Languages, ICT, education

Nik Peachey: Significant changes over the last couple of years though have led me to believe that now is the time to look at a new model of ELT publishing, at least for the realm of teacher development books.

The changes I mention above include

A proliferation of increasingly low cost e-reading devices and tablets.The development of powerful free software and applications such as iBooks Author for the development of media rich ebooks.The combination of these applications with secure and reliable marketing platforms, such as Lulu and iBookStore.The development of crowd-funding platforms such as KickStarter and Indigogo.

A mother's story.

 

It’s a story about joy in learning, love of books, and a little girl’s passionate business idea.

It all started one day when she came home really excited because she’d written a story in school. When she showed me the story, all I could say was ‘this is just the first chapter …”. She looked at me oddly in a goose-pimply way and answered ‘That’s exactly what my teacher said’. Then she said ‘I have something to do’ and ran off into her bedroom, only to reappear a couple of hours later, with a secretive look on her face.