This document discusses how social media can be used for professional development for teachers of English language learners. It provides an overview of various social media platforms and how they can be used, including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube and Scoop.it. Key benefits highlighted are that social media professional development can be low-cost, accessible anywhere, driven by practitioners, and allow for collaboration and networking in online learning communities. Specific accounts, hashtags, and blogs are recommended for teachers to follow on each platform.

1. Social Media and Professional
Development too!
Judie Haynes & Karen Nemeth
NJTESOL/NJBE 2017

2. Judie Haynes
Judieh@optonline.net
Karen Nemeth, Ed.M.
Karen@languagecastle.com

3. “Social media are computer-
mediated technologies that allow
individuals, companies, NGOs,
governments, and other
organizations to view, create and
share information, ideas, career
interests, and other forms of
expression via virtual communities
and networks.” Wikipedia

5. What you should know about
etiquette and liability
It never goes away
Other people can capture it
Permissions and respect
Trust and openness
Policy and legal advice
Copyright

6. Discussion
Other than e-mail what is your favorite
way to interact with others using the
internet? Why?

7. Key Social Media Components for
Teachers of ELLs
 Twitter
 Facebook
 Blogs
 Youtube channels
 Pinterest
 List serv
 LinkedIn
 Webinars
 Instagram
 Voxer
 MyTESOL
 Remind.com
 Googledoc
 Webinars
 Videochat
 Web-based meetings

8. Becoming a Connected Educator
 Active learning is better than passive learning
for our students
 The same is true for our own professional
development
 Web 2.0 supports the active learning version of
internet professional development.

9. Linking Web 2.0 to Becoming a
Connected Educator
 ESL teachers often work in isolation with few
opportunities and limited time for collaboration.
 Teachers can be more effective when not left
alone to address challenges.

10. Why Social Media?

11. Social media PD can be:
 real-time or on your time
 cost-effective
 completely customizable, and accessible
around the world
 driven by practitioners, not just
consultants.

12. Learning Communities
 ESL and general education teachers have
much to offer each other.
 Collaboration can make all teachers more
effective.
 ESL teachers need to seek collaboration, to
give and receive information.
 Learning communities over teachers a global
approach to teaching

13. Learning Communities Have…
 shared values and vision
 supportive conditions
 shared personal practice.
 supportive and shared leadership
 collective creativity

14. Collaboration Strategies
 Use a PLN (Personalized Learning Network) as
a way to make connections and share ideas
and resources online.
 With online PLN you can reach and connect
with educators who share your interests from
around the state, country, and world!

15. Benefits of a PLN
 Links to resources
 Knowledge acquisition
 Networking
 Sharing of best practices
 A place where you can ask questions and get
quick answers

16. Facebook for Professional
Development
 NJTESOL/NJBE
 #ELLCHAT
 TESOL
 everythingESL.net
 Karen Nemeth at Language Castle

19. Facebook Pages to Like
 Larry Ferlazzo – “Rock Star” of online collaboration.
https://www.facebook.com/larryferlazzo
 Colorin Colorado - Website provides materials in
Spanish & English for teachers & parents of
ELLshttps://www.facebook.com/ColorinColorado.org
 http://www.colorincolorado.org/

20. Join Twitter
for Professional Development

21. Why Twitter?
“Educators really can’t afford to NOT be on
Twitter. Our educational landscape is changing
very rapidly.
As educators we must continually be growing and
finding new ways to learn and reach our students.
Twitter can be a catalyst in transforming your
classroom, your school, and your teaching.”
(Todd Nesloney, 2012)
http://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414184770066999

22. Social Media platforms for
professionals?
 State Government
 Some departments tweet
 Or share via webinar (use chat!)
 Check out what’s happening in OTHER
departments

23. Tips for Beginning Twitter Users
 Spend your early time on Twitter following important
educational hashtags i.e. #ellchat #edchat #spedchat
#eccChat
 Ask colleagues to join Twitter with you
 Engage with your staff.
 Remember that building relationships on Twitter takes
time.
 Teachers can’t understand the value of Twitter until
they actually use it.

