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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...
SIG Day speakers – Sally Janssen
It's been a while since the last post introducing one of our SIG Day speakers, but we hope the wait has been worth it as we introduce three more this week in the lead up to the 50th IATEFL conference in Birmingham. Here is Sally Janssen, outlining some of the thoughts...
SIG Day speakers – Tom Heaven
Tom Heaven will deliver the first talk session in our TDSIG Day and the title is Spreading the jam: teacher workshops across time zones. Remember these TDSIG Day sessions all take place in Hall 8a on Wednesday 13 April – look forward to seeing you there! Here is Tom...
SIG Day speakers – Thorsten Merse
Here's the first post relating to the sessions on our TDSIG Day at IATEFL in Birmingham – taking place on Wednesday 13th April in Hall 8a at the ICC. Thorsten Merse is the third speaker on our SIG Day schedule and will be giving a talk titled "That's so gay?" –...