Learning Kids Games: IATEFL09

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Interview with David Crystal

Whilst in Cardiff at the IATEFL 2009 Conference I was lucky enough to meet once again and interview one of the UK's most esteemed linguists and genuinely very interesting man David Crystal.

One of the things that for me makes David's work so interesting, is not only his knowledge of the English language, but his open minded curiosity about the way the language is evolving in new media and electronic genre. In the interview he talks about, among other things, the use of language within SMS and his own blog at: DC Blog

I hope you enjoy the interview and check out some of the many other 40 + videos from the conference at: Cardiff Online

Here's the interview.

You can read more about SMS texting in an article by David written for the Guardian website at: 2b or not 2b?
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Interview with Marc Prensky

This is a really interesting interview with Marc Prensky. Gavin Dudeney is interviewing him following his plenary presentation in Cardiff at IATEFL 2009.

The video interview is about 23 mins long and he talks about a range of things including the different ways teenagers are approaching and using technology in their learning and the way technology needs to impact on pedagogy.

Interview with Marc Prensky

Well worth watching this and of course there are loads more interview and presentation videos on the IATEFL site at:http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2009/media/video

Hope you enjoy the interview and have a look at some of the others. If you register you can also leave comments for the presenters and download presentations and handouts from the sessions.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

IATEFL 2009 Conference Online

Well I have arrived in Cardiff where I'm working with the online team for the 2009 IATEFL conference. The venue is fantastic with some great architectural features and some wonderful sculpture. I'm a particular fan of chandeliers so here's a particularly nice one.

A part from the architecture, there will be plenty to see, even if you aren't able to attend. A number of the sessions will be streamed live from the conference, and you can see a list of these along with times at: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2009/live-sessions

We will also be videoing as many as 40 of the sessions and making them available asynchronously at: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2009/programme/home so you can start checking those out after the next few days. You will also have the opportunity to comment on the sessions and engage with the presenters.

To keep up to date with what's happening register at: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2009

Hope you enjoy the sessions and get involved with the special interest group forums. You can see more images from IATEFL 2009 here

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