Becoming a Tech Teacher Through an Online Community of Practice Cristina Costa & Ramona Dietrich APPI Seminar – “All Together Now!” Évora, 2 1 October 2006

Becoming a Tech Teacher Through an Online Community of Practice

Communities of Practice Group of People Interests / Common Goals Interaction / Communication Share Ideas and Experiences Build Knowledge Ongoing Professional Development

Communities of Practice (CoP) CoP: Organized around concrete objectives; Motivated by professional/personal interests; Aim at the improvement and/or acquisition of new competencies through shared practice; Construct new paradigms in explored area; Stimulate new practices. Collaborative Learning

CoP:

Organized around concrete objectives;

Motivated by professional/personal interests;

Aim at the improvement and/or acquisition of new competencies through shared practice;

Construct new paradigms in explored area;

Stimulate new practices.

Communities of Practice Use ICT to teach/learn about ICT

Webheads in Action Online Community of Practice Primarily for efl teachers ICT for language learning Global presence Offer a 6 week online workshop every January

Online Community of Practice

Primarily for efl teachers

ICT for language learning

Global presence

Offer a 6 week online workshop every January

Webheads in Action Goal Develop knowledge to enable the efficient use of ICT in learning environments. Learning process/path Progressive; Extended in time; Reflection of joint enterprise (online); Exchange of experiences and knowledge about the best ways to introduce ICT in EFL/ESL teaching/learning.

Goal

Develop knowledge to enable the efficient use of ICT in learning environments.

Learning process/path

Progressive;

Extended in time;

Reflection of joint enterprise (online);

Exchange of experiences and knowledge about the best ways to introduce ICT in EFL/ESL teaching/learning.

Webheads in Action Results Build new knowledge and practices; Participate in ICT projects; Develop projects collaboratively; Apply what we learn in our professional context; Share results; Report practices; Connect with a coherent group. Webheads in Action

Results

Build new knowledge and practices;

Participate in ICT projects;

Develop projects collaboratively;

Apply what we learn in our professional context;

Share results;

Report practices;

Connect with a coherent group.

Examples Blogs Wikis Podcasts

Challenge Join this Community of Practice – The Webheads in Action

You too can … Attend a free online 6-week hands-on course (Jan – Feb); Learn to collaborate online (through emailing lists); Explore synchronous and asynchronous communication tools; Create blogs, webpages, podcasts and wikis; Experiment with virtual classrooms and voice mail; Develop class materials for online use; Build relationships with teachers from all over the world.

Attend a free online 6-week hands-on course (Jan – Feb);

Learn to collaborate online (through emailing lists);

Explore synchronous and asynchronous communication tools;

Create blogs, webpages, podcasts and wikis;

Experiment with virtual classrooms and voice mail;

Develop class materials for online use;

Build relationships with teachers from all over the world.

To become a Webhead… Join the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonline2002_webheads/

Join the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonline2002_webheads/

For more info… Cristina Costa Email : [email_address] Site : http://virtual-waters.tripod.com Ramona Dietrich Email : [email_address] Site : http://afterclass.tripod.com APPI Seminar, Évora, October, 2006

Cristina Costa

Email : [email_address]

Site : http://virtual-waters.tripod.com

Ramona Dietrich

Email : [email_address]

Site : http://afterclass.tripod.com

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