IATEFL_Social Networking & Mobile Technology highlights

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InformedTeachers on the blogging coverage of IATEFL Harrogate 2014 !

The selected videos focus on Social Networking, Mobile Devices in the EFL classroom and going beyond the "hello"by networking.
The bullet points indicate the issues explained in each interview.

Ann Foreman and Paul Braddock
 Teaching English website and Social media


http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2014/sessions/2014-04-02/interview-paul-braddock-and-ann-foreman

  • CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
  • Social media, the impact in teachers'development.
Gamification : Feedback, Participation, Goals. 
Key elements to make things more motivating and have people engage more.

CPD is flexible and a way of getting support thanks to technology.
Teaching with mobile devices: choices and challenges  È
Points for discussion:
  •  Should students use their own mobile devices or should there be class sets at school?
  • Activities in and out of the classroom
  • Part of school policy or up to individuals?




Watch Nick's session here


Framework to use mobiles in the classroom
  • Apps in mobile devices
  • When learners are mobile
  • When the learning experience itself is mobile
R QR Codes as a prompt. Something slightly more complex: geotagging. 
     Suggested App: Woices
R Institution looking at how the staff can start working with mobile.
R Mention of a clear implementation of mobile device use.
R Take technical challenges into account.
R The fact that parents need to understand the purpose of using mobile phones, how it is a tool to enhance learning.
R Ownership: The fact that students prefer to use their own devices.
R CPD for teachers on an institutional level.
R Classroom management challenges.
R How to bridge the in and out of class divide.



  • How to network with the people you meet
  • The importance of having an international presence
  • Networking to establish an identity and a global presence
  • The different dimensions and levels, coded speech

http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2014/sessions/2014-04-02/interview-barry-tomalin
Watch the interview here


There are many other fantastic interviews on the different fields of ELT all of them worth watching.
We can attend the conference too, online : http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2014/live-schedule 

Raquel Gonzaga
@Rach_Gonzaga

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