Re:Teaching Listening - Please read!!

[Andrew @ StellaTeach.Me]

Hi Emma,

Your site looks great!   ( http://listeninglearning.wordpress.com/ )

I have reviewed it and made a few suggestions as you requested ;


- Main page / header:  Facebook, Twitter, Youtube Channel and SoundCloud account links make it easier for people to connect with you in other ways and also to share you with their friends! 

- A link showing your mission and core values on the header bar can help attract more like-minded people faster

-  Having an introduction video makes it easier and faster for people to understand and share your vision 

-  Having a carousel widget can help to make your content more visually accessible and more likely to be clicked.  Maybe www.widgetbox.com has a good one you can customize...

-  In reference to Julian I highly recommend embedding his TED videos right into your page as he lends a ton of credibility and more importantly, his TED talk content is important to share with others and allow them to easily share alike.   

-  You've done a great job with allowing comments on about every page, but is there a way to allow visitors to add content or otherwise interact with your site and keep coming back for more?  

-  About You;  Where is your photo?  Faces are easier to remember.  Also, I have learned that it is hard to spread a message without people knowing you.  ( I finally allowed my face to be used in marketing materials and on packaging :| )

-  Your chimp is great, but the resolution is too low.  Alot of people might not notice this consciously but it does have an impact on everyone who sees it.  I recommend www.istockphoto.com for great HD photos.  Otherwise you might be able to find some great free images on bing.com image search.  

As stated above, your site is already great and only will get better!  I hope my thoughts and suggestions help!  If not, then I will give you a full refund!  ;) 

Cheers,

Andrew

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From:  "Emma Quayle"<e.qu...@hotmail.com>;

Date:  Wed, Jul 25, 2012 05:41 AM

To:  "teaching-listening"<teaching-...@googlegroups.com>;

Subject:  Teaching Listening - Please read!!

Hi All,

I have started devising a series of workshops to host in Primary and Secondary Schools in Edinburgh, to start later in this academic year.
This is not something that I have done before and so I am looking for as much feedback and advice as I can get before I head out there...

I have created a blog, which can be found at www.listeninglearning.wordpress.com where I am in the process of uploading the work that I have done so far in preparing the workshops.

If you could spare some time over the next few days to read through what I am planning and write a few lines in response, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Emma

[Emma Quayle]

Hi Andrew,

 

Thanks for taking the time to feedback on the site and for the good advice, there are some really useful tips there. Not only applicable this site, but also for others I have/will make in the future.

 

At the moment however, what I am primarily looking for is more in the way of feedback on the actual workshops - do they seem to run ok? Is there too much or too little content? Do you think it will be engaging enough for the children?

 

If you are able to look over them too that would be fantastic.

 

Thanks again,

 

Emma

 

On Monday, July 30, 2012 12:00:50 PM UTC+1, Andrew @ StellaTeach.Me wrote:

Hi Emma,

Your site looks great!   ( http://listeninglearning.wordpress.com/ )

I have reviewed it and made a few suggestions as you requested ;


- Main page / header:  Facebook, Twitter, Youtube Channel and SoundCloud account links make it easier for people to connect with you in other ways and also to share you with their friends! 

- A link showing your mission and core values on the header bar can help attract more like-minded people faster

-  Having an introduction video makes it easier and faster for people to understand and share your vision 

-  Having a carousel widget can help to make your content more visually accessible and more likely to be clicked.  Maybe www.widgetbox.com has a good one you can customize...

-  In reference to Julian I highly recommend embedding his TED videos right into your page as he lends a ton of credibility and more importantly, his TED talk content is important to share with others and allow them to easily share alike.   

-  You've done a great job with allowing comments on about every page, but is there a way to allow visitors to add content or otherwise interact with your site and keep coming back for more?  

-  About You;  Where is your photo?  Faces are easier to remember.  Also, I have learned that it is hard to spread a message without people knowing you.  ( I finally allowed my face to be used in marketing materials and on packaging :| )

-  Your chimp is great, but the resolution is too low.  Alot of people might not notice this consciously but it does have an impact on everyone who sees it.  I recommend www.istockphoto.com for great HD photos.  Otherwise you might be able to find some great free images on bing.com image search.  

As stated above, your site is already great and only will get better!  I hope my thoughts and suggestions help!  If not, then I will give you a full refund!  ;) 

Cheers,

Andrew

------------------ Original ------------------

From:  "Emma Quayle"<e.qu...@hotmail.com>;

Date:  Wed, Jul 25, 2012 05:41 AM

To:  "teaching-listening"<teaching-list...@googlegroups.com>;

Subject:  Teaching Listening - Please read!!