Out of Isolation Circles: Web 2.0 for Teacher Professional Development

1. Out of Isolation Circles: Web 2.0 for Teacher Professional Development Hala H. Fawzi English Language Forum June 5, 2007

2. Agenda Isolation Circles Explanation of Web 2.0 The “How”? Obstacles Suggestions Joining ASTELOnline)

3. Lack of educational opportunities to enhance PD Limited opportunities for PD/ professional collaboration Lack of resources Limited expertise Untrained/under trained teachers Teaching in isolation Lack of ALL traditional models for PD: Conferences Seminars Workshops Group Discussions Lectures Journals Articles Periodicals ELT Magazines Isolation Rings

4. Which one mirrors your PD? 1 3 http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7BFB02C6-DD7B-4251-8100-4FB6BA8AE22B/ ?????? 4 4 2

5. More circles to add?

6. A Little bit about PD… Professional development :“The sum of all activities, both formal and informal, carried out by the individualor systemto promote staff growth and renewal” (Connors,1991) www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/2349g12.gif

7. A little bit about TPD… Training Development “teacher training or education is something that can be presented or managed by others; teacher development is something that can be done by and for oneself” Edge (1988)

8. A little bit about WEB 2.0… • a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2003 • popularized by the first Web 2.0 conference in 2004 • refers to a second generation of web based communities that facilitates: Collaboration Sharing Constructivism Autonomous learning http://tinyurl.com/dqt86

9. Was one way was about reading was about companies was about home pages was about taxonomy was about wires was about owning was about web forms was about dialup was about output Materials is two way is about writing is about communities is about blogs is about tags is about wireless is about sharing is about web applications is about broadband is about input materials Web1.0 Web 2.0 The Web We Knew The Web Now http://tinyurl.com/2fvkka

10. http://ru3.com/luc/uploaded_images/web2-big-745097.jpg

11. Why Web 2.0 for TPD? Dependence on “Tools” The move from the … Dependence on “Teachers” Focus on “Tools” Focus on the “How” to use tools to enhance teachers’ pedagogical skills The move was possible because of the ... • Broadbandinteractivity • Connective nature. • Peer-to peer collaboration • User( teacher) contribution • Users share information • User (teacher) consume & remix data http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

12. “Developing will be augmented by the tools we use”

13. Teachers move from the more traditional model of being isolatedin their countries, areas and classes when developing themselves, to one where they collaborate with colleaguesaround the world by participating in……….

14. Conferences.. IATEFL, Aberdeen, February 2007 Kafka: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/iatefl2007/audio/interview012.mp3

15. Conferences.. http://dp-x.com/dpx_bc_4/dpx.php?dpxuser=dpx_bc_4&type=solo&pres=60&cmd=autoplay&media=wm Direct Link:http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/iatefl2007/video/session016/index.html Elluminate Live TESOL 2006

16. http://tinyurl.com/yrkyta http://tinyurl.com/25vqss

17. Seminars.. Network of educational technology practitioners http://www.santecnetwork.org/

18. Workshops.. Google Groups

19. Workshops..

20. Symposiums.. http://tinyurl.com/2hr3b6

21. Questions? Comments? People online?

22. Free Course at the OU.. http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php

23. http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/get-started/get-started-educator/get-started-educator.php?http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/get-started/get-started-educator/get-started-educator.php?

24. Discussion Forums.. Manchester 2006 Same ELT problems in other parts of the world

25. Lectures.. Podcast http://www.archive.org/details/WesleyA.FryerPodcast80EncouragingReadingbyStephenKrashen

26. Lectures.. http://www.trainerspod.com/

27. Communities for teachers & educators.. http://www.academici.net/

28. Communities for education professionals.. Online Office http://tappedin.org/tappedin/

29. Presentations.. A synchronously..( not at the same time) Synchronously..( at the same time) http://www.learningtimes.org/

30. Hands-on Workshops.. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloggingforbeginners/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw07/

31. Online Convergence.. http://wiaoc.org/ http://schedule.wiaoc.org/

32. Tagging.. http://del.icio.us/halahassanfawzi http://del.icio.us/

33. Virtual Offices .. http://www.thinkfree.com/

34. Activities to use with students.. http://www.elllo.org http://tinyurl.com/2hn93c http://tinyurl.com/2hn93c http://a4esl.org/ http://tinyurl.com/vejl

35. Interact with teachers & their students

36. Teach English with Web 2.0.. http://tagananet2.blogspot.com/

37. Teach English with Web 2.0…. http://tagananet.podomatic.com/?badge=1

38. Teach English with Web 2.0.. http://tagananet.pbwiki.com/

39. Teach English with Web 2.0.. Sudanese students interaction with teachers around the world Students interaction with authentic language http://jovenes4ma.motime.com/ http://shrarh.blogspot.com/

40. How on earth am I going to keep track of all these events?

41. Bloglines.. http://www.bloglines.com/

42. “I develop with the use of Web 2.0, I am not isolated anymore, therefore I survive ” Keys? The need to develop Readiness Motivation

43. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? • Please feel free to go over the links on this presentation! • This presentation can be uploaded from http://www.slideshare.net/halafawzi/out-of-isolation-circles-web-20-for-teacher-professional-development/

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