YOU can participate in YOU can participate in Electronic Village Online, free Electronic Village Online, free Professional Development Professional Development Sessions Sessions Sponsored by TESOL Sponsored by TESOL CALL-IS CALL-IS January 11 - February 21, 2010January 11 - February 21, 2010
Presentation by Vance Stevensat Petroleum Institute, Abu DhabiAUP (Dept.) January 10, 2010
Essential URLs for this Essential URLs for this presentationpresentationNotes for the presentation
http://tinyurl.com/21centuryskills4pdo
This slide show uploaded tohttp://slideshare.net/vances
Sessions are FREE to anyoneYou DON’T have to be a TESOL
member to participate
What is EVO?What is EVO?Free professional development
sessions FOR teachersCreated and mounted
BY volunteer teachersSponsored by TESOL (and CALL-IS)Focus on
◦ ESOL
◦ Language teaching
◦ Educational technology in general (e.g. digital images, video)
◦ Other pedagogical issues (e.g. accessibility)
Philosophy of EVOPhilosophy of EVOFrom Stephen Downes, WiAOC
2007http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/personal-learning-the-web-20-way
◦To teach is to Model Demonstrate
◦To Learn is to Practice Reflect
Why is EVO so good?Why is EVO so good?Dedicated training and
preparation of moderators◦ October - Call for Moderator participation◦ October-November -
Moderator training sessions◦ early December
Sessions must have viable syllabus and outcomes, adhere to minimal standards
Peer reviewed and only then accepted
Experience and scaffolding◦ 10 years: each year since 2000◦ Inculcate 21st century teaching methodologies
Timeline for participantsTimeline for participantsJanuary 4-10, 2010
Registration for sessions listed at: http://evosessions.pbworks.com/Call_for_Participation2010
January 10, 2010 at noon GMT (4pm UAE) Live webcast kickoff at http://webheadsinaction.org/live
January 11 – February 21, 2010 EVO sessions◦ Can be as intensive as you wish
◦ Limit yourself to one or two sessions
March 24-27, 2010 TESOL Conference in Boston
What do you do in EVO What do you do in EVO sessions?sessions?
Almost all start with an email list, usually Yahoo Groups – http://yahoogroups.com
Many have Nings – http://ning.com Most use wikis; e.g. http://pbworks.com
or http://docs.google.com Many use microblogging; e.g.
http://twitter.com Many socially bookmark URLs using
http://delicious.com or http://diigo.com Most encourage reflective blogs; e.g.
http://blogger.com
Friendly to newcomersFriendly to newcomersEVO moderators have all learned
from one anotherSome sessions cater to newcomers; especially Becoming a Webheadhttp://evosessions.pbworks.com/baw2010
Support continually available◦Community-based learning◦Both live and synchronous help◦Attitude of sharing, scaffolding,
enjoyment in, enthusiasm for learning
Won’t you try it out?Won’t you try it out?
Hope to see you there,Vance Stevenshttp://adVancEducation.blogspot.com