Personal Development 2.0

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Isolation Rings

o Lack of educational opportunities to enhance PD

o Limited opportunities for PD/ professional collaboration

o Lack of resources o Limited expertise o Untrained/under trained

teacherso Teaching in isolation

o Lack of ALL traditional models for PD:

• Conferences• Seminars• Workshops• Group Discussions• Lectures• Journals• Articles• Periodicals• Magazines

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Which one mirrors your PD?

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More circles to add?

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Professional development :“The sum of all activities, both formal and informal, carried out by the individual or system to promote staff growth and renewal” (Connors,1991)

A Little bit about PD…

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“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)

Training DevelopmentA little bit about TPD…

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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

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Web1.0 Web 2.0

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

The Web NowThe Web We Knew

http://tinyurl.com/2fvkka

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

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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Dependence on “Tools”

Dependence on “Teachers”

Why Web 2.0 for TPD?

The move from the …

•Broadband interactivity•Connective nature.•Peer-to peer collaboration•User( teacher) contribution•Users share information•User (teacher) consume & remix data

Focus on “Tools”

Focus on the “How” to use tools to enhance teachers’ pedagogical skills

The move was possible because of the ...

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“DEVELOPING WILL BE AUGMENTED BY THE TOOLS WE USE”

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

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http://tinyurl.com/25vqss

http://tinyurl.com/yrkyta

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http://www.santecnetwork.org/

Seminars..

Network of educational technology practitioners

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Workshops..

Google Groups

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Workshops..

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http://tinyurl.com/2hr3b6

Symposiums..

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Questions?

Comments?

People online?

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Manchester2006

Discussion Forums..

Same ELT problems in other parts of the world

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Communities for teachers & educators..

http://www.academici.net/

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http://tappedin.org/tappedin/

Communities for education professionals..

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Online Office

http://www.learningtimes.org/

Presentations..

Synchronously..( at the same time)

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A synchronously..( not at the same time)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloggingforbeginners/

Hands-on Workshops..

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw07/

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http://schedule.wiaoc.org/

Online Convergence..

http://wiaoc.org/

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Tagging..

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

Virtual Offices ..

http://www.thinkfree.com/

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Activities to use with students..

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http://tinyurl.com/2hn93c

http://tinyurl.com/vejl

http://www.elllo.org

http://a4esl.org/

http://tinyurl.com/2hn93c

Interact with teachers & their students

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http://tagananet2.blogspot.com/

Teach English with Web 2.0..

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http://tagananet.podomatic.com/?badge=1

Teach English with Web 2.0….

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Teach English with Web 2.0..

http://tagananet.pbwiki.com/

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Sudanese students interaction with teachers around the world

Students interaction with authentic language

Teach English with Web 2.0..

http://jovenes4ma.motime.com/

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How on earth am I going to keep track of

all these events?

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Bloglines..

http://www.bloglines.com/

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“I develop with the use of Web 2.0, I am not isolated

anymore, therefore I survive ”

Keys? The need to developReadinessMotivation