25. Joining Twitter
 Write a short (3 short sentences) bio about
yourself.
 Get a picture of yourself or an icon to put on
your account.
 Sign up for a Twitter Account
 Follow the discussion on #ELLCHAT
 Look for #EDCHAT – then branch off to your
specialized interests

29. Twitter for Teachers
 Twitter hashtags allow teachers to hold
discussions on Twitter with educators from all
over the world.
 #ELLCHAT – is a Twitter discussion group
dedicated to discuss ELL education issues
Monday nights at 9 PM EST.
 Follow @judiehaynes & @KarenNemethEdM

31. Social Media platforms for
professionals?
 Find your heroes where ever they are!

32. Social Media platforms for
professionals?
 Twitter:
 Conference hashtags #TESOL18
 Organizations to follow @decsped
 Topical hashtags #ELLCHAT
 Leaders and authors @AlfieKohn @SKrashen
 Use an organizer like HootSuite or Tweetdeck

33. Four Reasons Educators Should
Read Blogs
 Blogs are at the heart of learning and sharing
 Blogs are a real world and real-time experience
- instantaneous
 Blogs will make you reflect on your educational
practices
 Blogs can be interactive

34. Blogs to Follow
 Colorin Colorado’s Blog on the Common
Corehttp://blog.colorincolorado.org/2013/09/16/mooc-
for-educators-on-ccss-and-ells/
 Judie Haynes’ blog on TESOL
http://blog.tesol.org/reflecting-students-lives-in-
childrens-literature/#more-9476

35. Blogs to Follow
 Larry Ferlazzohttp://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
 Diane Ravitch http://dianeravitch.net/
 EducationWeek’s blogs
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/blogs/index.html?int
c=intst
 Karen Nemeth’s Blog on DLLs –
http://www.languagecastle.com/blog/

36. Pinterest for Education
 Judie Hayneshttp://www.pinterest.com/judiehaynes/
educational-books-worth-reading/
 Larry Ferlazzohttp://pinterest.com/larryferlazzo/useful-
classroom-images/
 Teaching
Resourceshttp://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=tea
ching%20resources&rs=ac&len=18

37. Scoop.it
 Scoop.it Education is a website where educators can
save articles on 5 different topics and share with
others.
 Great way to share information about ELLs with
colleagues.
 To sign up go to www.scoop.it
 http://www.scoop.it/t/common-core-and-english-
language-learners

38. Scoop-it Articles

40. Karen’s Linked-In Discussions
ELLs/DLLs in Early Childhood
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3690982&trk=
groups_most_recent-h-
dsc&goback=%2Egmr_3690982
Early Childhood Staff Development Professionals
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4217378&trk=
groups_members-h-
dsc&goback=%2Eanp_4217378_1393650156363_1

41. Linked In Groups for ELL Educators
 ELLs/DLLs in Early Childhood
 Dual Language Teacher Connection
 ESL & Bilingual Teacher Professionals
 TESOL International Association
 Follow groups followed by people you admire

43. YouTube
for Teachers of ELLs
 Teaching English language learners to read
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biz-PclHMw4
 SIOP Model for teaching English language learners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVGbz4EqyGs
 Teaching at the Beginning videos on teaching the
young dual language learner
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKQ5FgGVIFpdt36_s
v9FL-Q?app=desktop

45. Judie Haynes
The Essential Guide for Educating Beginning English
Learners
http://www.corwin.com/books/Book237736?siteId=corwin-
press&subject=C00&qsupld=false&q=Judie+Haynes&surf
Url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corwin.com&pageTitle=produc
tsSearch

46. Coming Soon!
Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with
Trauma Violence & Chronic Stress
By Zacarian, D; Alvarez-Ortiz, L & Haynes, J.
 September, 2017, ASCD

47. Books by Judie Haynes
 Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/109032.aspx
 Getting Started with English Language Learners
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/106048.aspx

48. Books by Karen Nemeth
 From www.gryphonhouse.com

49. http://bit.ly/1jtbasy45 Experts
Caslon Publishing – April 2014

50. Handout for this Session
 The handout for this session is a copy of
the slides. You can find it by going to
Judie@everythingesl.net Karen@languagecastle.com