tesol12 making waves through online circles of learning

Professional Development: Making Waves through Online Circles of Learning

Carla ArenaTESOL 2012Philadelphia

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WE must learn how to make WAVES

“Our strong TALENTS and DESIRES for group effort have been filtered through relatively rigid institutional

structures because of the complexity of managing groups. We haven’t had all the groups we’ve wanted,

we’ve simply had all the groups we could afford.”Clay Shirky

A PERIOD OF TECTONIC SHIFT

“Most of the barriers to GROUP ACTION have collapsed, and without those barriers, we are free to explore new ways of gathering together and getting

things done.”Clay Shirky

A PERIOD OF TECTONIC SHIFT

Technology

Talents

Group Action

WE are not INSTITUTIONALLY-BOUND

THE COFFEE DILEMMA

The power of the collectivity

Technology as a Game Changer

CONNECTING, making WAVES

What’s in your toolbox?

Passion Digital Tools

NetworkingLearning

Power Up with SOCIAL MEDIA

making WAVES in TWITTER

making WAVES with TWITTER hashtags

#eltchat

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making WAVES in FACEBOOK GROUPS

making WAVES in TESOL EVOHTTP://EVOSESSIONS.PBWORKS.COM

making WAVES through CURATION

making WAVES all over!

making WAVES with a Community of Practice

Seth Godin - Tribes

The easiest thing is to REACT

The second easiest thing is to RESPOND

The hardest thing is to INITIATE

Ana LíselHermes

Evânia CleideDani

YOU!

TOOLBOX

MAKE IT SOCIAL

MAKE IT SMALL

MAKE IT UNIQUE

MAKE IT OPEN &

TRANSPARENT

MAKE IT AN ONGOING

PROCESS

MAKE IT PART OF YOUR OWN

MICRO-REVOLUTION

What would you like to have in your toolbox?

SWARMING

DIGITAL SWARMING

LEARNING

ALL LEARNING BEGINS WHEN OUR

COMFORTABLE IDEAS START TO

BECOME INADEQUATE

JOHN DEWEY

Credits

Background - http://www.flickr.com/photos/amattox/3207212988Slide 5 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/4353817768/ Slide 9 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marynbtol/5326460237 Slide 11 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/4975771901 Slide 12 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/protographer23/6792579564 Slide 13 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/4353817768/ Slide 17 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenahneshcuetphotography/4771913912Slide 19 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/webwizzard/3931165612 / http://www.flickr.com/photos/soomaa/6626864445 /

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cricristina/5854034794/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/togasaki/2884621020/

Slide 33 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/midsummernightsdream/ Slide 40 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaibara/4632384645