Click on this simple intro to find out how to use the videos.
These videos were created for
teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their teaching. Just click and a video will open and take you through how to use that technology. To start now, just click on any of the links on the left. My own background is in teaching English, so if you scroll down you will see a special section of ELT videos which are grouped separately. There is also a special page of videos for students interested in multimedia, where you can learn Flash, Director and Photoshop Click here for Multimedia.
Russell Stannard was awarded the Times Higher award for Oustanding Initiative in ICT sponsered by JISC. You can read about it in the following articles.
Academic gets THE award
JISC prize goes to Russell
If you want to know about how to make Scren Capture Recordings then this is just amazing. JING is the way to go. You can learn it in no time and be making screen captures just like the ones on this site.
Amazing Screen Capture Tool
Four new sets of videos. One on how to use Twitter, which is a very easy tool to pick up but then surprises you when you begin to think of ways to use it. For language teachers there are new videos on 6 or 7 of the best Viral Marketing Tools. I would especially recommend Story Blender. The last set is for all teachers and lecturers. It is an excellent web 2.0 notice board which let's anyone add small post-its on different subjects, pictures and videos. Great for discussions, brainstorming and using in a lecture if you have a projector. But the best one has got to be Xtra-normal. This is an amazing dialogue building tool, that allows you to use 3D characters and it is free, easy to use and I can see it being used in many contexts, not just language teaching
Fun Viral Marketing Tools
How to use Twitter
2.0 Notice Board-Excellent
Superb 3D dialogue builder
I have loaded a set of videos about iTunes. This is an absolute MUST. Take the time to watch these videos and you will be amazed by all the free learning videos, podcasts etc that you can find and are completely free. This along with youTube is my favourite technology and I also show you what iTunesYOU is as well as explaining how this is all related to an iPod.
All about iTunes and more
Two amazing presentation tools. You can load pictures and then write or even talk about them. The first site is great because you can take pictures from Flickr and the seccond is great as you can record yourself talking about the pictures. Watch them both.
Brilliant Presentation Tools
The next set of videos is for ELT/ESL teachers. I have made a great set of videos that highlight the best video content on the web that includes tapescripts or subtitles, which are great for using in an ELT classroom.
Video content with subtitles in ELT
I think you are going to find this set of videos really useful if you work in ELT. It is the best pronuncation sites on the web and there are some real gems here.
Best pronunciation sites on the web
Try out this amazing text tool. You just paste in the text and it creates text displays that you can easily use for language teaching
Wordle Text Tool
I have been waiting a long time for a good time-line tool. This can be great for teaching anything. Try it out. The videos take you through the whole process.
Timeline Tool
If you like web 2.0 then try this. It's called Bubbl-r and it is so easy to use and such great fun.
Great presentation tool
Russell Stannard is a principal lecturer in Multimedia/ICT at the University of Westminster as well as the course leader in the MSc in Interactive Multimedia .
He has a regular column in the English Teaching Professional called Webwatcher where he writes about technology and language teaching. The column has been running for 7 years. The ELT Professional has begun to offer free on-line examples of
Russell's articles from Webwatcher.
He has worked in Spain, China, Greece and the UK and was the Director of Studies of the International House Centre in Seville Spain for 9 years and a teacher trainer with the Spanish government.
Russell also teaches on courses in ICT and English for Academic Purposes as well as running the
Media and Technology module on the MA TESOL at the Unversity of Westminster.
The Guardian recently published an article about Russell's work with training videos. You can read it at Guardian Article
The THES article on video feedback, published in December 2006, which created so much interest in video feedback has now been released THES article on Video Feedback
Teacher Training Videos with the help of Nik Peachey. has now launched 2 sets of training videos to help teachers and students use Second Life. Many thanks to the The Consultants-E for the use of their Edunation island for filming. Find out more about their work The Consutants-E.
Russell's work on using Screen Recorder Software for teaching and giving students feedback has been extensively covered in the national
press (Guardian and THES) and has led to several publications looking at this work on student feedback. Read this report
JISC London Region and
find out more about the work Russell is doing. He work is now being covered by many Universities and institutions in the UK. Below, You can also look at these short example of videos of Russell providing video feedback to his students. A second and more extensive report has now been published by the
Higher Education Academy. For previous as well as more recent articles look at Modern English English July 2006 (which was the first published article on the idea), IAFTEFL CALL Newsletter November 2006 and English Teaching Professional March 2008. Russell will be giving a keynote presentation on his work in Nagoya Japan in March 2008 ( see below for more information).
The Times Higher Education has now released a very detailed article on video feedback which was first published back in December 2006 THES article on Video Feedback.
A new report with some of the latest research into video feedback has now been published in the Pilgrims Journal
Humanising Language Teaching.
The Wireless conference that took place in Nagoya Japan in April 2008 has also published its proceedings which included an article about video feedback.
Wireless Conference April 2008.
A short example of given a student "Video feedback" on a one to one basis
Feedback on a student's composition
An example of "General Class Feedback 1"
Classroom feedback
An example of giving "feedback" about the correct answer to a question.
Feedback on IWB Question
An example of how video can be used to go over an assessment piece.
Setting an assessment
People often ask me what exactly you can do with Camtasia ( that is the screen capture software I use to make the videos). I have made a quick and simple set of videos to give you some ideas. If you want to learn how to use it, then scroll down and you will see a section where you can get a copy of Camtasia and also access lots of learning videos about using it.
A demonstation of the power of Camtasia
Russell Stannard has recently had a second report on the Power of Camtasia published by the HEA. This includes lots of interactive videos that take you through some of the experiments that Russell has done with Screen Capture.
HEA report on uses of Camtasia.
You can also find a report on the use of camtasia for dylexic students and those with special needs Camtasia and special needs..
Many people have asked me how I made all the learning videos that are on this site. I use a product called Camtasia. YOu can download the product here Download software from Techsmtihs. . There are even learning videos on how to use Camtasia. Just click Learning Videos for Camtasia.
Some people have asked me about my blog. I am afriad I don't keep one quite simply because the blogs that Larry Ferlazzo and Nik Peachey write are far better than I could ever do. So I would rather recommend their blogs.
Larry Ferlazzo
Great blog with an amazing number of great links to quality ELT sites. I often use this site for my videos
Nik Peachey
Nik is great at finding really quirky and interesting sites. He knows a lot about virtual environments like Second Life.
