A book about language education that doesn't understand the meaning of the term "encyclopedia".  It's not an encyclopedia.  It's a collection of journal articles.  Or more precisely, a collection of books, each with a collection of journal articles.

It's 3881 pages across many books.  So if that's what an encyclopedia is now, I'm wrong.  From wikipedia:

An encyclopedia (also spelled encyclopaedia or encyclopædia) is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.^[1] Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries, which are usually accessed alphabetically by article name.^[2] Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries.^[2] Generally speaking, unlike dictionary entries, which focus on linguistic information about words, encyclopedia articles focus on factual information to cover the thing or concept for which the article name stands.^[3][4][5][6]

Well, maybe it's an encyclopedia after all. It's very long^.  It's a compendium maybe.  I think it's a bit too subjective to be an encyclopedia.  And it is certainly not something you would just sit down and read. 

Why is this so big?  Isn't part of skillful language writing to be able to say something concisely?  Anyway, you're not going to read this.  Who would. 

Encyclopedia of Lang..> 13-Jan-2012 21:55   26M 

8 Quick Study charts.  Print out and display or give to students.

Chinese Mandarin Gra..>  PDF  12M

I really like the concept of this book.  Look at one scene, but see it from many different viewpoints.  It forces creative thinking.

I would love to do this sort of lesson with a class.  Pick a scene (a still life, a corner of the playground) and get students to take photographs of that one scene, but try to be as "creative" as possible.  Spending 30 minutes browsing through this book will give them some ideas.

