Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Human Computation - Google Video

Human Computation - Google Video


This is the video with subtitles :-) that we began looking at together....

Monday, November 20, 2006

word games

see you all tomorrow.... in the meantime here's a nice wordgame!

james and stacey


www.lunchtimers.com/games/letters/letters_720_450.cfm?roomid=room1

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

DEMO.com : The Premier Launchpad for Emerging Technologies



DEMO.com : The Premier Launchpad for Emerging Technologies

It's fun to watch the DEMO Videos!!
Six-minute Demonstrator Presentations and Profiles -- 2006 DEMO

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

English as a Second Language Podcast Scripts

English as a Second Language Podcast Scripts: "English as a Second Language Podcast Scripts"


Only listen to the last minutes of the recording because they're at normal speed... otherwise you'll fall asleep....

and if you fell asleep that would be a real raw deal... right?

who else has a nice website for our blog????? (hint hint) :-)

Friday, February 03, 2006

BBC World talking movies

BBC World Home Page

an interesting video report on movies (and there's even the text)....

English Idioms and slang

: "On the ball."

do you remember these expressions?

have a nice weekend.... remember our next intensive session is February 21st...

james

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Learning�Path - Dokeos

Learning�Path - Dokeos

this is a interesting site and a good example of an online English course... it's all about waste (and other s...t) management (excuse my French)

thank you A.M. for showing us this site...


james

[video] A puzzle gone wild | CNET News.com

[video] A puzzle gone wild | CNET News.com:
Rubik's Cube competition brings the quickest solvers in the world to San Francisco

Want to see a Rubik cube solved in 11 seconds????

Interesting website... the Cnet news.com !

Turning the Pages

Turning the Pages

British Library on-line!


Turning the Pages™, the British Library: "

For those of you that have to miss today's intensive session... here are some things to look at and listen to from your office or your home! They even let you examine Leonardo's sketchbooks with a magnifying glass (and to see them the right side around -- they were written in "mirror images").

SKETCHES BY LEONARDO
See the genius's personal notebook


Turn the pages of Mozart's Thematic Catalogue
MOZART'S MUSICAL DIARY
With 75 audio excerpts

Turn the pages of Alice Under Ground
THE ORIGINAL ALICE
Written and illustrated by Lewis Carol"



Turning the Pages™, the British Library: "


You can see the original manuscripts (and a text version) and listen to them being read!
15 books are in the "turn the pages" collection... It takes a while to load but is worth the wait!
Let me know what you think. james