Author of the month: Nik Peachey. Nik Peachey, digital guru and author of our Tech Tools for Teachers series, talks about the highs and lows of his personal experiences of education and explains how a lazy workaholic (his own words) came to get so interested in learning technologies.
He also imparts some valuable advice on becoming a materials writer and gives tips on the wonders of self publishing online through blogs and e-books. Tell us a little bit about yourself … Teaching is a bit of a mysterious career choice for me as I really didn’t like school and didn’t do very well at school, so I’m still amazed sometimes at how I ended up lecturing on an MA course at a British University. My teachers didn’t think I was intelligent enough to sit my O-levels (the necessary requirement to progress in education past 16 in the UK; replaced by GCSEs in 1988) and I had to stay on an extra year to finish them, after which I left school and got a job.
In five words, how would you describe yourself? The Facebook Nation. Facebook University. How Social Media is Ruining our Minds. YLTsig EVO discussion. Tools for Learners. Nik Peachey. Nik Peachey Updated May 2013 Learning Technology Consultant I have been involved in ELT since 1992.
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