Monthly Archives: December 2009

Merry Christmas to all my Readers!

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Thank you all so much for the support and friendship through the past year. My best wishes for you and your families. Take care.

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Livemocha secures another $8 Million in Series B Funding

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Just when you think you can start with the recap post of the year TechCrunch reports that the online language learning community Livemocha has secured another $8 Million USD in series B funding. This sums up to a total of … Continue reading →

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It’s not about You or Why we need a new Mindset

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Social Media has changed the way we interact with each other forever. We are living in a totally different world than maybe two years ago and the end of this social shift is not even at sight. But most of … Continue reading →

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Christmas Presents from italki

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

As I mentioned in my earlier post today about WiZiQ, italki also has some nice new features for its teachers underneath the Christmas tree. italki has been very busily working on their marketplace recently but the features they launched today … Continue reading →

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Christmas Presents from WiZiQ

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Today WiZiQ and italki both announced some very interesting new features to their websites which will be very helpful for teachers who are using those platforms. WiZiQ is enlarging the possibilities for teachers to monetize on the content they deliver … Continue reading →

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Staying Zen in Twenty Ten :)

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Today a new member joined the team for 2010. This little guy will help me to stay Zen in 2010 . I just love Japanese gadgets and this little guy even works on solar power. Bought him in a little … Continue reading →

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eduFire suspends the SuperPass from January 1st 2010

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Just received an email from eduFire as all teachers on the platform, I guess. As of January 1st, 2010, we are suspending the eduFire SuperPass program. Although we have received good feedback about SuperPass and are excited about its possibilities, … Continue reading →

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Edublog Awards 2009 – I am nominated!

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Wow, I just saw that I am on the shortlist for the Edublog Awards 2009 in the category “Best new Blog”. That’s really a big honour so thank you for everyone who nominated me, especially to Andrew Warner of Mixergy … Continue reading →

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Teachers are Dinosaurs

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

This seems to be the sentence that stuck from my presentation at the last ETCon. Teachers are Dinosaurs old and ponderous in mind and hence doomed to extinct. Of course I chose this title because it is kind of edgy … Continue reading →

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WiZiQ introduces Self Paced Courses to Premium Members

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Today WiZiQ officially launched a new feature for premium members of the platform. From now on premium teachers can create and sell asynchronous, self paced courses to students. I think this is a great addition to the existing range of … Continue reading →

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