Down with TV
When I was a kid my dad was against TV, so I went over to Sarah and Nicki’s house to watch cartoons on Saturday mornings. I still adore cartoons and the BBC, and I have a sentimental love for Tatort, but otherwise I hate TV, so I don’t have one. Luca has written a great […]
The overhead projector
It’s a low-tech office dinosaur of the 20th century, but I still use the OHP for teaching. It’s really good for…
GEZ, GEMA and the art of freelance training
Good news for freelancers: We don’t have to pay extra GEZ for our office computer. Since computers are multimedia devices, GEZ originally wanted to charge the fee levied for the use of radios and TVs on computers. The decision passed down two days ago has stopped that. But wait… Bad news for freelance English teachers: […]
Moodling through
It’s been a year and a half now since I first started thinking about online learning.
Falling from Grace
http://annehodgson.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fallingfromgrace.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOne of the projects that has inspired me over the years is Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child. He set out in 2005 with the vision of designing a fully functional $100 laptop for children in emerging economies. Quitting his job as the head of MIT’s Media Lab, he […]