Seeing Creatively  PDF  138M 

Technology	Review	Prediction
	Tripods.  We'll finally realize that we get better photos and videos with a tripod. Spend less on cameras and more on tripods.	Photos and videos will look professional. Students will take longer to set up a shot.  More thought involved.
	3D TV.  Why?  Brains don't want to be tricked.  They retaliate with headaches.	Kill it with fire.
	Android.  It's going to take over Windows as the smallest, fastest and cheapest operating system for mobile devices.  And iOS.	Gosh it's good. Imagine what it will be like in 12 months.
	New batteries.  They will last longer, explode less, recharge faster and be lighter.  We need these so much, that all developers have this as a very high priority.	It will change everything, again. And we'll have to buy everything again. Again.
	Biometrics.  Storing your personal, fixed and unchangeable human code in a computer as a series of 0's and 1's that can be shared, copied and hacked.  Extremely short term thinking.  Very bad idea.  Not good for duty of care, if you have to keep biometric data for students.	We'll forget about them and hope our ID is not still stored anywhere.
	GPS/WIFI/3G/4G blockers.  Turn these on and all wireless services in a radius will die. Hoorah!	We'll get control back. And take time to exhale.  $50 for a bit of attention.  Invaluable.
	Bluetooth.  So much promise, so average results.  Poor audio.  Lengthy matching. Slow transfer rates.	Pretend you didn't invest in it.
	Surveillance cameras.  They are so cheap and easy to use you can put them everywhere (that you are allowed to). Plug them into a network and take photos all of the time. So simple.	Huge reduction in school violence, theft and bullying. Teachers will complain about privacy (especially lazy teachers like me).
	Dataloggers.  Click them and get GPS data logged.  Simple and cheap.  Mix real-life data with digital data.	Innovative teachers will find many uses for these. Such a simple thing, so many advanced uses.
	Dirt cheap video cameras.  Film in HD for less than $50. Overly simple interface.  No complicated features.	More movies, AND they are already stored in a small format on a memory card.  Easy!
	Desktops.  Desktops will always be the more powerful computer, with the most reliable network connections.	They will stay.
	Hidden device detector.  Find a hidden camera, audio recorder or other tracker.  Know when you are being recorded.	Teachers will act like spies. No-one wants their melt-down to be filmed and put on YouTube.
	Round earbuds.  Humans don't have round ears.  They leak noise.  They fall out.	Throw out the free ones immediately.
	Pedometers.  We're all getting fatter and not moving enough.  We're becoming sick and weak.  Physical activity will become more important and be integrated with our personal devices.	Students will have "minimum standards" of movement that must be reached, and these will be tracked.
	Old fashioned hard drives with very pointy and sharp metal needles floating over extremely fast moving and fragile disks.  A recipe for disaster.	We'll finally ban these awful things.  We'll lose much less data.
	Ink.  You must buy ink.  It leaks and gets your printer heads blocked.  You buy more ink.  Still doesn't work.  You buy another printer in frustration.	No more ink.  Laser printers will take over.
	iPads.  Why are they so expensive?	Generic tablets should take over.  The do the same thing, better and cheaper.  But they won't. Apple will still out-sell them.
	iPhones.  Your world on a screen the size of a pack of cards.  A keyboard less than the width of one hand.  Why don't schools buy textbooks and TV screens the size of a pack of playing cards?  Because that would be stupid. But if Apple made tiny text books, I bet we'd all buy them.	They should be moved out of schools.  They won't.  We'll get more of them.
	Simple iPods and MP3 players.  Cheap, simple, robust, reliable. A tactic 'click' gives feedback to students.	Student's won't think they are cool enough to use.  Will gather dust.
	iPod Touch.  Why this this thing so expensive? And it's still the size of a pack of cards.  Do we accept anything else in our classroom that is way too small to be used properly?	They will still sell in schools.  We can't stop it. But they are just so expensive and small. And fragile.
	Keyboards.  They type reliably.  QWERTY layout is still slow enough for human fingers.	QWERTY will stay.  Real keyboards will stay.
	Kindle.  The best use of technology in years.  Simple, reliable, low cost, long operation times.  It's words on a screen.  Who needs an expensive iPad to do this?  And you can throw them around.  They are very light.  Won't leave a bruise.	I don't know if these will take off in schools.  I wish they would.  But they look too "hmm" to be popular, compared to the expensive iPad.
	Laptops.  Yay for laptops.  They are big, you can type on them, you can read the screen.  You can carry them around.	Laptops will stay.
	Lighting.  Someone will discover that all of these things create different light spectrums, and bad lighting not only makes photos and videos look awful, but it can hurt young eyes.  Staring at a close, bright screen in a dull room is not good.  Fluro lights are awful.  And give you bad complexion.	Smart schools will invest in smart lighting.  Natural light will become a valued resource. Personal lighting will be available in schools.
	Stupid inventions.  They circulate in powerpoints in our email accounts.	We will stop waiting for "the next thing" and just invest in "now" technologies that are proven to work reliably.
	Germs!  All of these things transmit germs!  Touching them, breathing on them, pushing them into our ears. Some TV show will go into a classroom with infra-red lights and show all of the many, many germs.  Urgh.	Schools will develop standards for cleanliness.
	Netbooks.  Tiny keyboards, tiny screens, tiny processors.  Have you ever tried to use Windows on one?  Just the "ribbons" in MS Word take up half of the screen.	Android will power netbooks.
	Environmental sensors.  We have to get back to the concept of "here and now" rather than "global".  Because a lot of communication and interaction still happens physically.  And whatever we do online, we will still exist in a physical environment.  And that has to be understood, just as much, if not more, than the online world.  And that can be integrated with the computer anyway.	Dataloggers, probes and sensors will provide many high level thinking learning experiences.  Students will monitor, interact with, control and respond to the real world.
	Integrated power.  So you can buy international items and recharge USB anywhere.	Schools can shop globally and get the best prices.
	Projectors.  They need power to create a lot of light, and they need a dark room.  With a no-glare screen.  With a limited viewing angle.	We'll go to syncronised displays on mobile devices.
	Real things.  You can use a real thing to do something, or you can press a button to replicate it. Real things give so much more control and variation.  Never forget about real things!	It won't be a cultural sin to use something real and not owned by Apple or sold as one of its apps.
	Scanners.  Barcode all of the things!  It's big brother, but it's better than biometrics.	Everyone will be able to write and read barcodes or IDs.
	Solar power.  It is getting cheaper and more accessible.  We'll use it to recharge smaller items, and run smaller toys.	Solar power will take over the devices that need small batteries.
	Solid state hard drives.  They don't physically move, they don't get as hot, make as much noise, or fail as much as the old type.  And they are getting much cheaper.	These will become the new normal.  And we'll make sure file sizes are small enough to fit.
	Touch screen desktops.  I can get over touch screens on personal devices, because they will probably not be shared a lot.  But touch screen on a widely shared device?  All of those germs from so many users?  I feel sick.	Kill with fire.

*  NOTE:  I own a LOT of Apple products.  I'm not anti-Apple.  I just don't like them.