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Join Christian, Tania and James as they discuss the Web Carnival that took place earlier this year. Find out more about the theme, critical pedagogy, and three of the talks from the event. Antoine Marcq: https://youtu.be/AqGLYCl0akcLinda Ruas: https://youtu.be/Jy2VYvHY9F4Panel discussion: https://youtu.be/VjThS2H1Y1MWatch all the talks from the conference here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAlJgv7A4Nyi-THincCnX4i7-S0I0yvRBonus: Bjork dismantles a TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDvi-GlKdngPlus, this is Tania's final episode as a presenter, so a big thank you to her from everyone at TDSIG!
In this episode of TDSIG's Developod, James, Christian and Tania discuss Race and Queerness in ELT, via their review of three articles from the recently published second volume of the TDAJ (Teacher Development Academic Journal). TDSIG held a web carnival in December 2020 on the theme of 'Race and Queerness' and speakers contributed to this edition of TDAJ, a publication which is available to TDSIG members and non-members alike. TDAJ Vol. 2 (Oct. 2021): https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n1/TDSIG Web Carnival on Race and Queerness in ELT (Dec. 2020):https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAlJgv7A4NwfZqw_OSoLjKK9-OxOYxsy Hello ESI group:https://www.facebook.com/hello.esi.argentinahttps://www.instagram.com/hello.esi/
In this episode, James is joined by TDSIG coordinator Tyson Seburn and Katherine Bilsborough from MAWSIG to discuss online conferences. They talk about what they’ve missed about face-to-face events, the advantages of going online and how they think it will be in the future when we return to normality. Plus Tyson and Kath tell us all about their PCEs. https://tdsig.org/pce/ https://mawsig.iatefl.org/news-and-events/upcoming-events/
This episode is the last in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. The Developod host Christian brings together influencer, blogger, and teacher-trainer Chia Suan Chong, with teacher-trainer Başak. They speak about topics including ‘the imposter syndrome’, native speaker - non-native speaker communication, as well as motherhood and how it may change the way one sees oneself as a teacher. For show notes, including blogposts mentioned: http://bit.ly/developod30
This episode is the latest in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. This time Tania speaks to Jim Scrivener, who was chosen by Oleg Lesechko. They speak about demand high teaching and how to apply it in the classroom.
This episode is the third in a series of interviews with 'ELT influencers' chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey talks about his early involvement in technology and the likely forthcoming evolutions in language learning technology including artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality. Nik is interviewed by Christian and answers questions conceived by teacher, trainer and EdTech enthusiast Tamara Parsons, who was one of the TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey is Director of Pedagogy at Peachey Publications, an independent digital publishing company that specialises in the design of digital learning materials. He has been involved in Education since 1990 and has more than 20 years experience of working specifically with online and blended learning environments. He has worked all over the world training teachers and developing innovative and creative products and is a two-time British Council Innovations award winner. His customers include British Council, Eton College, Open University, Google Creative Labs and International House. His more recent projects have included two years as pedagogical manager for a 100% online school owned by Macmillan ELT, Head of Content development for EtonX a 100% online school owned by Eton College and content developer for an English and Interfaith Dialogue course designed for the British Council and Al-Azhar University in Cairo. His books include: Hacking Creativity (Shortlisted for the 2020 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/HDeb Digital Tools for Teachers - Trainer's edition (Shortlisted for the 2018 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/B34N Thinking Critically through Digital Media https://payhip.com/b/CjXN Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers (Winner of the 2016 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/5n90 Conversation & Listening - A series of lesson for the digital classroom https://payhip.com/b/7fru He also co-edited Creativity in the ELT Classroom and Creativity and the Sustainable Development Goals for the British Council He is editor of the Edtech & ELT Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/technogogy/ Company Website: https://peacheypublications.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikPeachey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey Tamara Parsons is a teacher, trainer, EdTech enthusiast, conference speaker and founder of ELT.Training, a collaborative organisation with the aim of sharing teacher development ideas. https://elt.training/
In this, the 25th episode of Developod, we look back on our careers as teachers with the help of the TDSIG committee. Plus we have a chat with our coordinator Tyson Seburn on the history of TDSIG and our upcoming Web Carnival (tdsig.org/webcarnival)
This episode is the second in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We hear from Jane Willis, who clarifies aspects of Task-Based Learning, for Jo, who is a teacher in Colombia and one of the competition winners. Show notes including Jane's bio. and useful links are available at: http://bit.ly/developod24 PLUS! We'd like to know more about how you listen to Developod, so to help us, please complete the survey at the link below - We'd appreciate it! http://bit.ly/developodsurvey
This episode is the first in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We kick things off with an interview with drama specialist David Farmer, who was chosen by Thais Olivieri. Tania asks him about introverted learners and how drama can be used for more than just getting students speaking. Links: David Farmer’s website: https://dramaresource.com/ To access his free online course: https://dramaresource.com/teaching-drama-online/ Other useful links to drama related materials https://dramaresource.com/useful-links/ PLUS! We'd like to know more about how you listen to Developod, so to help us, please complete the survey at the link below - we'd appreciate it! http://bit.ly/developodsurvey
