May

27

Once Upon a Time There Was a Computer Lab …

May 27, 2009 | 3 Comments

My interest in ICT started in 2004 when I was offered to work at the brand-new computer lab that was going to be installed at my language school the following year. I literally started from scratch doing online searches for ready-made material. As I moved from basic point-and-click activities to more sophisticated listening exercises, I [...]

May

24

Mate&Blogs

May 24, 2008 | 6 Comments

A spin-off of RosarioBlogDay, MateyBlogs, the first collaborative blogging workshop in Rosario, took place today at CEC combining one of our dearest Argentinian traditions with the 2.0 spirit.
After three brief presentations conducted by Fernanda Rubio, Francisco Sanguinetti on how to integrate mutimedia content, and Federico Aikawa, who shared some practical blogging tips, we divided ourselves [...]

Feb

6

TBE – Final Assignment

February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments

 After a very hectic semester, Jesica and I have been finally able to submit our final assignment for the Teaching Business English Course – E-teacher Program scholarship.
During the course we explored and gained a deeper insight into various aspects of TBE such as needs analysis, CLT, resources, cross-cultural business communication and material design, among [...]

Oct

15

BNC Meeting

October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

On October 11th and 12th the 7th Academic Directors’ Meeting was held at our Binational Center in Rosario. Directors and coordinators from most of the 16 BNCs in Argentina got together to discuss academic issues and to share projects and ideas. On Thursday, Jesica and I had the pleasure of giving a presentation on Web-enhanced [...]