via The Strength of Weak Ties blog, on the debate (distraction vs. study tool) whether or not to allow iPods in the classroom:
Better yet, maybe they could find a way to use those electronic devices in instruction. For example, could kids sit in a study hall and learn Chinese if they had an iPod? Sure […]
We had visitors on Friday. The NBC Nightly News crew came over to the factory and spent most of the day with us. It looks like they may run two stories. One is how ChinesePod reflects the growing interest in Mandarin around the world. The second is for CNBC and looks at the ChinesePod business-model. Both […]
In the midst of all the changes of recent months you may have gotten the impression that the Saturday Show had somehow disappeared. It hasn’t. You can find it here.
The Saturday Show will continue. Aric, as ever, has lot of ideas for it going forward. If you haven’t been there for a while, drop in and see what […]
An interesting Open Source podcast discussion from Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post on how ‘quality’ content will become more valuable in the future (~ timestamp 5:00 - 12:00).
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Murdoch Connection
The discussion was sparked by Rupert Murdoch’s bid for the Wall Street Journal. Via a Forbes article, Murdoch describes the current media revolution:
Fans of small niches […]
What is the ideal lesson graphic?
With the launch of V3, we got one message loud and clear: the ideal lesson graphic is not a random stock photo. Fair enough. It’s not that we’re stock photo aficionados; in this case using stock photos was the best way to get the graphics all done for the crossover […]
Later today we will move this blog over the Praxis Language.
We’re doing this to simplify things. I will blog at the new url and both SpanishSense and ChinesePod will link to it. My posts there will concern the broader issues - learning, web 2.0, linguistics, etc. For Chinese-specific items, I’ll post in the ‘Connect’ […]
We’ve been busy over at Praxis Language, talking about, amongst other things, the meaning behind the slogan Learning on your terms. Link.
Ken Carroll
Jason Fry’s impressive article in the WSJ yesterday echoes much of what we’ve been saying around here for some time. He talks about the foolhardy attempt by some Belgian media outlets to sue Google for linking to their content without paying for it. More generally, however, the article describes something of the havoc that […]
The Praxis Language slogan, Learning on your terms, reflects the shift towards a learner-centric future that I believe is inevitable. Learning on your terms is about empowerment, something you choose to do yourself, not something that we (or a teacher) can do to you.
OK, now listen up, everyone. I’m going to teach you on […]
Preamble
First of all, I don’t mean our beloved academics Ken, Jenny and John with this question. I am referring to teachers who use published learning materials and have a direct, two-way relationship with students. They could be language teachers, grade school teachers, or even university professors. The motive behind my question stems from how we […]
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