David Crystal – texts and tweets: myths and realities

Thanks to Ben Jones for alerting me to David Crystal’s recent talk. Like you, I have many of his books on my shelf and find his insights into language, especially the English language, sage. David Crystal – Texts and Tweets: myths and rea…, posted with vodpod

Life-long learning in “twenty-ten”

I’ve decided to pronounce the year “twenty-ten”. Not sure what the popular wisdom on this matter will be but I suspect most will continue with the “two thousand and…” that we have been using for the first decade of the 21st century. “Twenty-ten” sounds like the never-arriving future is here - and I like that! It is a minor [...]

The New Media Literacies

more about “The New Media Literacies“, posted with vodpod  

Once Upon a School

Dave Eggers delivering a TED talk on what a community can do to educate young people. more about “Once Upon a School“, posted with vodpod  

Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves

more about “Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach the…“, posted with vodpod