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Is ELT ‘Broken’? – Part 01: Is it the training or the trainers? | #ProfessionalDevelopment

Is ELT ‘Broken’? – Part 01: Is it the training or the trainers? | #ProfessionalDevelopment | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

[Gust MEES] I love Tony's posts!! Straight to the point ;)

 

One of the areas I noted was the quality of ‘training’. I didn’t get into the whole Undergraduate Teacher Education or CELTA debate (that would be another 3 to 5 sessions on its own) but noted how so many of our conferences are a total waste of time and how the input/guidance of people that call themselves ‘trainers, consultants and researchers’ is frequently of such low quality – here in canım Türkiyem.

Over the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure (or not…) of seeing a wide range of trainers / presenters at an even wider range of events and conferences around the country – and it would not be an understatement to say I am still totally UNDER-whelmed with the knowledge, skills and attitudes of most of these self-proclaimed ‘experts’.

It’s almost as if many of them have never heard the old saying…‘it doesn’t matter what you say about YOURSELF, it’s more important what OTHERS say about you!’

I have decided to be one of these OTHERS…today!

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/15/professional-development-why-educators-and-teachers-cant-catch-up-that-quickly-and-how-to-change-it/

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/learning-to-learn-for-my-professional-development-i-did-it-my-way/

 

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[Gust MEES] I love Tony's posts!! Straight to the point ;)

 

One of the areas I noted was the quality of ‘training’. I didn’t get into the whole Undergraduate Teacher Education or CELTA debate (that would be another 3 to 5 sessions on its own) but noted how so many of our conferences are a total waste of time and how the input/guidance of people that call themselves ‘trainers, consultants and researchers’ is frequently of such low quality – here in canım Türkiyem.

Over the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure (or not…) of seeing a wide range of trainers / presenters at an even wider range of events and conferences around the country – and it would not be an understatement to say I am still totally UNDER-whelmed with the knowledge, skills and attitudes of most of these self-proclaimed ‘experts’.

It’s almost as if many of them have never heard the old saying…‘it doesn’t matter what you say about YOURSELF, it’s more important what OTHERS say about you!’

I have decided to be one of these OTHERS…today!

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/15/professional-development-why-educators-and-teachers-cant-catch-up-that-quickly-and-how-to-change-it/

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/learning-to-learn-for-my-professional-development-i-did-it-my-way/

 

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Improve your ICT Skills - Become a 21st Century Teacher

Improve your ICT Skills - Become a 21st Century Teacher | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Dear Teacher,

We are thrilled to be launching a new set of courses specifically dedicated to educating teachers in new technologies for education and English Language Teaching.

 

We are especially proud and pleased to announced that the course creator and tutor is no other than Nik Peachey, an edtech/ICT expert that most of you will have heard of. Nik Peachey is well-known known around the world for his great edtech blogs, writings, and presentations at international conferences where he is a keynote/plenary speaker.

 

Please read the brief descriptions of the two new courses we are launching in September 2012. Both courses will be delivered online on our Moodle website and require minimal knowledge of technology in order to participate. Both are flexible and can be attended whenever you have time available to read the input and complete the required tasks or participate in the discussions.

 

Read more:

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6d6e7c5eb514be9e7e5977690&id=2e767c6102

 

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Everybody Up Global Sing-along 2013 | Oxford University Press

Everybody Up Global Sing-along 2013 | Oxford University Press | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Link your classroom to the wider world – join our Global Sing-along 2013!
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Join in and have fun while learning...

 

Erin Larcey's curator insight, December 8, 2013 3:26 PM

Here we have an example of how global learning will benefit students. By allowing students to "compete" amongst eachother, you allow them to have a motivation to learn something other then simply for a grade. Then the students will be able to share their work between eachother and hopefully in the end recieve a prize. of course we can't always give prizes, but there is a certain amount of pride that students will take in their work. By doing so, and being able to share their work with students who are in the same situation as them they will not only be able to sypathize with the efforts that the other students are making (because they themselves are experiencing similar issues), but they will also encourage eachother by showing how they are exploring their learnings. Allowing students to interact with eachother and share the progress they made is one of the biggest positives about global classrooms. If this is done, students can then share how they became so successful and will be able to share those techniques.