Technology in Modern Foreign Languages is a series of guest blog posts by teachers who are effectively integrating the use of new technologies into their practice. These posts will therefore focus on actual practice and will aim to encourage the use of new technologies in practical ways.

As we approach the end of 2009 and the start of a new decade, it is the ideal time to reflect on what has worked and what hasn’t, what the trusty technological companions of language teachers have been, and also what pitfalls, obstacles and setbacks we have encountered along the way in bringing language learning into the 21st century.

Many forward-thinking teachers are already exploring just what 21st century teaching actually means and they have kindly agreed to share their practice, experiences and views here on Box of Tricks, for which they have my most sincere gratitude.

This series of posts will tap a vast pool of collective knowledge and will try to bring some of that expertise together in one place, with the aim of publishing the resulting collection of articles as a free e-book.

So, whether you are looking for new tools and ideas to take away to your lessons or read about the benefits and challenges of incorporating the use of technology in language teaching and learning, I hope you find the Technology in Modern Foreign Languages series of posts useful.

If you would like to contribute, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and put forward a proposal. We very much look forward to hearing from you.

All Technology in Modern Foreign Languages posts will be tagged mfltech for easier later retrieval.

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