CPD in critical times
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This document discusses the importance of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers and developing a personal learning network (PLN) to stay updated. It recommends joining online communities, following experts on Twitter, using aggregators like Google Reader to follow multiple sites, sharing resources on sites like SlideShare, and attending both online and in-person events. Developing a PLN helps teachers learn new technologies, teaching strategies, and stay connected as lifelong learners.
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Editor's Notes
- Times are hard – MFL in crisis and morale is low
- Teaching can be solitary, lonely if no one in your team shares your passions MFL is under attack – why are our results low, why is take up poor???? Leading a dept can be very lonely and is always demanding – how do you get support? Keep up to date? How do you keep your pecker up?
- CPD is hard to get, not easy to choose but you have a right to training throughout your life. It should be tailor-made not difficult or superfluous. Private business gives employees a pot per year. How do we get what we need? Why do we not take up what is on offer? No one else in school is going to look after your needs.
- Saw Dylan last year – did you see him last week?? Teacher Learning is CRUCIAL!! Because teachers make the crucial difference. NOT schools, Heads, backgrounds of pupils… You have a right and a need to keep learning What are you doing to feed yourself and your own passions for learning, and languages??
- OK – it’s a bit American – Strategic learning network etc etc But look at Google to see what you can find and it is huge! What all do you already do to stay connected? What else could you do to support yourself? Some of you are young enough to go for promotion – how to continue to learn?
- A lot began with ICT conference on IOW in 2008 – went with Marie France What an eye-opener Great bunch of people and all types and ages. Very challenging I don’t want to be left behind nor viewed as an oldie/slow or non techie It is our job to look out over the parapet. It is FUN!! How do you get started? What is there in PLN?? This is my own humble example!!
- I’ll say some basic obvious things and add many more ideas – sorry if it is too fast or too slow – it may be new or obvious. These are some very obvious things I do. But one person’s old or obvious is someone else’s lightbulb. How many of you read TES forum – it is quite sharp! People don’t suffer fools gladly. MFL resources is kinder and strictly moderated.
- If you need ideas/ready made pressies – look here PLN search on slideshare – PLN, phoniques, francais www.slideshare.net – search for suzi bewell, mariefrance perkins Share videos on vimeo.com what is social bookmarking?? Anyone know?? Explain.
- If you can’t get out, bring the meeting to you! Join in a Flashmeeting. Joe Dale has OU time available and can help set up meetings online – what you need. Contribute to choices for agenda
- I have attended 8 of these. Benefits?? Come and go, leave early, re-visit later, review chat – funny too.
- Also add SW linksintolanguages EXTRAORDINARY – great fun, really productive and very rich experience. Show the Shown tell links – links with primaries, New GCSEs, How to work smarter, assessment made easier, using puppets, new ICT sites, 6 th form langs, new KS3, …. http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
- A biggie!!
- Follow up the article to start to see implications Twitterati feedback??
- Don’t put anything on Twitter you would mind someone putting on the front of the Mail. People share funny photos and daft sites, fantastic cat videos – make you laugh at the end of a hard day.
- Anna jackson Isabelle leborgne Froggyval 267 followers
- I get instant help I know some people now from face to face meetings but I have fleeting contact with others. Nick Clegg campaign Follow Tour de France tweets
- This is a huge benefit – thanks to my 2 sons who have shared all their knowledge with me and help to prod me into the 21 st century
- Using the power of RSS
- What is RSS? Just Google anything you don’t know and the answers will be out there.
- Demonstrate my GReader Go to pinkwhisk.com to show how to set up your subscription My categories?? French lang. ICt in Langs, ICt, Edu management, shopping, perfume, cooking
- Sell this hard!!
- I have been experimenting with lots of sites and ideas. Pupils enjoy being challenge – not plain sailing Fronter hard – use Edmodo Russell Stannard – teachertrainingvideos.com