1. Global home for teachers
Using social networks
and media
to support
our continuing
professional development

2. Global home for teachers
What does continuing professional development involve?
Where to start
Getting support
Spreading our wings – using social networks
Keeping chaos at bay – useful tools

3. What does continuing professional development involve?
Global home for teachers
finding out how you
can best improve
your teaching skills

4. What does continuing professional development involve?
Global home for teachers
finding out how you
can best improve
your teaching skills
asking yourself the
right questions and
setting yourself goals

5. What does continuing professional development involve?
Global home for teachers
finding out how you
can best improve asking yourself the
your teaching skills right questions and
setting yourself goals
identifying the people,
tools and techniques
that will help you
reach your goals

6. What does continuing professional development involve?
Global home for teachers
finding out how you
can best improve asking yourself the
your teaching skills right questions and identifying the people,
setting yourself goals tools and techniques
that will help you
reach your goals
learning from your
teaching experience
by sharing it with others
and reflecting on it

7. What does continuing professional development involve?
Global home for teachers
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/continuing-professional-development-intro

8. Where to start
Global home for teachers
In the staffroom

9. Where to start
Global home for teachers
In the classroom

10. Where to start
Global home for teachers
Identifying what you want to investigate

11. Where to start
Global home for teachers
Formulating your goals and creating
a plan that will help you reach them:
• focus
• goals
• rationale
• action / tools
• estimated time required

12. Where to start
Global home for teachers
Try to formulate now what
your professional goals are and
how you think you can achieve them.

13. Getting support
Global home for teachers
Investigate the CPD section of TeachingEnglish
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/continuing-professional-development

14. Getting support
Global home for teachers
Join a national or international teachers association –
TESOL, IATEFL
http://www.tesol-spain.org/en/
http://www.iatefl.org/

15. Getting support
Global home for teachers
Take a training course
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/british-council-online-courses
http://tinyurl.com/36nxyaw

16. Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachers
Take part inTeachingEnglish on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil

17. Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachers
Join in the #ELTchat
http://eltchat.com/eltchat-summaries-index/

18. Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachers
Identify good ELT bloggers
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/featured-blogs

19. Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachers
Join an online community
http://www.aplanet-project.eu/index.php
http://englishcompanion.ning.com/
http://community.eflclassroom.com/

20. Spreading your wings – using social networks
Global home for teachers
What has been your experience of using
social networks to support your CPD?

21. Keeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Global home for teachers
Stay up-to-date with blogs and websites
– Google Reader
www.google.com/reader
video tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/GoogleReaderHelp

22. Keeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Global home for teachers
Save and share useful material
– diigo
http://www.diigo.com/
video tutorial
http://vimeo.com/12687333

23. Keeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Global home for teachers
Discover what people are curating
– Scoop.it
http://www.scoop.it/
http://www.scoop.it/t/teachingenglish

24. Keeping chaos at bay – useful tools
Global home for teachers
What tools do you use to help you
organise your learning?

25. Global home for teachers
ann.foreman@british.council.es
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https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil