In the last couple of years, including an unconference element to a national event has proven to be a popular and useful way of allowing like-minded people to share their good practice and network with each other in a more informal setting.
Inspired by the early TeachMeets organised by Ewan McIntosh, I decided to try a similar idea for the second Isle of Wight Conference which allowed delegates as well as 'official speakers' to present their ideas in short bite-size chunks in the pub.
Below are recordings from every session from the last two years. The first come from 2007 at The Castle Inn and the second set from The Bargeman's Rest in 2008. Thanks to all those who volunteered to speak. Now sit back and enjoy.
MFL Show and Tell 2007
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_01_Introduction.mp3
David Noble on handheld devices and his Booruch podcast
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_02_David_Noble.mp3
Leanne Simmonds on learning to blog
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_03_Leanne_Simmonds.mp3
Lesley Billington on creating audio resources for GCSE revision
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_04_Lesley_Billington.mp3
Catherine Basset on her Primary French DVD
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_05_Catherine_Basset.mp3
Flashmeeting on a USB modem
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_06_Flashmeeting.mp3
Chris Fuller on his Euro08 project
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_07_Chris_Fuller.mp3
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_08_Lisa_Stevens.mp3
Peter Shreeve on languages on the Isle of Wight
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_09_Peter_Shreeve.mp3
Doug Dickinson on Textease Tools
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_10_Doug_Dickinson.mp3
Pilar Reyez Ortiz on using digital audio
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_11_Pilar_Reyez_Ortiz.mp3
Joe Dale on the Nodehill Bloggers on Radio 5 Live
Download 07_MFL_Show_and_Tell_12_Joe_Dale.mp3
MFL Show and Tell 2008
Joe Dale on giving PowerPoint the WOW factor
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_01_Joe_Dale.mp3
Isabelle Jones on integrating ICT into your MFL department
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_02_Isabelle_Jones.mp3
Adam Sutcliffe on creativity and French verbs
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_03_Adam_Sutcliffe.mp3
Chris Fuller on singing the Spanish verb ir (to go) to the tune of Kumbaya
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_04_Chris_Fuller.mp3
Sam Downe on setting up a PodClub
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_05_Sam_Downe.mp3
Jen Sutton on singing the months of the year in Spanish
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_06_Jen_Sutton.mp3
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_07_Jo_Rhys_Jones.mp3
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_08_Jose_Picardo.mp3
Nick Mair on learning the endings of present tense verbs
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_09_Nick_Mair.mp3
Andy Stanford-Clark on the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project, InfoSlicer and Sugar
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_10_Andy_Stanford_Clark.mp3
Lisa Stevens sings happy birthday and la Vaca Lola
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_11_Lisa_Stevens.mp3
Sarah Ferretti on starting an Italian blog
Download 08_MFL_Show_and_Tell_12_Sarah_Ferretti.mp3
Thanks for publishing this Joe. There is so much to think about...
Isabelle
Posted by: Isabelle Jones | 13/12/2008 at 21:03
Thanks Joe - this is so useful to have all the talks together. Now I can point people to this page when I next try to explain about the IOW conferences to them!
Posted by: Jo RJ | 13/12/2008 at 22:55
You're welcome ladies. Huge editing job though! Just glad it's all finally published and these great presos are now out in the blogosphere.
These are some of the best examples of the use of new technologies by language teachers in the whole of the UK.
Posted by: Joe Dale | 13/12/2008 at 23:38
NO fair- everyone else looks serious and I'm waving a pint around... Ah, I see your point, fair enough!!!
Posted by: Chris | 14/12/2008 at 17:29
Oh the memories.. Ta for doing this, it is so useful to have it all together :-)
Amanda
Posted by: asalt | 14/12/2008 at 19:10
Thanks for this Joe. So efficiently put together. I will certainly tell my Faculty to have a look. Well done, you must have spent hours putting this together.
Posted by: Marie-France Perkins | 16/12/2008 at 23:27
I feel a bit overwhelmed since starting the blog and am often having trouble sleeping at night thinking of what direction to take next. I know it's bad when my husband buys me a book on blogging for xmas!!! Along with a flip video camera...Can you remind me how to follow your feed so I can be updated on new posts. Cheers Suzi ;D
Posted by: Suzi Bewell | 12/01/2009 at 12:33
Hi Suzi,
Your blog looks great. Please don't feel overwhelmed. Take things slowly and build it up gradually.
Here are instructions for subscribing to an RSS feed:
Subscribing to blogs is easy. All you need is the RSS feed and Google Reader to receive the posts. There should be a link somewhere on the page which if you click on will display the feed in the address bar.
In the latest version of Internet Explorer, finding the blog feed address is even simpler as the icon top right of your browser symbolising RSS will go orange if available.
Again if you click on this link, the feed will be displayed. Once you have copied the feed, follow these instructions to subscribe:
In Google Reader, click Add a subscription and paste in the address and click Add.
Wait for the feed to load and click on the title of your post.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/typepad/DMFo
Good luck!
Posted by: Joe Dale | 12/01/2009 at 13:20