Tool #36: The Moth: a podcast
tokyokevinThe Moth is a podcast of short stories told by amateurs, and a few professionals. They are told at a weekly event in New York or Los Angeles. People are…
Tool #35: iKnow Social Learning
iKnow grew out of a project at Cerego, a company here in Japan that made English language learning software. They moved the content online, made it free, and "socialized" it,…
Barack Obama’s Inauguration Speech
Ogawa-sensei remembered that I had brought Obama's acceptance speech to Cosmos Festival in November. He asked me if I had a good copy (better than the one on YouTube). Ogawa-sensei,…
Tool #34: LiveMocha: Social Language Learning
LiveMocha is a social web site, like Mixi or Facebook, or MySpace, but better. This social web site is all about language learning and language exchange. People teach each other…
Tool #33: Lexxica’s Word Engine
Lexxica's Word Engine is built on research done by Charles Browne and others. He has been into Showa to speak to teachers and students about learning vocabulary. The main idea…