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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Partnerships, Partnerships, Partnerships
For a long time I did not cover all the new partnerships that were made in the education 2.0 sector. One reason for this is the huge amount of new companies which enter the game. Really exciting times but nevertheless … Continue reading
Some thoughts on Second Life
Since the first ETCon back in July Second Life, or SL as the cool cats refer to it , has been an ever upcoming issue on my agenda. There seems to be a virus that especially infects ESL teachers and … Continue reading
Sclipo – The Other Platform Model
This week I had the pleasure talking to Christopher Grant, Senior Vice President of Barcelona, Spain, located startup Sclipo. The company was founded in late 2006 as an educational video sharing platform as you might have guessed from the name … Continue reading
First Look At… – lenguajero.com
On my daily surf through the web I came across this fairly new language learning community called lenguajero.com. What immediately caught my eye is the fact that they “only” offer language exchange between Spanish and English speakers. That’s what I … Continue reading
Posted in First Look At...
Tagged english, language learning community, lenguajero, spanish
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eduFire launches Business Channel
15 Entrepreneurs to Get You Inspired is the title of the email I received a couple of minuts ago. This is really big news. After receiving a $1.3 million dollar funding eduFire is kicking it off again. They launched an … Continue reading
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First Look At… – Mingoville.com
Nice coincidence. Today I got a new Twitter follower called @Mingoville. When I checked out their website I was quite amazed. Mingoville.com is a free online community plus virtual world for kids to learn English. A great use of Social … Continue reading
#Edchat 09-22 Social Media in our Society and Education
Today on the #Edchat poll there are two topics rivalring closely in popularity and votes . The good thing is that I think they are related to one another, so I would like to cover both questions in this post.
Twitter for Teachers Workshop – Review and Additional Links
Last wednesday WiZiQ organized a mini workshop about Twitter for Teachers. They invited Enza Antenos-Conforti (@iVenus), Alexandre Enklerli (@enkerli) and myself to give some presentations about how teachers can use microblogging. It was a great event and I learned a … Continue reading
Posted in In the Spotlight
Tagged alexandre enklerli, enkerli, enza antenos-conforti, ivenus, teachers, twitter, wiziq, workshop
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Back to 16th Century Teaching!
This morning I read a very interesting article in the NY Times. [...] Education moved from a bespoke craft to a more industrial approach. [...] [...] Still, one-to-one tutoring is the learning method proven time and again to sharply improve … Continue reading
Exclusive Preview of the new Livemocha Active English Course
On Wednesday I was kindly invited by Clint Schmidt, VP of Marketing and Product to have a first private sneak peak preview of the new Pearson powered Livemocha Active English course. Livemocha and Pearson announced a partnership back in March … Continue reading
