Jan
24
Camstasia
Posted by: Diddly | January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Well the doctor says my baby girl will be born on the 6th of February. My wife is having contractions, but other than that life proceeds normally for us. This week I have been learning how to use Camstasia video editing software. Camstasia is a very versatile and simple to use software that lets you […]
Jan
19
Creating a DVD part 1
Posted by: Diddly | January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Hello there! I have spent the evening trying to figure out how the course toolkit works. I didn’t have much luck with Moodle or WebCt/Vista, but I have written to Franc to see what I am doing wrong. So given that failure and my desire to do something productive in the little time I have […]
Jan
15
Weekend reading
Posted by: Diddly | January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Finally made it to the weekend. It looked like it would never arrive. I scowered our little department library and came across two potential gems: Dudeney, G. & Hockly, N. (2007). How to Teach English with Technology. Harlow: Pearson Education (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-English-Technology-Gavin-Dudeney/dp/1405853085) and Sharma, P. & Barrett, B. (2007). Blended Learning: Using Technology in and beyond the […]
Jan
13
I have wanted to design a virtual component for the EFL classes we give to all the students in the university that makes use of multimedia to expose students to authentic input, and constructive principles to make learning collaborative. All undergraduate students need to take the TOEFL test and obtain 500 points to graduate. Our […]