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Learning2gether through Wiki-based Worldwide Teacher Professional Development
Vance StevensEnglish teacher coordinator, UAE Naval College
HCT / ADMC / CERT&
Coordinator for Webheads in ActionMarch 9, 2012
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
These slides http://slideshare.net/vances
You can hear the rehearsal recording and read the write-up here http://learning2gether.posterous.com/vance-st
evens-presents-what-teachers-around-t
My presentations are always online
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
1998-1999 Writing for Webheads Weekly meetings each Sunday noon GMT at http://tappedin.org Archives of logged chats
All: http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/chatlogs.htm Turkey meets China in 2001:
http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/chat2001/wfw011031.htm
2000 - 2002 Online events at conferences where we put students in touch with
teachers using voice Grant of Elluminate from http://learningtimes.net
2002 Webheads in Action http://webheads.info
In the beginning …
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
Webheads in Action Online Convergence 2005, 2007, 2009 http://wiaoc.org Hosted in Elluminate by Learning Times
We learned about “speed geeking” We tried it in 2009 http://
learning2gether.posterous.com/teresa-almeida-deca-taggalaxy
Speedlifing: http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2009/06/speedlifing.html
Learning2gether came about in 2010 to Enhance quality of our weekly meetings Avoid more 3-day = 72-hour webcastathons
More history
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Speedlifing
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
Class roots online teacher professional development
Distributed Community of Practice PLN (Personal learning network)
Models teaching through modeling learning A teacher models and demonstrates A student practices and reflects
Wiki-based In theory, anyone can join, write in an event
What is Learning2gether
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
Learning2gether: the Podcast
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
What funding? No funding at all, ever, since 1998 No hidden agendas, truly cooperative Rely on Cognitive Surplus (Clay Shirky)
http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-cognitive-surplus-drives-us-to.html
Intrinsic motivation of people to Share, help others be highly regarded professionally feel good about themselves
Monetization would undermine cooperative mutual community support (Deci, Soma experiments)
Funding for Learning2gether
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
Front page, cfp http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/cfp
Upcoming events http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/volunteersne
eded
Index of past events http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/archiveindex
Archive of podcasts and live recordings http://learning2gether.posterous.com
Where is Learning2gether
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
http://taedtech.ning.com/events
TAEdtech-SIG Connection
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Sunday March 11, 2010 TESOL Arabia Wrapup
Hosted by Jim Buckingham 13:00 GMT = 5 p.m. in UAE In Elluminate http://tinyurl.com/y3eh
Register with Learning Times (benign) Please use a headset to prevent echo Check your mic and speakers using
tools / audio / audio wizard
Our next big event
Vance Stevens, TESOL Arabia 2012, Learning2gether
Please join us http://learning2gether.pbworks.com
This is not just a request or suggestion for participation in a one-off event.
If you are seriously interested in professional development to the point where you might like to join in our activities at learning2gether, we would welcome your participation. But even better, we would appreciate your sharing with colleagues something that YOU know at these events.