Developing your teaching online

Nik Peachey | Writer | Trainer | Learning Technology Consultant

BUILDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE ONLINE

TOOLS AND PRACTICES FOR
AUTONOMOUS ONLINE TEACHER
DEVELOPMENT


L E A R N I N G T E C H N O L O G Y C O N S U LTA N T,
TRAINER , WRITER
2 0 + Y E A R S W O R L D W I D E E X P E R I E N C E I N E LT

PRINCE 2 Project Manager
M.Ed Tech ELT
CELTA Trainer
DELTA Trainer
ICT Trainer
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/NikPeachey
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICT4ELT
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey
Google +: http://tinyurl.com/cwkcp55
http://about.me/technogogy


“TEACHERS ARE LIKE SHARKS, .....”


“TEACHERS ARE LIKE SHARKS, .....”

“....... WHEN THEY STOP MOVING
F O R W A R D T H E Y S TA R T T O D I E . ”


HOW DO YOU KEEP
MOVING FORWARD?

http://tricider.com/brainstorming/NmxE


HOW DO YOU KEEP MOVING FORWARD?
• Join or ‘Like’ a page or group on Facebook

!
• Go to a conference

!
• Take an online course

!
• Follow educators on Twitter

!
• Collect and curate online resources

!
• Attend an online webinar

!
• Subscribe to teaching websites

!
• Do peer observation

!
• Do action research

!
• Read blogs by other teachers

http://tricider.com/brainstorming/NmxE


THE MIND IS LIKE A
MUSCLE.
I T N E E D S D A I LY
EXERCISE.


EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW TO
DEVELOP YOUR TEACHING
IS ON THE
INTERNET


EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW TO
DEVELOP YOUR TEACHING
IS ON THE
INTERNET

Somewhere!


LEARNING IN NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS

“over one billion people and computers networked
together collectively producing over 2,000
gigabytes of new information per second.”
Michael Wesch

Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments

http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/knowledgable-knowledge-able


THE PROBLEM

F I N D I N G W H AT Y O U N E E D
WHEN YOU NEED IT

THE SOLUTION


PEOPLE

Technology is great because it connects you to people,
their opinions, their ideas, their creative works


MY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
CYCLE
Build a
network of
contacts
Access
information
sources

Reformulate
and assimilate

Evaluate
information


BUILDING NETWORKS


F A C E B O O K - G R O U P S V S PA G E S


FA C E B O O K G R O U P S
• Can be open or closed
• Encourage more peer to peer communication
• Safer
• Need more management
• Potentially more engaging


F A C E B O O K PA G E S

• Broadcast - rather than peer to peer
• Easier to manage
• Less engaging
• Safer


FA C E B O O K G R O U P S F O R T E A C H E R S
!
•

IATEFL

•

EuroCALL

•

English Language Teaching for 21st Century Educators

•

ICT in Teaching and Learning

•

YLT SIG Teenagers

•

English Club

•

Mobile Devices for Learning


F A C E B O O K PA G E S
!
•

Teaching English – British Council

•

LearnEnglish – British Council MENA

•

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

•

Oxford University Press - ELT

•

ELT Teacher 2 Writer

•

Cambridge University Press ELT

•

Technology in English Language Teaching


TWITTER

# E LT


TWITTER PEOPLE
http://twitter.com/thornburyscott

!
https://twitter.com/marcprensky

!
http://twitter.com/LukeMeddings

!
http://twitter.com/English_Phrases

!
http://twitter.com/ozge

!
https://twitter.com/TheConsultantsE

!
http://twitter.com/SeanBanville

!
http://twitter.com/esolcourses

!
http://twitter.com/russell1955

!
http://twitter.com/harmerj

!
http://twitter.com/NikPeachey


A C C E S S I N F O R M AT I O N

http://chiewpang.blogspot.co.uk/
http://blogs.onestopenglish.com/index.php


A C C E S S I N G I N F O R M AT I O N

The magic of RSS feed


E V A L U AT I N G I N F O R M AT I O N


R E F L E C T & R E F O R M U L AT E

Publishing your thoughts


SHARE


H AV E A P L A N
• Join or ‘Like’ a page or group on Facebook
!

• Follow educators on Twitter
!

• Create your own RSS homepage (Netvibes)
!

• Subscribe to teaching websites
!

• Read blogs by other teachers
!

• Write my own teaching blog
!

• Collect and curate online resources
!

• Take a course online (MOOC)
!

• Attend an online webinar


QUICK TIPS
• Make a specific time

• You don’t have to

• Make procrastination

• Do something with it

for it

learning time

• Be selective

read all of anything

• Enjoy it
• Have a plan


HOW TO ...
• How to create a Facebook Page 

http://youtu.be/n4N0yyB6hE8

• How to add a feed to Netvibes 

http://youtu.be/5OeOZoUw29k

• Create a blog 

http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/blogger/

• How to Scoop.it 

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheScoopit/videos

• How to Pinterest  

http://youtu.be/PQ4pE3gcSnI

• How to Diigo 

http://youtu.be/2RC3uvzv4_8

• How to Twitter 

http://youtu.be/lwxRK2cZ5rA


BE A NETWORKED STUDENT &
BECOME A NETWORKED TEACHER

http://youtu.be/XwM4ieFOotA

MORE ABOUT CONNECTIVISM

• Description
• A Learning Theory for the Digital Age


READ MORE

http://nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/how-i-use-social-media-for-my.html


SHOULD TEACHERS BE ‘FRIENDS’ WITH
T H E I R S T U D E N T S O N FA C E B O O K ?


K E E P I N G I N C O N TA C T W I T H T E E N S

http://youtu.be/yu4zMvE6FH4


SECURITY ISSUES

• How do we protect students?
• How do we protect teachers?
• How do we protect our reputation?


H AV E A S O C I A L N E T W O R K I N G C O D E
OF PRACTICE

• For teachers and students
• Must be transparent
• Enforced with action

FA C E B O O K P R I VA C Y A N D S E C U R I T Y

• Facebook privacy
• More about Facebook in education


Thank you 4 listening
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

My Blogs

Teacher Development: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/

News and Tips: http://quickshout.blogspot.com/

My Recommended Reading

Learning & Technology

http://www.scoop.it/t/learning-technology

My Book

Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19576895/Web-20-Tools-for-Teachers

Contact: NikPeachey@Mac.Com

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