Presentation for EFL

1. Online Professional
Development Journey
{ Mary Hillis, Kansai Gaidai University
mhillis@kansaigaidai.ac.jp

2. EVO: Electronic Village Online
Free, online workshops sponsored by TESOL CALL-IS
Open to anyone who is interested
Held in January-February each year
Facilitated by trained online mentors
Sessions such as Digital Storytelling, Digital Tools,
Becoming a Webhead, Drama, Multiliteracies, etc.

3. EVO 2012 Session

4. Digital Tools
2012 Moderating
Team
Brazil U.S.A
Canada Switzerland
Slovenia Ukraine Japan

5. Digital Tools 2012 Participants
Digital Tools 2012
Participants

6. Digital Tools 2012 Online Spaces

7. Week One: Introductions

8. Week Two: Digital Tools for Writing

9. Week Three: Digital Tools for Listening

10. Week Five:
Reading
Week Four:
Speaking

11. Learning to teach online
Teaching Online: A Faculty
Development Course

12. Learning to teach online
EVO 2006
Becoming a Webhead

14. EVO Sessions
Blogging 4 Beginners 2007
Blogging 4 Educators 2008
Images 4 Education 2009
Images 4 Education 2010

15. Making connections
Virtual Round Table 2012
EVO Panel Presentation

16. More connections…
 Cartoon Festival with students in Argentina
and Brazil
 Blogging connections
 Living Lit and Using 21st Century Tools to
Teach 19th Century Literature Projects
 Meeting at online conferences and at the
TESOL Convention
 And more!

17. Discuss: What experiences do
you have with online
professional development?

18. Online Professional Development
 Twitter
 Facebook
 Scoop.it
 Diigo
 Pinterest
 Online Communities

19. EVO 2013
Registration Jan. 7-13, 2013
EVO Sessions Jan. 14-Feb. 17, 2013

21. References
Digital Tools 2012 Participants
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=202546189767462986951.0004b4b5231b1
d2c57105&hl=en&ie=UTF8 &t=m&vpsrc=6&ll=37.160317,-95.625&spn=91.690419,149.414
063&z=2&source=embed
Digital Tools 2012 Online Spaces
Edmodo Classdigitaltools http://www.edmodo.com/
Diigo Group http://groups.diigo.com/group/classdigitools
Scoop.it http://www.scoop.it/t/classdigitools
Wiki http://classdigitools.pbworks.com/w/page/44702717/Welcome
Week 1 Introductions
http://about.me/carlaarena
Week 2 Writing
http://classdigitools.pbworks.com/w/page/47831193/Week2
Image http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1088024844/

22. References
Week 3 Listening
http://classdigitools.pbworks.com/w/page/47831214/Week3
Week 4 Speaking
http://www.sketchcast.com/view/Z8W9cza
http://classdigitools.pbworks.com/w/page/47831262/Week4
Week 5 Reading
Image http://patroma-eportfolio.blogspot.jp/2012/02/my-magazine-cover.html
Article http://www.edutopia.org/blog/education-technology-advice-adam-bellow
Assignment http://classdigitools.pbworks.com/w/page/47831324/Week5
Learning to teach online
Teaching Online: A Practical Guide by Susan Ko and Steven Rossen
Image http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3199296759/
Becoming a Webhead 2006 (BaW06)
http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw-06/content/gettingstarted.html

23. References
EVO Sessions
http://evo07sessions.pbworks.com/w/page/5965466/blogging4beginners
http://evo08sessionscfp.pbworks.com/w/page/7479052/Blogging4educators
http://images4education.pbworks.com/w/page/19371539/FrontPage
Connections
http://learning2gether.posterous.com/125618417
More connections
http://cartoonfestival.pbworks.com/w/page/15319315/FrontPage
http://educationconnections.pbworks.com/w/page/37709125/
Exploring-19th-Century-Literature
http://livinglit.edublogs.org/
Online Professional Development
Image http://kexino.com/
For more information about EVO
TESOL CALL IS http://www.call-is.org/info/
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/FrontPage
Conclusion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsdkrebs/6400358699