For the third year, TESOL Arabia is hosting a PechaKucha event as part of its annual international conference.

20X20 is included in the annual conference as TESOL Arabia is keen on offering a wide variety of options to all delegates and encourages all innovative ways of professional development and spreading good ideas.

Speedy presentations in different formats such as Ignite, Un-conference, Foo Camp and Bloggercon are gaining growing popularity in conferences all over the world including events in the field of education.

TESOL Arabia 20x20 will include 4 speedy presentations of 20 slides, each auto-advancing every 20 seconds. The presentation format depends on using images only on all slides to share a story or an innovative idea. Presenters will discuss different interesting topics from free eLearning tools to things that make someone grumpy!

The session will be moderated by Rehab Rajab, TESOL Arabia Vice-President/President Elect who has been organizing the 20x20 event since 2011.

We hope to see as many of the conference delegates as possible and we hope you will enjoy the 20X20 presentations.

If you can’t make it to the session, stay tuned as we will post the presentations on the conference website after the event.

For feedback on 20X20, please contact rehab.rajab@tesolarabia.org

TESOL Arabia 20X20Part of TESOL Arabia International Conference 2013

Friday 15 March 2013

12:00 - 12:45 PM

Crystal Ballroom B

Things that make me grumpy

Dr. Luke Prodromou, UK

A teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer. He  has published numerous articles in ELT journals and magazines for teachers and has written over twenty textbooks. He wrote the award-winning Dealing with Difficulties (Delta), with L. Clandfield.  He is also a graduate of Bristol, Birmingham (Shakespeare Studies) and Leeds Universities. He obtained his Ph.D from the University of Nottingham. He has published a book on English as a Lingua (Continuum, 2010). Luke is one half of the Dave’n’Luke English language theatre group, and a member of the Disabled Access-Friendly campaign.

The aim of this talk is to ‘get things off my chest’, to ‘let off steam’, to ‘have a good moan’ or to ‘whinge’ about the things  in Life Today that ‘get on my wick’ or ‘get up my nose’ -  in the belief that it will do me good and help me live longer. I am not sure what effect this will have on the listener

TESOL Arabia 20X20Part of TESOL Arabia International Conference 2013

FREeLEARNING - No-Cost eLearning Solutions

Born in the high arctic, James has since lived in Toronto, Tokyo, and Dubai. Currently his passions are reading, creative writing, e-Learning, and raising his three daughters.

A common complaint of both teachers and administrators is that they would love to harness the power of e-learning, but… This “but” usually refers to something that costs money, or that they think costs money, and so the matter ends there. The truth is, however, that beyond the costs of hardware and an internet connection, the most powerful, revolutionary e-learning practices do not require money at all. This presentation will highlight what some of the resources are, and how to employ them in classroom.

Twitter: @jamesohearn

James O’Hearn - Instructional Leadership Coordinator, Madares Al Ghad, UAE

James O’Hearn

Dr. Luke Prodromou

Raising Attainment in More Able students

Rohan graduated with a Master's degree in Literature from the University of Leeds. He is a TEDx organizer and a published author. He leads numerous school clubs and believes passionately in making education fun.

How do we move beyond standardized testing and teaching to the curriculum? How can we stop obsessing about completing the syllabus with a narrow focus on exams? In his Pecha Kucha presentation, Rohan elaborates on practical strategies that have worked in motivating more able high school students to aim higher, think bigger, achieve more, and help themselves by helping others. He touches on the importance of encouraging creativity, catering to multiple intelligences, developing critical thinking skills, instilling a questioning spirit, developing a scientific temperament, and nurturing the values of the Age of Enlightenment among the youth.

TESOL Arabia 20X20Part of TESOL Arabia International Conference 2013

From Teacher to Educator

Lara is passionate about the performing arts.  She writes, acts and directs for the stage and sings and dances on it too.  Lara is a mime artist, is on the Dubai Drama Group committee, co-organized TEDxWinchesterTeachers and is the coordinator for the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Fringe's adult performances.  She is also an ESL teacher.

Lara believes that there's really nothing quite like being oneself.  In fact, to her, it's the only way.  She'd like to live in a world where students are allowed to define success for themselves; where they can live happy, fulfilled lives because they are doing what they love; where they are not confined to the current stagnant educational system and have to conform to its outdated methods.  She is leaving the teaching profession so she can be a better educator.

Rohan Roberts - Senior Leader, Head of Professional Development, A Level

Rohan Roberts

Literature Teacher, The Winchester School, UAE.

Lara Matossian- ESL Teacher, Applied Technology High School, UAE.

Lara Matossian