Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages, The Radclyffe School Oldham@icpjones
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
Favourite tools for CPD in the MFL Faculty
From Bulletin to Twitter
• Why a bulletin?• What do you put in it?• How can it encourage the use of ICT for
teachers’ own CPD?
The Menu Approach to CPD
From Bulletin to Twitter
• Share your sources!Delicious/ Diigo links.Direct weblinks.Links to My Languages blog.
Del.icio.us/ Diigo
• What is it?Enables you to save your favourite websites on
an independent (free) account accessible from any computer.
Enables you to share your bookmarks with other people (of your own choice or the public)
Enables you to connect with people you have a common area of interest with
My Del.icio.us Page
My Diigo Page
Del.icio.us or Diigo?• You don’t want to share• You don’t care who you are sharing with• You are only starting• You already know some people who are on
one or the other• You want to widen the geographical area
covered by your PLN• You want to set up/ be part of a group• http://
groups.diigo.com/group/resources-for-languages
I NING• For larger groups e.g. large faculties,
SLN, feeder primaries networks…• Easy to set up• Moderation/ privacy • Easy to upload stuff• Interactive minutes• Resources: Links to blogs, Diigo and
other « resource gathering sites » like…
• http://oldhamsln.ning.com
Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/
• Great to share pictures in a safe manner• Possibility of setting up groups-GREAT potential for language teachers• http://www.flickr.com/groups/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages/
Set up by @aliceayel
Slideshare
• Publish presentations• Share presentations• Protect your presentations but still
share the ideas• Connect with people who produce
presentations on topics that are of interest to you (social networking facilities)
http://www.slideshare.net/icpj
My Slideshare page
Scribd
• To share documents• “follow” people with similar interests• To publish those documents on blogs
without facility to directly upload documents (Blogger plaform)
http://www.scribd.com
VodpodWhat does it do?Collects videos across a wide range of video sharing sites Can be put on a blog or a NING page.
http://vodpod.com/isabellejones
What does it look like?
Twitter next?
• Still not mainstream• Not accessing a certain age range• Negative press//Facebook• Celebrities • Need to agree a code of conduct
• MFL Bulletin to link to Tweets??
This is the future!
• Local/ National TeachMeets• FlashMeetings• Skype surgeries • Networking time included on school’s
timetables and CPD calendars
Favourite tools for CPD in the MFL Faculty
Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages, The Radclyffe School Oldham@icpjones
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com