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I’ve spent a fair portion of the past week observing classes in the schools where the materials I’ll be editing will be used. The schools are extremely swish looking, but the classroom materials they use (PowerPoint presentations) are clunky and don’t match with the online course the students follow at home and in the language labs. ‘Check [...] Excellent post about intellectual property and why certain leviathans of the publishing industry are light years behind others in terms of the way they think about copyright. I’ve been wondering just why it is that people who write software are more likely to embrace the open source mentality than people who write ‘text’ books. When you get [...] Today I took the somewhat disorienting step of going back to my former primary school. Disorienting because it’s no longer in the same building, but about quarter of a mile away from the original location in a brand spanking new, purpose-built complex that includes a community centre and post office. Also disorienting because, although I haven’t [...] I’ve been avoiding the Kindle for a while. Not sure why – I really should try and get to grips with such technology, seeing as it’s been about to revolutionise my industry for, oh, about six or seven years now. I’m really not sure why I dislike e-book readers. I’ve happily junked all my tapes and [...] Work is throwing some exciting things at me: I’ve been commissioned to write a report on the global market for online TEFL materials – right up my street, and it was very flattering to be called an expert on the subject. Then there is the possibility of working full time on some business English textbooks, or [...] |
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