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A PLN for ELT Professionals

What would you like to talk about on Wednesday January 12th?

Review   Last week’s #ELTchat got the year started with two great discussions on how to overcome colleagues’ resistance to online professional development and  on the principles that govern our materials preparation.   In response to the chats and the experience of sharing in the discussion and, on that particular day, the moderation of #ELTchat,…
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Convincing colleagues that online professional development (PD) is as effective as face-to-face – summary for #ELTchat 06/01/2011

Chat summary contributed by Sandy Millin Tell them about all the amazing people you meet / blogs you read / ideas you get / fun you have. Highlight how much you can learn in how little time. A big problem is where to start: blogs may be less overwhelming than Twitter. Show them a sample…
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Principles when preparing your own teaching materials – a summary

For today’s chats, we were fortunate to have had one of our fellow #ELTchatters offer to write a summary of the main points from the transcripts. I suggested this as there were quite a few new followers who mentioned that it is sometimes difficult to follow the transcript – there are so many retweets, it’s…
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How can we convince colleagues that online Professional Development is as valuable as face-to-face?

Transcript for January 5, 2011 9 p.m. GMT 9:00 pm Marisa_C: For the next hour my tweets will be dedicated to #ELTchat – pls join into our conversation ! 9:00 pm sandymillin: RT @Marisa_C: For the next hour my tweets will be dedicated to #ELTchat – pls join into our conversation ! 9:01 pm vickyloras:…
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What principles do you follow when you prepare your own teaching materials?

Transcript for January 5, 2011, 3 p.m. GMT 3:01 pm janetbianchini: Hi all from a cloudy Abruzzo – what is the #ELTchat topic today?? 3:01 pm europeaantje: @Fuertesun @SueAnnan #ELTchat topic is cats ??? 3:02 pm Marisa_C: Hello and welcomt to #ELTchat our topic is What principles do you follow when you prepare your own…
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#ELTchat January 5, 2011

What would you like to talk about in our next #ELTchat session? The top choice will be discussed at 9 p.m. GMT and the second choice at 3 p.m. GMT. Find your own local time for each chat here for 3 p.m. London time and here for 9 p.m. London time. This is our first…
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Propose a topic for the 1st 2011 #ELTchat on January 5th

On behalf of all the moderators on #ELTchat, Happy New Year everyone! We all took a short break last week but we have noticed some of you missing your Wednesday chats! Here is a new and fresh page for topics proposed for our next #ELTchat this coming Wednesday on January 5th. Two friends have found…
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Should ESL teachers learn a second/foreign language? Can this help us to become better teachers?

Transcript for December 22 – 9 p.m. GMT 9:00 pm sandymillin: RT @Marisa_C: #ELTchat for the next hour my tweets will be dedicated to our next topic – please join us for the last #ELTchat of the year 9:00 pm cecilialcoelho: #ELTchat for the next half hour my tweets will be dedicated to the last…
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How can we overcome teacher burnout?

Transcript from December 22 – 3 p.m. GMT All times are GMT 3:00 pm DahlD: RT @eshwaranv: #eltchat begins in 2 mins… Topic: How can we overcome teacher burnout? Be there! 3:00 pm ShellTerrell: My tweets for the next hour dedicated to #eltchat plz offer suggestions to avoid teacher burnout 3:00 pm Marisa_C: For the…
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#ELTchat – 22 December

What do you want to talk about in the next #ELTchat session? The top choice will be discussed at 3pm London time and the second choice at 9pm London time. Please remember this will be the last #ELTchat for 2010! We look forward to seeing you online!