community pratice evora 2006

Becoming a Tech Teacher Through an Online Community of Practice

Cristina Costa & Ramona Dietrich APPI Seminar – “All Together Now!”

Évora, 21 October 2006

Communities of Practice

Group of People

Interests / Common Goals

Interaction / Communication

Share Ideas and Experiences

Build Knowledge

Ongoing Professional Development

Communities of Practice (CoP)• CoP:

– Organized around concrete objectives;– Motivated by professional/personal interests;– Aim at the improvement and/or acquisition of new competencies

through shared practice;– Construct new paradigms in explored area;– Stimulate new practices.

Collaborative Learning

Communities of Practice

Use ICT to teach/learn about ICT

Webheads in Action

• Online Community of Practice

• Primarily for efl teachers

• ICT for language learning

• Global presence

• Offer a 6 week online workshop every January

Webheads in Action• Goal

– Develop knowledge to enable the efficient use of ICT in learning environments.

• Learning process/path – Progressive;– Extended in time;– Reflection of joint enterprise (online);– Exchange of experiences and knowledge about the

best ways to introduce ICT in EFL/ESL teaching/learning.

Webheads in Action

• Results– Build new knowledge and practices;– Participate in ICT projects;– Develop projects collaboratively;– Apply what we learn in our professional context;– Share results;– Report practices; – Connect with a coherent group.

Webheads in Action

Examples

Challenge

Join this Community of Practice

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The Webheads in Action

You too can…

• Attend a free online 6-week hands-on course (Jan – Feb);

• Learn to collaborate online (through emailing lists);

• Explore synchronous and asynchronous communication tools;

• Create blogs, webpages, podcasts and wikis;• Experiment with virtual classrooms and voice

mail;• Develop class materials for online use;• Build relationships with teachers from all over

the world.

To become a Webhead…

• Join the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonline2002_webheads/

For more info…

Cristina CostaEmail: cristinacosta_pt@yahoo.com

Site: http://virtual-waters.tripod.com

Ramona DietrichEmail: rddietrich@yahoo.com

Site: http://afterclass.tripod.com

APPI Seminar, Évora, October, 2006