Jun 3

Written by: Michael A. Tighe
Sunday, June 03, 2007 7:48 PM

 

 

 

• I  am in New York City again meeting publishers, language school directors and a few innovators in the technology field. It is simply fantastic to be back in the city!

• Despite being physically thousands of miles away from the LANCELOT participants, I have been interacting with the them regularly in virtual classroom sessions as  the program progresses towards its conclusion. This has been a rewarding experience for the trainee facilitators as well as the creation team. Retention has been great: out of a group of 24 trainers, 22 have stuck with the program and will go on to be assessed for their certification as live online trainers. Soon they will present their lesson plans and conduct a 20-minute online session independently. We are looking forward to the assessments. The work the participants have done has generally been of high quality so assessing their lessons is sure to be interesting. When you think about it, it is amazing: here I am in NYC conducting live sessions with people from all over the world - It still means getting up at 5 a.m.- but, nevertheless, it is worth it and still is amazing!

• I attended graduation ceremonies at Stevens Institute of Technology for Fullbright Scholar, Matus Banyay. I tried to help a little with some phrasing on the Fulbrigt application two years ago and now Matus has already completed his master's. Matus is moving on to the Fraunhofer Institute in Aachen, Germany for his Ph.D.  The kid is amazing - respect!

Not only did I enjoy a wonderful ceremony, afterwards, I also got to meet Lawerence Babbio, Vice Chairman and President of Verizon and Harold Raveche, President of Stevens for an encouraging conversation!

• I am currently reading:  Fifty ways to improve your Presentation Skills in  English  by Bob Dignen + Fifty ways to improve your Business English Skills by Ken Taylor

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