ENHANCING OUR TEACHING
LEARNING THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA
A PLN
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Physical Location
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VERTICAL LEARNING
Traditionally we have learned vertically
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us
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Is that all?
Whenever you want to learn is it always like
this ?
Where?
When?
What ?
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HORIZONTAL LEARNING
Now we can learn horizontally
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HOW ABOUT THAT ?
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Social Networks
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To Tweet or Not To TweeT ?
https://twitter.com/
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some of them
FOLLOW the @Stars
Follow @Publishers :
Webinars ( live sessions on line )
Get your certificate (s)
• Authors ´ blogs
• Resources and articles
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Follow @ Organizations
•
• Live Stream Conferences
• Webinars
• MOOCs
Massive Open Online Courses
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# HAGHSTAGS
• a hashtag is simply a way for people to search
for tweets that have a common topic and to
begin or join a conversation
• #edchat, #IATFEL, #TESOL, #edtech, #delta ….
• You can start your own haghstag
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#ELTchat
• A freely available social network for ELT professionals offering mutual support and
opportunities for Continuous Professional Development.
Every Wednesday at 12pm or 21.00pm GMT, ELT teachers from all over the world log into
their Twitter account and for one hour hold an online discussion on a topic they have
selected. Then , a volunteer participant collects a summary of the chat.
https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/#
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#ELTpics
A great place to find
excellent FREE photos
for your blogs is
ELT Pics. This is a flickr
collection made by
English language
teachers for English
language teachers.
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TIPS
1.- AVOID NOISE
APPS like Tweetdeck Nurph or
Hootsuite FILTER information
& make conversation smooth.
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2.-
FAVOURITE
INTERESTING
TWEETS , to
read later :Click on
the star icon and it
will turn gold,
confirming that
you've favourited
the Tweet.
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3.- DIFFERENT AIMS?
KEEP DIFFERENT
ACCOUNTS
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https://www.facebook.com/
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GROUPS
PAGES
Click on
…
You are in !
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Join Suggestions
Most Personal Learning Network
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How come?... From Twitter!
STORAGE & SHARING
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• Curation :
• Visual :
• Blogging :
Pinterest
Start a free blog
Other Networks
…..
……………………
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circles
debates
One at a time!h
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n
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s
...It all started with
“ I use twitter to share. I use twitter
to learn. I use twitter to see a
window into other classrooms. I use
twitter to generate ideas. I use
twitter for feedback (…). I use
twitter to capture student learning. I
use twitter to share. I use twitter to
learn…. ”
Brian Aspinall
Pictures by #eltpics
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And of course in Twitter !
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Tesol Spain 2015 A PLN . Enhancing Teaching Learning Through Social Media