approach of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Based on my blog post why Learning Communities are the most efficient way of learning right now I made a Screen Cast about the Learning Approaches of Digitial Natives compared to Digital Immigrants and what effect this should have on … Continue reading →

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The Proof that Language Learning Communities are the most efficient way of learning right now

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning. This is the title of a report published by the U.S. Department of Education. I think it is a must read for online education companies although it was made for K-12 education in … Continue reading →

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Myngle and LANCELOT School announce joint Scholarship

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Now this is big news for every teacher on Myngle who really wants to take his or her online teaching to the next level. Myngle offers a joint scholarship with LANCELOT School.

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E-Teachers Conference – ETCon

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Just finished a talk with Bernhard Niesner, Co-Founder of busuu.com about the E-Teachers Conference. He told me that he did not know about it because I did not mention it in my blog. Funny, I did not even realize that … Continue reading →

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Fuze Meeting – Online Lessons on iPhone and Blackberry?

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

This is a guest post of my dear friend and colleague Aniya aka TheEnglishTeacher. ____________________ Fuze meeting is an online web tool that lets you host meetings (and of course lessons, need be) so what, you say, well the interesting … Continue reading →

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How to not use Twitter

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Sometimes I get suprised by somebody I thought he could not suprise me anymore. After the “Hot Teacher” Affaire followed by the “Toilet Man” Fiasco I thought Myngle would have learned how not to do marketing. Today I received the … Continue reading →

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Myngle is nominated for the Europas

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

As these are the first Europas of TechCrunch in Europe I can understand that not everything is working at 100%. But adding companies at the last days of voting seems a bit odd to me. Yesterday Myngle was added to … Continue reading →

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