In a workshop TDSIG organises in November, I will discuss how professionals learn in their workplace, especially during the early stages of their career. You are probably given objectives or competencies but the real assessment will be whether your performance meets...
The Teacher Development and Learning Technologies SIG Joint conference in Istanbul in May, entitled “Developing with and without technology”, explored the role of technology in our development as teachers. Gavin Dudeney referred to the innovation cycle where a period...
This Saturday 16 June, the IATEFL BESIG 2012 Summer Symposium is taking place in Paris, France. As in previous years, a selection of the talks will be broadcast live on the internet. The BESIG website provides a page with more information on the symposium. The...
You can now read all about our recent collaboration with the IATEFL LTSIG on the official conference website: http://iatefleventsturkey.com/ There, you’ll find reports about all the main presentations and workshops. The LTSIG have also produced several videos,...
“Teacher Development With or Without Technology?” Why Teacher Development? This is an age of lifelong learning, of ‘perpetual beta’, of learning ‘anywhere, any place, any time’. Teacher development is necessary, arguably more now than it ever was. We...
On the 19th March Peter Dyer was the facilitator for our Teacher Development SIG Day at the Glasgow IATEFL conference, which was very successful. In the next Newsletter you will find an interview I had with him. Here’s a taster: Peter: The acting side of the workshop...
