community pratice evora 2006
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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
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: [email protected]
Site: http://virtual-waters.tripod.com
Ramona DietrichEmail: [email protected]
Site: http://afterclass.tripod.com
APPI Seminar, Évora, October, 2006
