Learning2gether31march2012

Learning2gether to teach one another about learning

onlineVance Stevens

English teacher coordinator, UAE Naval CollegeHCT / ADMC / CERT

&Coordinator for Webheads in ActionTESOL Philadelphia March 31, 2012

Vance Stevens, TESOL Philadelphia 2012, Learning2gether

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TinyURL: tesol2012vance http://tinyurl.com/tesol2012vance

Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/vances/learning2gether31

march2012 Read the presentation in prose:

http://learning2gether.posterous.com/learning2gether-to-teach-one-another-about-le

You can hear the rehearsal recording and read the write-up here http://learning2gether.posterous.com/vance-ste

vens-presents-what-teachers-around-t

My presentations are always online

http://tinyurl.com/tesol2012vance


http://www.slideshare.net/vances/learning2gether31march2012

http://www.slideshare.net/vances/learning2gether31march2012




http://learning2gether.posterous.com/vance-stevens-presents-what-teachers-around-t



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Class roots online teacher professional development

Distributed Community of Practice PLN (Personal learning network)

Models teaching through modeling learning A teacher models and demonstrates A student practices and reflects

Wiki-based In theory, anyone can join, write in an event

What is Learning2gether

http://classroots.org/

http://classroots.org/


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Event planning wiki: http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/

Upcoming events: http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/volunteersneeded

Index to archives: http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/archiveindex

Archive of podcasts and live recordings http://learning2gether.posterous.com

Network connections TESOL CALL-IS: http://

www.facebook.com/TESOLCALLIS TESOL Arabia: http://taedtech.ning.com/events/

Where is Learning2gether?

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/volunteersneeded


http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/archiveindex


http://learning2gether.posterous.com/

http://www.facebook.com/TESOLCALLIS


http://taedtech.ning.com/events/


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Event Planning Wiki

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32204849/FrontPage

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32204849/FrontPage


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Upcoming events





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Index to archives





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Archive of podcasts and live recordings





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Network Connections: TESOL Arabia Edtech-SIG




http://taedtech.ning.com/events


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Network Connections: TESOL CALL-IS




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What funding? No funding at all, ever, since 1998 No hidden agendas, truly cooperative Rely on Cognitive Surplus (Clay Shirky)

http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-cognitive-surplus-drives-us-to.html

Intrinsic motivation of people to Share, help others be highly regarded professionally feel good about themselves

Monetization would undermine cooperative mutual community support (Deci, Soma experiments)

Funding for Learning2gether

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=p96Wmn-ER4QC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=deci+soma+research+motivation&ots=3cHPr-t922&sig=ZqB8TGpkrvt2Wj8DKACBFgDTYzc#v=onepage&q=deci%20soma%20research%20motivation&f=false



http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=p96Wmn-ER4QC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=deci+soma+research+motivation&ots=3cHPr-t922&sig=ZqB8TGpkrvt2Wj8DKACBFgDTYzc







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Elluminate grant from LearningTimes

http://tinyurl.com/y3eh



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1998-1999 Writing for Webheads Weekly meetings each Sunday noon GMT at

http://tappedin.org Archives of logged chats

All: http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/chatlogs.htm Turkey meets China in 2001:

http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/chat2001/wfw011031.htm

2000 - 2002 Online events at conferences where we put students in touch

with teachers using voice Bb/Collaborate = Elluminate grant from

http://learningtimes.net 2002

Webheads in Action http://webheads.info

How Learning2gether began

http://tappedin.org/

http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/chatlogs.htm

http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/chatlogs.htm



http://learningtimes.net/

http://webheads.info/


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Writing for Webheads 1998-2002

http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/webheads.htm

http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/webheads.htm


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Webheads in Action since 2002 http://vancestevens.com/papers/e

vonline2002/webheads_evo.htm

http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume13/ej51/ej51int/

http://vancestevens.com/papers/evonline2002/webheads_evo.htm

http://vancestevens.com/papers/evonline2002/webheads_evo.htm




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Webheads in Action Online Convergence 2005, 2007, 2009 http://wiaoc.org Hosted in Elluminate by Learning Times

We learned about “speed geeking” at WiAOC 2009 We tried to organize one online:

http://learning2gether.posterous.com/teresa-almeida-deca-taggalaxy

Speedlifing met with greater success: http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2009/06/speedlifing.html

Learning2gether came about in 2010 to Enhance quality of our weekly meetings Avoid more 3-day = 72-hour webcastathons

More history

http://wiaoc.org/




http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2009/06/speedlifing.html



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Speedlifing





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Sunday April 1, 2012 IATEFL Wrapup

Hosted by Elizabeth Anne 14:00 GMT = 5 p.m. in UAE In Elluminate http://tinyurl.com/y3eh

Register with Learning Times (benign) Please use a headset to prevent echo Check your mic and speakers using

tools / audio / audio wizard

Our next event




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Sunday April 8, 2012 TESOL Wrapup

Hosted by Vance Stevens 13:00 GMT In Elluminate


TESOL Convention Online Wrapup



Please join us http://learning2gether.pbworks.comThis is not just a request for participation in a one-off event. • If you are seriously interested in

professional development and would like to join in our activities,we welcome your participation.

• Even better, we would appreciate your SHARING with colleagues something that YOU know at these events.

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32205261/cfp




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My presentations are always online

This one is at:


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