An IATEFL webinar: How to access CPD

Hi everyone!

There is a webinar by IATEFL starting in 15 minutes. It’s related to CPD (Continuing Professional Development) and the speaker is Fiona Dunlop. If you are interested, please follow the link below to join. It’s free 🙂

http://www.iatefl.org/web-events/webinars

Spend Your Sundays with BELTA

Hello everyone! Maybe you already know these webinar series; however, I discovered them only a few days ago.

BELTA is the acronym of The Belgian English Language Teachers Association  which is a non-profit organization for teachers of English in Belgium. This explanation is from their website:

“Every month, BELTA brings you presentations from around the world, right to the comfort of your living room. In Sundays With BELTA, we find speakers who will give you a new insight into English language education. This is a truly global perspective, and we’ve had speakers from Brazil to Japan.”

And today, they will hold a new webinar called 10 Ways to Engage Generation Y with Technology in the Language Classroom. I guess it can be meaningful for all the teachers since it’s related to engagement of generation Y with technology. (For more information on generations: http://www.talentedheads.com/2013/04/09/generation-confused/ OR http://www.socialmarketing.org/newsletter/features/generation3.htm)

For more information related to the webinar, you can follow the link below:

http://www.beltabelgium.com/webinars/

By the way, no registration is required to join the webinar. To join the webinar, which will take place at 1600 CET, follow these instructions just before it begins:

1. Click here: http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/belta
2. Enter as a guest. Please use your full name and your country in brackets e.g: John Smith (USA).
3. You can check the time for your time zone :http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Sundays+with+%23BELTA+September+2014&iso=20141019T16&p1=48&ah=1

I hope you enjoy it! 🙂

Using comics in the EFL classroom

While I was checking the latest webinars, I came across this webinar announcement. I have always thought of using comics in my classes but I haven’t come up with a creative idea and opportunity yet. That’s why, I am curious about the content and looking forward to learning more about the topic.

Comics are parts of students’ lives so using them in our classes may help us to motivate our students and make them participate in the lessons more willingly 🙂 The presenter says that he is going to share materials for all ages and levels which makes the webinar more beneficial. The webinar will be held on November 5, 2014.

All you need to do is:

1. Click on the link below.

2. Become a member (free)

3. Wait for the webinar time 🙂

From webinar description:

“Using comics in the EFL classroom is a terrific way to incorporate the target language in a fun, engaging way. This webinar will demonstrate the universality of comics for any language classroom, showing how multi-skill comic activities can be used with students of all ages and ability levels. Webinar participants will experience several materials they can use in their own classrooms: they will learn how to use comics as an effective, real-world formative assessment measure and as a springboard for vocabulary and grammar acquisition. ”

 

http://shapingenglish.ning.com/events/webinar-14-5-using-comics-in-the-efl-classroom-with-james-whiting

A new webinar

I have just seen a new webinar note on Facebook and wanted to share. Deniz Hocam has been working on that projet for a long time. Last year, she had given us some clues about the EPG and the EAQUALS TDFRAM at a T-PLUS meeting held in Ankara. If you want to learn more, you can read the note below and join the webinar.

Here is the note about the webinar by Assoc.Prof.Dr. Cem Can. He was one of my professors in ELT Department when I was a student Çukurova University.

‘IATEFL TTEd SIG presents

We are delighted to inform you that our first webinar will be held on Monday October 13th at 15.30.

Deniz Kurtoğlu Eken will talk about ” Professional Development and Self-assessment: the EPG and the EAQUALS TDFRAM “

In this webinar we will look at two recent professional development and self assessment tools: the European Profiling Grid (EPG) and the EAQUALS Teacher Training and Development Framework (TDFRAM). We will briefly discuss the key principles behind the tools and how we can make use of them as teachers, trainers and managers.

Colleagues who will be joining the webinar are invited to visit the following websites to refer to the EPG and the TDFRAM documents:
http://www.epg-project.eu/
http://clients.squareeye.net/…/EAQUALS_TD_FRAM_-_November_2…

BIODATA

Deniz Kurtoglu Eken (PhD) works as an instructor and as Projects Development and Research Coordinator at Sabanci University, School of Languages where she also worked as the director of the school for 10 years until September 2012. Over the years, she has been involved in teaching, curriculum development, qualitative research studies, teacher and trainer training and development, including formal training courses with UCLES, the British Council in Turkey and in the UK, the U.S. Embassy, the Turkish Ministry of Education and with different schools and universities in Turkey. Deniz has designed and directed formal trainer training courses at private Turkish universities as well as the SLTEP and provided consultancy to many institutions on a wide range of topics. She has publications in teaching methodology, qualitative research, teacher and trainer training and development, school effectiveness and development which are also her main areas of interest. Her biggest interest and challenge remains to be an in-depth exploration into individual growth through personal and professional development.
For information on Dr. Kurtoglu Eken’s professional activities, presentations and publications, please visit her website at:http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/kurtoglueken/

Please visit http://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/ttedsigwebinars/ and keep an eye on IATEFL’s web events and webinars advertisements for future events.

Come and join us .
Cem Can 
On behalf of TTEd SIG Committee’