To mark Mental Health Week in the UK, in this episode Christian interviews Phil Longwell, a teacher, teacher trainer and mental health advocate. They discuss Phil's personal experiences with mental health issues, what ELT employers can do to help their employees, and what teachers can do to manage their own well being. Phil's blog: https://teacherphili.com/ IATEFL Q&A on Phil Longwell’s Webinar on Mental Health in ELT: https://www.iatefl.org/news-views/q%26-phil-longwell%E2%80%99s-webinar-mental-health-elt Screencast Recording from Phil Longwell on Improving the Mental Health of English Language Teachers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFMplEgKWs Blog from Phil Longwell on Covid-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing: https://teacherphili.com/2020/03/21/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing/ Mental Health First Aid Training Courses e.g.: https://www.sja.org.uk/courses/workplace-mental-health-first-aid/ Free courses: Understand the Physiological impact of lockdown on our Wellbeing and Mental Health on Maudsley Learning and Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust’s course (the UK's premier mental health training organisation): https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-impact-of-covid-19 Help Young People Manage Low Mood and Depression with the University of Reading: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/low-mood-during-covid-19 Manage Mental Health and Stress on Coventry University's course: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/managing-mental-health
In Episode 16 of Developod, we catch up with the TDSIG committee who give us their quick tips for quick PD. From TDSIG, we wish a wonderful festive season for those celebrating. See you in 2020! The ebook on TD mentioned in this podcast may be found at: https://eltplaybook.wordpress.com/
In Episode 13 of Developod, we follow up on our previous episode on social justice by focusing on *the need for greater* diversity and inclusion in ELT materials. Firstly, we hear from Sergio Durand, a teacher from Mexico, who explains the current situation. Then, Tania speaks to Ilá Coimbra, co-author of Raise Up!, a new inclusive coursebook. And finally, Christian speaks to Tyson Seburn, TDSIG coordinator and someone who has some views to be heard on the subject of representation. They discuss how teachers can teach more inclusive lessons and Tyson's own materials that he'll soon be sharing. Links: Tyson’s blog: http://fourc.ca/somewhere-in-the-middle-cross-post/ Raise Up!: https://taylormadeenglish.com/raiseup/ ALx (Re)Coded: https://joshuampaiz.com/ John Gray at IATEFL: https://youtu.be/zdkR0cz3nlQ
Fiona Mauchline is a freelance materials writer, teacher, trainer and conference speaker. She is currently based in the UK after three decades in Spain and other parts of Europe. She has published courses for secondary, and resource books for teachers, and her main areas of interest are motivation, collaborative learning, vocabulary learning, cognitive development of teenagers and neuroscience as applicable to ELT. She also has a love of photography, art, creative writing and theatre, and this spreads to her work. She is the co-founder of EVE: Equal Voices in ELT, and a committee member of IATEFL’s TDSIG & MaWSIG. 2019 sees the arrival of her summer course for teens, Dive In! (Delta Publishing) as well as ETpedia Vocabulary (Pavilion ELT) which she has co-written with Julie Moore and Stacey Hughes.
This episode hears from Eduardo Amos, writer of an award-winning series of course books called ‘Students for Peace’ (Richmond Publishing). He talks about the philosophy behind the course book, how teachers can be involved and why peace education is vital in the context of Brazil and worldwide. Plus we hear from Tyson, with news from TDSIG.
In this 10th episode on Experimental Teacher Development Christian talks about 'Positive Discipline' with Tina Wu, who is teaching young learners in Taiwan. Plus we hear from Tyson, with news from TDSIG.
In this 9th Episode on Experimental Teacher Development, we hear about the grass-roots development of Jacob, who is experimenting with Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) within his young learners classes at the British Council in Taiwan. Jacob highlights the main elements and potential benefits of this approach and gives tips on lesson planning for this collaborative way of storytelling.
In this 8th episode Silvana Richardson, Head of Teacher Development of Bell schools UK, talks about creating an organisation-wide culture of teacher development and the importance of this. Silvana zooms in on a few elements of the teacher development programme which listeners may be less familiar with, namely ‘supported experiments’, ‘lesson study’ and ‘learning walks’. She also gives an overview of the idea of ‘INSPIRE’ development, which was the title for a talk that Silvana delivered with Gabriel Maggioli at IATEFL 2018. 00.57-10.27: Establishing and reviewing a culture of CPD 10.27-26.25: Supported experiments, Lesson Study, Learning Walks and other tools for CPD 26.25-29.27: ‘INSPIRE’ teacher development
The Feedback Episode: This 7th episode centres around the potentially polemic question of how to give and receive feedback within the setting of both official and peer observations of teachers. Christian Tiplady and Matthew Noble introduce Ideas for how we may more usefully approach developmental feedback to guide it a non-judgemental way. They incorporate inspiration from fields of research such as ‘Cooperative Development’ and ‘Non-Violent Communication.’
In this 6th Episode Christian Tiplady and Matthew Noble introduce a range of teachers - both less and more experienced - who are answering the question: "What one concept has been catalytic to your own development as a teacher?" Listeners are asked to consider the same question and how this concept has influenced their own development.
In this 5th *bonus* episode Matthew Noble introduces an interview with Gerhart Erasmus before the IATEFL 2018 conference, as well as Gerhart’s reflections post conference. Gerhart was the winner of the TDSIG Michael Berman scholarship for 2018. Matthew gives you an overview of how you can apply for the 2019 scholarship.
In this 4th episode in the Developod Series, Adrian Underhill talks about his learning at IATEFL 2018 (in Brighton, UK), about emancipatory teaching, and about the difference between communication and expression.
The third Developod Episode from IATEFL’s TDSIG. The theme is ‘Keeping up your Mojo’ and we hear from Maria and Duran on how they have been keeping up their teacher development.
In this, the second episode of the TDSIG podcast, Christian Tiplady asks a number of teachers at varying stages of their careers to share with us their new beginnings and teacher development resolutions!
‘The Introview’: In the very first Developod, we find out about the TDSIG: What is TDSIG and who is involved? What does TDSIG do for teachers? And how can language teachers and other interested parties be involved?