Post on 06-May-2015
Global home for teachers
Using social networks
and media
to support
our continuing
professional development
Global home for teachers
What does continuing professional development involve?
Where to start
Getting support
Spreading our wings – using social networks
Keeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Global home for teachers
finding out how you can best improve your teaching skills
What does continuing professional development involve?
Global home for teachersWhat does continuing professional development involve?
finding out how you
can best improve
your teaching skills
asking yourself the right questions and setting yourself goals
Global home for teachersWhat does continuing professional development involve?
finding out how you
can best improve
your teaching skills
identifying the people, tools and techniques that will help you reach your goals
asking yourself the
right questions and
setting yourself goals
Global home for teachersWhat does continuing professional development involve?
finding out how you
can best improve
your teaching skills
asking yourself the
right questions and
setting yourself goals
learning from your teaching experience by sharing it with others and reflecting on it
identifying the people,
tools and techniques
that will help you
reach your goals
Global home for teachersWhat does continuing professional development involve?
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/continuing-professional-development-intro
Global home for teachersWhere to start
In the staffroom
Global home for teachersWhere to start
In the classroom
Global home for teachersWhere to start
Identifying what you want to investigate
Global home for teachersWhere to start
Formulating your goals and creatinga plan that will help you reach them:
• focus• goals• rationale• action / tools• estimated time required
Global home for teachersWhere to start
Try to formulate now what your professional goals are and how you think you can achieve them.
Global home for teachersGetting support
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/continuing-professional-development
Investigate the CPD section of TeachingEnglish
Global home for teachersGetting support
Join a national or international teachers association –TESOL, IATEFL
http://www.iatefl.org/
http://www.tesol-spain.org/en/
Global home for teachersGetting support
Take a training course
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/british-council-online-courses
http://tinyurl.com/36nxyaw
Global home for teachersSpreading your wings – using social networks
Take part inTeachingEnglish on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil
Global home for teachersJoin in the #ELTchat
http://eltchat.com/eltchat-summaries-index/
Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachersIdentify good ELT bloggers
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/featured-blogs
Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachersJoin an online community
http://www.aplanet-project.eu/index.php
http://englishcompanion.ning.com/
http://community.eflclassroom.com/
Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachers
What has been your experience of using social networks to support your CPD?
Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachersKeeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Stay up-to-date with blogs and websites – Google Reader
www.google.com/reader
http://www.youtube.com/GoogleReaderHelp
video tutorial
Global home for teachersKeeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Save and share useful material – diigo
http://www.diigo.com/
video tutorial
http://vimeo.com/12687333
Global home for teachersKeeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Discover what people are curating – Scoop.it
http://www.scoop.it/
http://www.scoop.it/t/teachingenglish
Global home for teachersKeeping chaos at bay – useful tools
What tools do you use to help you organise your learning?
Global home for teachers
ann.foreman@british.council.es
ann_f
https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil