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Online CPD & Developing a PLN: A Focus on Social Media, Web 2, and Interaction

Join Huw Jarvis, Founder and Editor of TESOLacademic.org, for a session on how to develop your Language Education Personal Learning Network (PLN) through social media. Discover the benefits of using Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, blogs, and webinars for CPD. Bring your own device and participate in interactive activities to enhance your professional development. Don't miss this opportunity to connect and learn!

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Online CPD & Developing a PLN: A Focus on Social Media, Web 2, and Interaction

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  1. Continuing Professional Development (#CPD) in an online environment: suggestions for developing your #LanguageEducation Personal Learning Network (#PLN) 3rd June, 10:00-11:00, #ILSB17 Huw Jarvis Founder and Editor of WWW.TESOLacademic.org Promoting Free at Source Research Leading in Social Media for Language Education Email: tesolacademic@hotmail.com Follow us: @TESOLacademic Join our Facebook group: TESOLacademic.org Subscribe to our You Tube channel: TESOLacademic LinkedIn for professional networking: Huw Jarvis

  2. Online CPD & developing a PLN: a focus on social media, web 2 and interaction • My MA TESOL students were required to participate and demonstrate critical engagement in a range of social media-based channels for CPD. As follows: • Facebook groups • You Tube • Twitter • Blogs • Webinars

  3. Facebook for CPD & developing a PLN How many of you use FB for CPD? Why? Why not? How so? -> Bring your own device (BYOD) -> make recommendations, check out suggestions and report back Groups to join (moderated) – start with IATEFL (15,000 + separate for SIGs) and TESOLacademic.org (12,000); For explicit links to other social media CPD activities try FB group #ELTChat; Some you “like” and “follow” – try “TeachEnglish– British Council and Eaquals Association – add a comment about Some are event specific – International Language Symposium Brno 2017

  4. YouTube … CPD & PLN – e.g. TESOLacadmic.org TASK

  5. YouTube … CPD & PLN – e.g. TESOLacadmic.org Browse the 21 Keynotes on WWW.TESOLacademic.org check your answers and select one of interest to watch. When finished post a comment on our YT channel AND ….

  6. Twitter for CPD & developing a PLN Students then Tweet the link and a comment to #TESOL. Include @tesolacademicfor a RT help building a PLN Download the Twitter app (or pair up, as required) Check out @tesolacacemic; @thornburyscott ; @iatefl; @joedalefollow – use such examples to build a PLN RT some of their tweets Tweet something to #ILSB17 Tweet something from the A to Z blog Got your own favourite blog, website, app, etc? – Tweet this to share with others Try an #ELTChat event

  7. Blogs … CPD & developing a PLN There are 100s out there Many bloggers use WordPress – set up an account to create your own blog, it’s also an easy (but not essential) way to comment and follow other blogs A very popular example is @thornburyscottA to Z of ELT https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/index/

  8. Blogs for CPD & developing a PLN

  9. Blogs for CPD & developing a PLN

  10. Blogs for CPD & developing a PLN

  11. Webinars for CPD & developing a PLN

  12. Webinars: CPD & developing a PLN A pre-recorded example my British Council #Teachingforsuccess webinar on the affordances of online CPD is available from http://www.tesolacademic.org/huwjarviseditor.htm There are lots of free webinars. IATEFL and their SIGs have loads, as do publishers and others. The more you connect the better informed you will be of these … and if you want to deliver one Nicky Hockly has published on this and produced some useful tips http://the-round.com/resource/webinars-a-cookbook-for-educators/

  13. Continuing Professional Development (#CPD) in an online environment: suggestions for developing your #LanguageEducation Personal Learning Network (#PLN) #ILSB17 Check out our TASK on WWW.TESOLacademic.org

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