This document discusses various options for online professional development in teaching English. It outlines tools like Twitter that allow sharing ideas with a professional learning network. Webinars are recommended as a way to participate in seminars from anywhere at scheduled times. Several organizations that provide free webinars on English language teaching are listed. Overall, the document promotes the use of online networks and resources to continue professional development without geographical restrictions.

1. Online Professional
Development
Sandy Millin
IH Sevastopol
7th July 2014
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/onlineCPD14

3. webinars

4.  140 characters
 ‘Micro-blogging’
 Follow anyone
 Anyone can follow you
 Completely free

5. Source: survey by Sandy Millin, January 2011, 43 respondents

6.  Weekly
 Wednesday
 12:00 and 21:00 UK time
 (Sevastopol time = 16:00
and 01:00 Thurs)
 one hour

9.  A PLN
 Ideas, inspiration, motivation
 Blog promotion
 Opportunities (#eltpics…)
 Conferences
 Friends

10.  Huge communities
 Easy to add
 Personal/professional?
 Compared to Twitter…

12.  ELTchat
 IATEFL
 30 goals for educators
 IH Sevastopol!
 For more:
http://elawassell.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/iatefl-pl-
presentation/

13.  An online seminar
 Whatever
 Wherever
 Whenever
 Free (usually!)

15.  Cambridge English Teacher
 http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/webinars
 http://www.macmillanenglish.com/webinars/
 BESIG webinars
Photo
taken
from:
http://www.flickr.com/phot
os/andersabrahamsson/67
30125037/

16.  All of my Professional
Development links:
https://www.diigo.com/u
ser/sandymillin/%22Prof
essional%20Developmen
t%22
 All of my links:
https://www.diigo.com/u
ser/sandymillin
Photo taken from ELTpics
by Ana Maria Menezes, used under a CC
Attribution Non-Commercial license

18. Follow us!
@ihsevastopol (Twitter)
International House Sevastopol
(facebook)
International House Sevastopol (vk)

19. http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/o
nlineCPD14