TDSIG Blog
Join the #tdsigcarnival with a tweet or video!
Before and after the Web Carnival on January 28, where four speakers will engage with all of us on the learnings they've had when the wheels fell off in classroom situations, we’d be thrilled if you chose to participate with your own stories of the wheels falling off...
PCE 2017 – Call for Workshop Proposals
In our joint Pre-conference event with the LTSIG in Glasgow, educators from around the world will share their knowledge of teacher development with the use of technology. We will present, demonstrate and discuss ideas, frameworks and tools to show the possibilities...
Deadline for TDSIG December Newsletter contributions extended!
Deadline extended to November 24, 2016 We invite you to contribute a piece of writing to our published newsletter (length and register is pretty open). Choose any of the following types and get published to our membership! ✤ practical activities / ✤ conference reports...
IATEFL 2016 report from Martin Cooke
Back in April 2016, TDSIG were at the 50th IATEFL Annual Conference – this year held in Birmingham in the heart of the UK. We ran a pre-conference event day titled 'The Teacher's Voice', invited people to join a track of teacher development-related sessions in the...
TDSIG Web Carnival returns in January!
The TDSIG Web Carnival is returning in January 2017 for its second go-round! We're currently seeking proposals for talks on the topic of "Learnings when the wheels fall off"! Intriguing, yes? If you're interested in giving a talk during this online webconference,...
Two weeks to go!
You may or may not be aware that the call for scholarship applications for IATEFL 2017 has gone out. There are a whole host of these on offer, so it's a good idea to check out the List of Scholarships on the IATEFL website. But don't go away just yet – there are two...
TDSIG @ IATEFL 2016
TDSIG tweets from IATEFL! Thanks to the various tweeting ability of the TDSIG and those that attended our events on PCE and SIG days, we have a lovely social narrative of the time in Birmingham. Special thanks to Tyson for pulling these tweetings out of the Twitter...
SIG Day speakers – Emma Meade-Flynn
And so the IATEFL conference proper is almost upon us! Today is the day of the Pre-Conference Events, and we at TDSIG are getting ready for our day at the University of Birmingham, The Teacher's Voice. Today is also the day for publishing the last blog post we have...
SIG Day speakers – Marina Bendtsen
Here's our second SIG Day speaker post of the week. This time we hear from Marina Bendtsen, whose session on 13 April is Exploring the insider perspective – teachers’ evolving views of teacher learning. Marina's blog post I have always been driven by a desire to learn...